2020 Australian Open
As originally written by Tony Miller
The year's first Grand Slam tennis event begins Sunday evening in the U.S. and Monday morning in Australia. The ESPN family of networks and Tennis Channel split coverage in America, with ESPN2 carrying the bulk of the linear television load. ESPN+ has first-ball-to-last-ball coverage, with three courts per day on ESPN3.
Broadcast Schedule
The grid below shows the TV schedule for the fortnight. Because of the time difference -- Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of EST and 19 ahead of PST -- each day of play begins the night before and runs into the morning hours in the Americas.
Evening (U.S.) Day (Aus.) [ESPN], ESPN2 Tennis Channel Rounds
Sunday 1/19 Monday......7 p.m.-7 a.m. First
Monday 1/20 Tuesday.....9 p.m.-7 a.m. 7-9 p.m. First
Tuesday 1/21 Wednesday...9 p.m.-7 a.m. 7-9 p.m. Second
Wednesday 1/22 Thursday....9 p.m.-7 a.m. 7-9 p.m. Second
Thursday 1/23 Friday......9 p.m.-7 a.m. 7-9 p.m. Third
Friday 1/24 Saturday....9 p.m.-7 a.m. 7-9 p.m. Third
Saturday 1/25 Sunday......9 p.m.-7 a.m. 7-9 p.m. Fourth
Sunday 1/26 Monday......9 p.m.-7 a.m. 7-9 p.m. Fourth
Monday 1/27 Tuesday.....9p-2a, 3-6a 7-9 p.m. Quarters
Tuesday 1/28 Wednesday...9p-2a, 3:30-6a 7-9 p.m. Quarters
Wednesday 1/29 Thursday....10p-2a,[3:30-6a] 7-10 p.m. Women's semis (evening); men's semi (3:30)
Thursday 1/30 Friday.....[3:30-6 a.m.] 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Women's doubles final (12); men's semi (3:30)
Friday 1/31 Saturday...[3:30-5:30 a.m.] 7:15-11 p.m. Juniors finals (9); women's final (3:30)...
5:30-7:30 a.m. ...followed by men's doubles final
Saturday 2/1 Sunday.....[3:30-6:30 a.m.] 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Mixed doubles final (11); men's final (3:30)
ESPN's portion of the schedule is almost exactly the same as last year, with 101.5 hours on ESPN2 and 10 -- the men's singles semifinals and both singles finals -- on ESPN. Tennis Channel lost two hours that ESPN picked up from them on the opening Thursday night (early Friday afternoon in Melbourne).
Courts
The tournament plays out on 16 courts in Melbourne Park. Three of the courts -- Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Arena and Margaret Court Arena -- have retractable roofs. All of the courts have lights.
Rod Laver Arena seats 14,820. Melbourne Arena, which was known as Hisense Arena until the naming rights expired in August, seats 10,500. Margaret Court Arena seats 7,500, while 1573 Arena and Show Court 3 each seat 3,000. (Margaret Court Arena was originally Show Court 1; 1573 Arena was Show Court 2.)
Commentators
ESPN's coverage includes host Chris McKendry; match-callers Chris Fowler, Cliff Drysdale and Patrick McEnroe; and three people who basically do everything in Darren Cahill, Jason Goodall and Pam Shriver. Cahill has only worked men's matches since he became Simona Halep's coach in 2016.
The remaining analysts are Chrissie Evert, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, John McEnroe, Patrick Moratoglou and Rennae Stubbs.
Ted Robinson and Alex Faust are each heading Down Under for the first time for Tennis Channel, which does not mention Bill Macatee in its press release.
Tennis Channel's programming is hosted by Brett Haber in Melbourne alongside analysts Jim Courier, Martina Navratilova and Jon Wertheim. Steve Weissman, Tracy Austin and Jimmy Arias will appear from Los Angeles. Lindsay Davenport and Paul Annacone are also on-site.
