Australian Open Opening Ceremony

8 hours agosix years after playing his last match at the australian open, six-time ao champion roger federer returned to rod laver arena to finally farewell his legions of fans, while being joined by a. 9 hours agothe australian open’s first formal opening ceremony became the roger federer show on the eve of the season-opening major. For ao2026 - opening ceremony with roger federer - rod laver arena @ melbourne park | sat, 17 jan 2026, 7:00 pm | browse ticket types & offers | view seating map

5 hours agomelbourne, australia (ap) — the australian open's first formal opening ceremony became the roger federer show on the eve of the season-opening major. The australian open 2026 main draw runs from 18 january - 1 february in melbourne. 18 hours agothe australian open’s first formal opening ceremony became the roger federer show on the eve of the season-opening major.

20 hours agoroger federer, andre agassi, lleyton hewitt, patrick rafter and ashleigh barty put on a show saturday night at the australian open, where they shared laughs during a fun exhibition. Fan favourite federer gives australian open’s ceremony oomph alexander darling january 17, 2026 — 10.24pm normal text size larger text size very large text size For the most part, the choices for the inaugural opening ceremony felt safe yet significant:

Beloved, unproblematic australians pat rafter, ashleigh barty and lleyton .