Four representatives from Ukraine were included in the qualification list Australian Open 2026.

Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 113), Angelina Kalinina (WTA 127), Daria Snigur (WTA 153) and Vitaly Sachko (ATP 153) will compete for the Australian Open main draws.

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Major qualifiers in Melbourne will be held from January 12-17.

The place at the heart of the Australian Open 2026 is guaranteed by four Ukrainian tennis players: Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova.

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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (WTA 14) became the “Opening Week” participant of the Australian Open 2026.

On January 14, 2026, the Ukrainian will play an exhibition match against Amanda Anisimova (USA, WTA 4) at the tournament’s main stadium, Rod Laver Arena.

The meeting will be held in the format of two standard sets as the deciding game and a super tiebreak up to 10 points.

There will also be four more exhibition matches: Elena Rybakina – Zheng Qingwen, Alexander Zverev – Lorenzo Musetti, Carlos Alcaraz – Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner – Felix Auger-Aliassime.

After the match between Svitolina and Anisimova, Rod Laver Arena will host the AO 1 Point Slam tournament, where tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev, Zheng Qingwen, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jasmine Paolini will compete against amateurs.

Sport.ua presents the schedule and results of matches of Ukrainian tennis players at the ITF World Tour tournaments from December 15 to 21

men

M15 Antalya (Türkiye – location), Antalya Series

Singles, elimination, first round

• Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Ibrahim Yego (Kenya) – absent
• Filip Pavic (Kosovo) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – without

Singles, qualifiers, second round

• Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Stefanos Schinas (Greece, 15) – 23.12, at 10:00 at the latest
• Alexandru Balan (Canada, 6) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – 23.12, 12:30 at the latest

Singles, first round

• TVA – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine, 6) –TVA
• TVA – Ilya Biloborodko (Ukraine) –TVA
• TVA – Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 2) –TVA

Doubles, first round

• Dillon Beckles (USA) and Alexander Wagner (Austria) – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine) and Alp Horoz (Türkiye) – TVA
• William Mirarchi (Italy) and Daniil Stepanov – Mihai Marinescu (Romania) and Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 4) –TVA

M15 Monastir (Tunisia – difficult), FTT by Magic Hotel Tours

Singles, elimination, first round

• Kazuki Nishiwaki (Japan, 6) – Arseniy Mironov (Ukraine) – 6:0, 6:0

Women

W15 Antalya (Türkiye – ground), Antalya Series

Singles, elimination, first round

• Anastasia Necule (Romania) – Yaroslava Sribnaya (Ukraine) –TVA
• Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) – Naz Kaynak (Türkiye) – TVA
• Jamie Collinson (Australia) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) –TVA
• Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Öykü Şahbaz (Ukraine) – none

Singles, qualifiers, second round

• Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine, 6) – Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) or Alisa Aksiyanova – TVA
• Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Sabina Shaidullina or Ema Garayda (Czech Republic, 14) – TVA

Doubles, first round

• Asylzhan Arystanbekova (Kazakhstan) and Ingkar Dyusebay (Kazakhstan) – Sara Balan (Romania) and Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine) –TVA
• Nanari Katsumi (Romania) and Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) and Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) –TVA