Day 1 - Monday, January 20th
32 men's singles first-round matches
32 women's singles first-round matches
64 total matches, 160.5 court-hours
Linear TV: ESPN2, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
7:19 -- Tease -- Chris McKendry
7:20 -- Open
7:22 -- Studio -- McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez, John McEnroe
7:35 - 1 - Osaka/Bouzkova (RLA) - Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert
7:55 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Fernandez
8:02 - 2 - Coric/Querrey (1573) - Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert
8:04 -- Osaka/Bouzkova
8:10 -- Coric/Querrey
8:17 -- Goerges/Kuzmova update
8:20 -- Osaka/Bouzkova -- end #1 at 8:35
8:36 -- Coric/Querrey update
8:37 - 3 - Shapovalov/Fucsovics (MCA) - Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert
8:54 -- Coric/Querrey update
8:55 - 4 - S.Williams/Potapova (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez - first ball 8:58 - end #2 at 9:57
9:32 -- Shapovalov/Fucsovics update
9:52 -- Wozniacki/Ahn update
10:06 -- Studio -- McKendry, Evert
10:09 -- Tournament update
10:16 -- Shapovalov/Fucsovics -- end #3 at 10:24
10:24 - 5 - Federer/Johnson (RLA) - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe
10:39 -- Pause to close roof
10:44 - 6 - Wozniacki/Ahn (MelA) - Jason Goodall, Bethanie Mattek-Sands -- end #4 at 10:50
10:50 -- Federer/Johnson -- end #5 at 11:53
11:46 -- Kvitova/Siniakova update
12:02 -- Studio -- McKendry, Brad Gilbert, Mary Joe Fernandez
12:03 - 7 - V.Williams/Gauff (MCA) - Patrick McEnroe, Chrissie Evert -- first ball 12:04, end #6 at 1:41
12:43 -- Dimitrov/Londero update
1:46 - 8 - Dimitrov/Londero (MA) - Jason Goodall, Darren Cahill -- end #7 at 1:53
1:58 -- Gauff interview -- Pam Shriver
2:04 -- Studio -- McKendry, Shriver, Brad Gilbert
2:09 -- Tournament update
2:24 - 9 - Stosur/McNally (MA) - Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez - end #8 at 3:56
3:57 - 10 - Barty/Tsurenko (RLA) - Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
4:04 - 11 - Tsitsipas/Caruso (MCA) - Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill
4:07 -- Barty/Tsurenko -- end #9 at 4:51
4:52 -- Tsitsipas/Caruso -- end #10 at 4:58
5:03 -- Studio -- McKendry, Jason Goodall
5:13 - 12 - Djokovic/Struff (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Brad Gilbert - first ball 5:15
<5:47 - 13 - Stephens/Zhang (MCA) - Patrick McEnroe, Pam Shriver - split-screen to 5:53>
6:43 -- Stephens/Zhang
6:56 -- Djokovic/Struff
7:06 -- Stephens/Zhang
7:07 -- Djokovic/Struff
7:09 -- Stephens/Zhang
7:14 -- Djokovic/Struff
7:21 -- Stephens/Zhang -- end #11 at 7:22
7:25 -- Djokovic/Struff -- end #12 at 7:32
7:33 -- Sign off
Day 2 - Tuesday, January 21st
32 men's singles first-round matches
32 women's singles first-round matches
19 men's singles first-round matches from yesterday (about 15.3x the length of a match left)
13 women's singles first-round matches from yesterday (12.6x match left)
96 (91.9) total matches, 234.25 court-hours
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 6:30-9 p.m.; ESPN2, 9 p.m. to God knows when
Tennis Channel
6:36 -- Open
6:37 - 1 - Millman/Humbert (3) - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport
7:30 -- Brengle/Garcia update
7:59 -- Sakkari/Gasparyan update
8:02 - 2 - Fognini/Opelka (1573) - Robinson, Davenport
8:29 -- Cilic/Moutet update
8:31 - 3 - Pliskova/Mladenovic (RLA) - Robinson, Davenport - end #1 at 8:39
8:41 - 4 - Bencic/Schmiedlova (MCA) - Robinson, Davenport - end #2 at 8:54
8:42 -- Brengle/Garcia update
8:57 -- Millman/Humbert -- Robinson, Paul Annacone
8:59 - 5 - Hurkacz/Novak (14) -- Robinson, Annacone
9:06 -- Millman/Humbert
9:44 -- Hurkacz/Novak -- end #3 at 9:46
9:48 -- Millman/Humbert -- end #3 at 10:03
10:06 -- Sign off
ESPN2
9:02 -- Tournament update -- Chris McKendry, Bethanie Mattek-Sands
9:05 -- Open
9:06 -- Studio -- McKendry, Mattek-Sands, Patrick Moratoglou
