Australian Open final: What time, what channel and 10 facts ahead of Jannik Sinner vs Alexander Zverev

Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev are set to clash in the Australian Open final and there will be fireworks when the top two men in the game clash in Melbourne.
Sinner is aiming to defend his Australian Open title against a rival aiming to win his first Grand Slam title, with Eurosport and discovery+ the television platform to watch the action in Europe.
ESPN are broadcasting the Australian Open in America and Channel 9 are the host broadcaster in Australia.
The match is set to get underway at 7.30pm local time in Melbourne, which is 8.30am in the UK and 3.30am on the east coast of America.
The ITF has served up some key stats ahead of the first Grand Slam final of 2025, with the head-to-head between Sinner and Zverev especially interesting.
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS
If Sinner wins a 2nd consecutive Australian Open men’s singles title, he will become the 11th player in the Open Era to retain the Australian Open men’s singles title. It would also be the 15th occasion in the Open Era that the Australian Open men’s singles title has been successfully defended, with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer both having retained the title in Melbourne on multiple occasions.
FIRST TIME CHAMPION
If Zverev wins his first title, he will become the 28th player in the Open Era to win the Australian Open men’s singles title. He would also become the 13th player in the Open Era to win his first Grand Slam men’s singles title at the Australian Open – and the 5th player to do so since 2000, after Thomas Johansson (2002), Djokovic (2008), Wawrinka (2014) and Sinner (2024).
TOP TWO SEEDS
This is the 12th time in the Open Era that the No 1 and No 2 seeds have met in the Australian Open men’s singles final – and the first time since 2019, when No 1 Djokovic defeated No 2 Rafael Nadal.
In the previous 11 men’s singles finals between the Top 2 seeds in the Open Era at the Australian Open, No 1 seeds have won on 7 occasions (1982, 1993, 2000, 2009, 2012, 2016 and 2019) and No 2 seeds have won on 4 occasions (1975, January 1977, 1992 and 1995).
This is the 52nd time in the Open Era that the No 1 and No 2 seeds have met in a Grand Slam men’s singles final – and the first time since 2023 Wimbledon, when No 1 Carlos Alcaraz defeated No 2 Djokovic. Of the previous 51 Grand Slam men’s singles finals between the Top 2 seeds in the Open Era, No. 1 seeds have won on 26 occasions and No 2 seeds have won on 25 occasions.
WHAT DOES THE WINNER GET?
The Australian Open champion will be hanfed $3,500,000 (AUD) in prize money, while the runner-up collects $1,900,000. In total, the prize fund for the men’s singles at the 2025 Australian Open is $33,108,000 (AUD).
WHAT ABOUT THE RANKINGS?
Sinner and Zverev will remain as the world No 1 and world No 2, respectively, when the new rankings are published on Monday, regardless of the result in the Australian Open final.
PERFECT SINNER
Sinner is bidding to win his 3rd Grand Slam title on his 3rd appearance in a Grand Slam final. He would become the 8th player in the Open Era to win the first 3 Grand Slam men’s singles finals he has contested.
ZVEREV’S DREAM
Zverev is bidding to win his first Grand Slam title on his 3rd appearance in a Grand Slam final. He would become the 4th player in the Open Era to lose the first 2 Grand Slam men’s singles finals he contested before winning the 3rd Grand Slam final he played. The German is bidding to avoid becoming the 7th player in the Open Era to lose the first 3 Grand Slam men’s singles finals he has contested.]
More Tennis News
Jannik Sinner faces uncomfortable reality as long suspension from tennis could be his legacy
HEAD-TO-HEAD
This will be 7th meeting for Sinner and Zverev, their 5th on hard court and their 4th at a Grand Slam. Zverev leads the overall head-to-head (4-2) and also leads the head-to-head on hard courts (3-1) and at the Grand Slams (2-1). This is the pair’s first meeting in the final of a tournament. Their 3 previous Grand Slam meetings all came in the round of 16.
SINNER’S DOMINANCE
Sinner is bidding to extend a 5-match winning streak against top 5 players. He has not lost to a Top 5 player at tour-level since falling to No 3 Alcaraz in the final at Beijing last year. He has a 22-24 win-loss record against Top 5 players at tour-level overall. He is bidding to become the 11th player in the Open Era to retain the Australian Open men’s singles title – and the first since Djokovic won 3 consecutive titles in Australia in 2019-21.
ZVEREV AIMS TO DENY THE ODDS
Zverev is bidding to defeat a top 5 player at a Grand Slam for the 2nd time. He has a 1-12 win-loss record against top 5 players at the Grand Slams, with his only victory coming against No. 2 Alcaraz in the quarter-finals last year. He lost the 4 other matches he has contested against Top 5 players at the Australian Open.
Zverev won 2 of the 7 matches he contested against Top 5 players in 2024, with his only victories coming against No 2 Alcaraz in the quarter-finals and against No 3 Alcaraz in the group stage at the ATP Finals. He has a 26-43 win-loss record against top 5 players at tour-level overall.
READ NEXT: Novak Djokovic’s graphic social media post highlights how he gets special treatment