9:16 - 1 - Fognini/Opelka (1573) - Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill
9:20 - 2 - Vekic/Sharapova (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert
9:22 - 3 - Keys/Kasatkina (MelA) - Drysdale, Evert
9:26 - Vekic/Sharapova
9:32 - Fognini/Opelka - end #1 at 9:53
9:56 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Mattek-Sands, Moratoglou
9:59 -- Vekic/Sharapova - end #2 at 10:20
10:25 -- Studio -- McKendry, Mattek-Sands, Moratoglou
10:34 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Mattek-Sands, Moratoglou
10:37 - 4 - Thiem/Mannarino () - Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill
10:42 - 5 - Nadal/Dellien (AA) - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe -- first ball 10:43
11:29 -- Thiem/Mannarino -- end #3 at 11:36
11:37 -- Studio -- McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez with Madison Keys
11:46 - 6 - Wawrinka/Dzumhur () - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe
11:50 -- Nadal/Dellien
12:32 - 7 - Auger-Aliassime/Gulbis () - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe
12:42 -- Nadal/Dellien -- end #4 at 12:44
12:45 -- Auger-Aliassime/Gulbis
12:56 -- Nadal post-match interview -- Jim Courier
1:03 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Fernandez, Brad Gilbert
1:17 - 8 - Anisimova/Diyas () - Pam Shriver, Bethanie Mattek-Sands
1:31 -- Auger-Aliassime/Gulbis -- end #5 at 1:43
1:52 -- Anisimova/Diyas -- end #6 at 2:01
2:05 -- Studio -- McKendry, Fernandez, Brad Gilbert
2:17 - 9 - Muguruza/Rogers () - Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert - end #7 at 2:34
2:30 -- Davis/Fernandez update
2:38 - 10 - Tsonga/Popyrin (MA) - Cliff Drysdale, Jason Goodall
2:48 - 11 - Svitolina/Boulter (1573) - Cliff Drysdale, Jason Goodall
3:03 -- Primetime open
3:04 -- Studio -- McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver
3:10 - 12 - Halep/Brady (MCA) - Chris Fowler, Mary Joe Fernandez
3:12 - 13 - Medvedev/Tiafoe (RLA) - Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert - first ball 3:17
3:28 -- Halep/Brady
3:46 -- Medvedev/Tiafoe
3:51 -- Halep/Brady
4:22 -- Medvedev/Tiafoe
<4:45 -- Halep/Brady split-screen - end #8 at 4:47>
4:58 - 14 - Kyrgios/Sonego - Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert
5:09 -- Medvedev/Tiafoe
5:20 -- Tournament update -- Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert
5:24 -- Medvedev/Tiafoe
5:44 - 15 - A.Zverev/Cecchinato -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver, Darren Cahill
5:48 -- Medvedev/Tiafoe
5:50 -- A.Zverev/Cecchinato
5:53 -- Medvedev/Tiafoe update -- end #9 at 5:53
5:52 - 16 - Isner/Monteiro -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
5:58 -- Kyrgios/Sonego -- end #10 at 6:02 -- interview: John McEnroe
6:10 -- A.Zverev/Cecchinato
6:38 -- Isner/Monteiro
<6:41 -- A.Zverev/Cecchinato split-screen>
6:42 -- A.Zverev/Cecchinato
6:53 -- Tournament update -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
6:55 - 17 - Kerber/Cocciaretto -- Jason Goodall, Rennae Stubbs
7:03 -- A.Zverev/Cecchinato
<7:21 -- Kerber/Cocciaretto split-screen>
7:21 -- Kerber/Cocciaretto
<7:29 -- A.Zverev/Cecchinato split-screen>
7:33 -- A.Zverev/Cecchinato -- end #11 at 7:35
7:35 -- Kerber/Cocciaretto -- end #12 at 7:36
7:38 -- Tournament update
7:39 -- Sign off
Day 3 - Wednesday, January 22nd
Eight women’s matches (four pairs — the 18s, 20s, 21s and 31s) were canceled last night so play could end at a more reasonable hour.
16 men's singles second-round matches
8 women's singles first-round matches
16 women's singles second-round matches
17 men's doubles first-round matches
10 women's doubles first-round matches
67 total matches, 149.1 court-hours
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 6:30-9 p.m.; ESPN2, 9 p.m. to God knows when
Keys/Rus would end up being moved to Laver due to the length of the two men's matches on MCA -- if it had not been moved, Keys/Rus would have begun at about 12:40 a.m. local time instead of 11:07 p.m.
Raonic/Garin was moved to the place of Tsitsipas/Kohlschreiber when Kohlschreiber withdrew.
Tennis Channel
7:06 -- Open
7:07 - 1 - Osaka/Zheng - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport
7:48 - 2 - Kenin/Li - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport - end #1 at 8:03
8:07 -- Sofia Kenin interview -- Jon Wertheim
8:13 -- Osaka/Zheng -- end #2 at 8:31
8:24 -- Suarez Navarro/Sabalenka update
8:34 - 3 - Pegula/Townsend - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport -- end #3 at 9:01
8:47 -- McNally/Zhang update
8:51 -- Kvitova/Badosa update
9:02 -- Taylor Townsend interview -- Jon Wertheim
9:07 - 4 - Suarez Navarro/Sabalenka - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport
9:08 - 5 - Querrey/Berankis - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport
9:09 -- Suarez Navarro/Sabalenka -- end #4 at 9:19
9:23 -- Querrey/Berankis - Ted Robinson, Paul Annacone -- end #5 at 9:45
9:48 -- Sign off
ESPN2
9:06 -- Tease -- Chris McKendry
9:06 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Bethanie Mattek-Sands
9:10 -- Open
9:11 -- Studio -- McKendry, Mattek-Sands, Darren Cahill, Rennae Stubbs
9:22 - 1 - Gauff/Cirstea (MA) - Chris Fowler, Mary Joe Fernandez
9:31 - 2 - Yastremska/Wozniacki (MCA) - Chris Fowler, Mary Joe Fernandez
9:35 -- Gauff/Cirstea
10:15 - 3 - Barty/Hercog (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert - end #1 at 10:17
10:18 -- Gauff/Cirstea
10:26 -- Yastremska/Wozniacki
10:27 -- Gauff/Cirstea
<10:37 -- Yastremska/Wozniacki split-screen to 10:41>
10:42 -- Gauff/Cirstea
10:48 -- Yastremska/Wozniacki -- end #2 at 10:53
10:56 -- Studio -- McKendry, Mattek-Sands with Naomi Osaka
10:59 -- Gauff/Cirstea -- end #3 at 11:42 -- interview: Adrian Franklin
11:53 - 4 - Djokovic/Ito (RLA) - Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill -- end #4 at 12:16 -- interview: Jim Courier
12:27 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver
12:35 -- Studio -- McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver
12:40 - 5 - Dimitrov/Paul (MCA) - Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
12:54 - 6 - Berrettini/Sandgren (1573) - Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill
12:57 - 7 - Paire/Cilic (3) - Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert - end #5 at 1:14
1:19 -- Berrettini/Sandgren
1:28 -- Dimitrov/Paul
1:35 - 8 - Raonic/Garin (MA) - end #6 at 1:39
1:44 -- Berrettini/Sandgren -- end #7 at 2:11 -- interview: Pam Shriver
2:16 -- Dimitrov/Paul
2:32 -- Studio -- McKendry, Evert with Coco Gauff
2:43 -- Dimitrov/Paul
3:16 - 9 - S.Williams/Zidansek (RLA) - John McEnroe, Chrissie Evert -
<3:21 -- Dimitrov/Paul split-screen>
3:25 -- Dimitrov/Paul -- end #8 at 3:33
<3:29 -- S.Williams/Zidansek split-screen to 3:32>
3:36 -- S.Williams/Zidansek -- end #9 at 4:35 -- interview: Jim Courier
4:46 - 10 - Fognini/Thompson (MCA) - Cliff Drysdale, Darren Cahill
4:58 - 11 - Federer/Krajinovic (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe
6:16 -- Fognini/Thompson
<6:19 -- Federer/Krajinovic split-screen to 6:23>
6:26 -- Federer/Krajinovic -- end #10 at 6:30 -- interview: John McEnroe
6:41 -- Fognini/Thompson
7:07 - 12 - Keys/Rus (RLA) -- Pam Shriver, Mary Joe Fernandez
7:11 -- Fognini/Thompson -- end #11 at 8:14
<7:28 -- Keys/Rus split-screen to 7:31>
<7:37 -- Keys/Rus split-screen to 7:41>
<7:44 -- Keys/Rus split-screen to 7:45>
<7:55 -- Keys/Rus split-screen to 7:57>
8:15 -- Keys/Rus -- end #12 at 8:16
8:18 -- Tournament update
8:19 -- Sign off
Day 4 - Thursday, January 23rd
Day 4. Wednesday night into Thursday, Jan. 23
16 men's singles second-round matches
16 women's singles second-round matches
13 men's doubles first-round matches
22 women's doubles first-round matches
67 total matches, 149.1 court-hours
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m.; ESPN2, 9 p.m. to God knows when
Tennis Channel
7:06 -- Open
7:07 - 1 - Muguruza/Tomljanovic (RLA) - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport
8:46 - Vekic/Cornet update
8:50 - 2 - Bencic/Ostapenko (MCA) - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport - end #1 at 8:52
9:02 -- Muguruza/Tomljanovic -- end #2 at 9:36
9:41 -- Sign off
ESPN2
9:00 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Brad Gilbert
9:16 - 1 - Medvedev/Martinez (MCA) - Chris Fowler, Darren Cahill
10:10 - 2 - Pliskova/Siegemund (RLA) - Pam Shriver, Mary Joe Fernandez
10:42 -- Medvedev/Martinez
10:50 - 3 - Thiem/Bolt (MelA) - Chris Fowler, Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert
11:06 -- Pliskova/Siegemund
11:14 -- Medvedev/Martinez
11:18 -- Pliskova/Siegemund -- end #1 at 11:20
11:23 -- Medvedev/Martinez -- end #2 at 11:25
11:34 -- Studio -- McKendry, Evert
11:40 -- Thiem/Bolt -- Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
11:48 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Evert, Darren Cahill
11:53 -- Thiem/Bolt
12:03 - 4 - Muchova/Bellis (1573) - Jason Goodall, Rennae Stubbs
12:04 - 5 - Zverev/Gerasimov (RLA) - Patrick McEnroe, John McEnroe
12:08 -- Muchova/Bellis -- end #3 at 12:15
12:17 -- Zverev/Gerasimov
12:31 -- Thiem/Bolt
12:53 - 6 - Kerber/Hon (MCA) -- end #4 at 12:57
1:05 -- Thiem/Bolt
1:13 -- Zverev/Gerasimov
1:16 -- Thiem/Bolt
1:23 -- Zverev/Gerasimov
1:29 -- Thiem/Bolt
<1:43 -- Zverev/Gerasimov split-screen to 1:45>
1:49 -- Zverev/Gerasimov
1:56 -- Thiem/Bolt -- end #5 at 1:57
1:58 -- Zverev/Gerasimov -- end #6 at 2:00
2:07 - 7 - Pavlyuchenkova/Townsend (12) - Pam Shriver, Rennae Stubbs
2:49 - 8 - Rublev/Sugita (19) - Pam Shriver, Rennae Stubbs - end #7 at 2:53
2:58 -- Tournament update
2:59 - 9 - Monfils/Karlovic (1573) - Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe - end #8 at 3:03
3:04 - 10 - Kyrgios/Simon (MelA) - Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert
3:06 -- Isner/Tabilo update
3:14 -- Isner post-match interview - Pam Shriver
3:16 -- Kyrgios/Simon
3:32 - 11 - Halep/Dart (RLA) - Mary Joe Fernandez, Chrissie Evert
3:47 -- Pavlyuchenkova/Townsend - end #9 at 3:49
3:50 - 12 - Fritz/Anderson (1573) - Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe
3:53 - 13 - Wawrinka/Seppi (MCA) - Jason Goodall, Cliff Drysdale
3:55 -- Kyrgios/Simon
4:11 - 14 - Gauff/McNally doubles (10) - Mary Joe Fernandez, Chrissie Evert - end #10 at 4:12
4:16 -- Halep/Dart
<4:22 -- Kyrgios/Simon split-screen>
4:24 -- Kyrgios/Simon
<4:26 -- Halep/Dart split-screen>
4:28 -- Halep/Dart -- end #11 at 4:33
4:36 -- Wawrinka/Seppi
<4:40 -- Fritz/Anderson split-screen>
4:44 -- Fritz/Anderson
<4:47 -- Wawrinka/Seppi split-screen>
4:49 -- Wawrinka/Seppi
4:50 - 15 - Nadal/Delbonis (RLA) - Jason Goodall, Cliff Drysdale
<4:56 -- Kyrgios/Simon split-screen to 4:59>
<5:03 -- Kyrgios/Simon split-screen to 5:04>
5:22 -- Wawrinka/Seppi
<5:24 -- Nadal/Delbonis and Kyrgios/Simon split-screen>
5:29 -- Nadal/Delbonis
<5:31 -- Kyrgios/Simon split-screen to 5:37>
<5:39 -- Kyrgios/Simon split-screen>
5:41 -- Kyrgios/Simon -- end # 12 at 5:52
5:49 -- Fritz/Anderson update
6:00 -- Nadal/Delbonis
6:13 -- Wawrinka/Seppi update
6:22 -- Fritz/Anderson update
<6:45 -- Fritz/Anderson -- end #13 at 6:46>
6:57 -- Wawrinka/Seppi -- end #14 ar 6:58
6:57 -- Collins/Putintseva update
<6:58 - 16 - Khachanov/Ymer (C3) -- Jason Goodall, Cliff Drysdale -- split-screen to 6:59>
<7:00 -- Khachanov/Ymer split-screen>
7:04 -- Khachanov/Ymer -- end #15 at 7:19
<7:11 -- Nadal/Delbonis split-screen to 7:12>
7:21 -- Nadal/Delbonis -- end #16 at 7:25
7:36 -- Tournament update
7:37 -- Taylor Fritz interview -- Rennae Stubbs
7:44 -- Sign off
Day 5 - Friday, January 24th
8 men's singles third-round matches
8 women's singles third-round matches
7 men's doubles first-round matches held over from Thursday
7 men's doubles second-round matches
11 women's doubles first-round matches held over from Thursday
3 women's doubles second-round matches
4 mixed doubles first-round matches
48 total matches, 101.4 court-hours
In a perfect world, we'd be at 24 participants in each draw after today. Instead, we'll be at 24, 24, 25, 29 and 28.
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m.; ESPN2, 9 p.m. to God knows when
Tennis Channel
7:09 -- Open
7:10 - 1 - Barty/Rybakina (RLA) - Alex Faust, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 7:13 - end #1 at 8:31 - interview: Jon Wertheim
8:47 - 2 - S.Williams/Wang (RLA) - Alex Faust, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 8:52
9:04 - 3 - Schwartzman/Lajovic (MCA) - Alex Faust, Jim Courier - end #2 at 9:25
ESPN2
8:50 - 1 - S.Williams/Wang (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Mary Joe Fernandez - first ball 8:52
9:38 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Bethanie Mattek-Sands
9:42 -- Schwartzman/Lajovic update
<10:46 -- 2 - Wozniacki/Jabeur (MelA) split-screen - Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert>
10:53 -- Wozniacki/Jabeur -- end #1 at 10:54
10:55 -- S.Williams/Wang -- end #2 at 11:32
<10:58 -- Wozniacki post-match interview split-screen>
11:41 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Patrick McEnroe
11:56 -- Tournament update -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Patrick McEnroe
12:02 - 3 - Keys/Sakkari (MCA) - Pam Shriver, Brad Gilbert - end #3 at 12:13
12:19 - 4 - Djokovic/Nishioka (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, John McEnroe
1:11 - 5 - Riske/Goerges (1573) - Pam Shriver
1:15 - 6 - Mixed doubles: Anisimova/Kyrgios vs. Adamczak/Vega Hernandez (C3) - Pam Shriver - end #4 at 1:16
1:16 -- Riske/Goerges
1:19 -- Djokovic/Nishioka -- end #5 at 1:22
<1:21 -- Riske/Goerges split-screen>
1:24 -- Riske/Goerges -- end #6 at 1:29
<1:25 - 7 - Bautista Agut/Cilic (MelA) -- Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert to 1:27>
1:36 -- Tournament update -- Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez, Jason Goodall
1:44 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez, Jason Goodall
1:55 - 8 - Querrey/Sandgren (1573) - Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert
3:00 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Patrick McEnroe, Rennae Stubbs
3:09 - 9 - Osaka/Gauff (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver - first ball 3:16
3:37 -- Querrey/Sandgren -- end #7 at 3:38
3:39 -- Osaka/Gauff -- end #8 at 4:23
3:42 -- Bautista Agut/Cilic update
3:51 -- Raonic/Tsitsipas update
4:37 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Rennae Stubbs
4:39 -- Gauff post-match interview -- Pam Shriver
4:43 - 10 - Raonic/Tsitsipas (MCA) -- Jason Goodall, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert
4:51 - 11 - Federer/Millman (RLA) -- Patrick McEnroe, John McEnroe -- end #10 at 9:05
<5:40 -- Tsitsipas/Raonic split-screen -- end #9 at 5:45>
6:18 -- Fognini/Pella update
8:13 -- Kenin/Zhang update
Day 6 - Saturday, January 24th
8 men's singles third-round matches -- leaving 16 players
8 women's singles third-round matches -- leaving 16 players
8 men's doubles second-round matches -- leaving 17 teams
12 women's doubles second-round matches -- leaving 17 teams
7 mixed doubles first-round matches -- leaving 21 teams
(43 tour matches)
2 legends matches
(45 adult matches)
16 boys singles first-round matches
16 girls singles first-round matches
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m.; ESPN2, 9 p.m. to God knows when
Tennis Channel
7:07 -- Open
7:08 - 1 - Kerber/Giorgi (MCA) - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 7:10
7:29 - 2 - Pliskova/Pavlyuchenkova (RLA) - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport
8:20 -- Kerber/Giorgi
8:26 -- Pliskova/Pavlyuchenkova
9:13 -- Kerber/Giorgi -- end #1 at 9:18
9:19 -- Pliskova/Pavlyuchenkova -- end #2 at 9:37
9:32 -- Sign off
ESPN2
9:06 -- Open
9:08 - 1 - Pliskova/Pavlyuchenkova (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez
9:16 - 2 - Kerber/Giorgi (MCA) - Pam Shriver, Rennae Stubbs - end #1 at 9:18
9:19 -- Pliskova/Pavlyuchenkova -- end #2 at 9:37
9:45 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert
10:08 - 3 - Halep/Putintseva (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez
<10:19 - 4 - Bencic/Kontaveit (MCA) split-screen - Pam Shriver, Rennae Stubbs>
10:26 -- Bencic/Kontaveit -- end #3 at 10:27
10:31 -- Halep/Putintseva
<10:37 - 5 - Vekic/Swiatek (1573) split-screen - Pam Shriver, Rennae Stubbs - end #4 at 10:40>
<10:56 - 6 - Monfils/Gulbis (MA) split-screen - Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert - to 11:00>
11:02 -- Monfils/Gulbis
11:04 -- Halep/Putintseva -- end #5 at 11:16
11:24 - 7 - Doubles: Gauff/McNally vs. Peschke/Schuurs ( - Pam Shriver, Rennae Stubbs
11:29 - 8 - Thiem/Fritz (MCA) - Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
11:37 - 9 - Nadal/Carreno Busta (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe - first ball 11:40
11:57 -- Gauff/McNally vs. Peschke/Schuurs -- end #6 at 12:01 -- interview: Chris McKendry
12:04 -- Nadal/Carreno Busta
12:08 -- Thiem/Fritz
12:09 - 10 - Goffin/Rublev (1573) - Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
12:18 -- Nadal/Carreno Busta
12:40 -- Thiem/Fritz
1:02 -- Nadal/Carreno Busta
1:15 - 11 - Mertens/Bellis (MA) - Pam Shriver, Rennae Stubbs
1:18 -- Nadal/Carreno Busta -- end #7 at 1:18
1:19 -- Mertens/Bellis
1:33 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Darren Cahill with Novak Djokovic
<1:36 -- Thiem/Fritz split-screen -- end #8 at 1:36>
1:50 -- Goffin/Rublev -- end #9 at 1:56
1:57 -- Mertens/Bellis -- end #10 at 2:00
2:01 - 12 - Doubles: Johnson/Querrey vs. Murray/Skupski
2:05 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert with Simona Halep
2:17 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Cliff Drysdale
2:26 -- Tournament update
2:41 - 13 - Wawrinka/Isner (3) - Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
3:00 -- More tape here!
Day 7 - Sunday, January 25th
4 men's singles fourth-round matches -- leaving 12 players
4 women's singles fourth-round matches -- leaving 12 players
1 men's doubles second-round match
4 men's doubles third-round matches -- leaving 12 teams
1 women's doubles second-round match
2 women's doubles third-round match -- leaving 14 teams
5 mixed doubles first-round matches
1 mixed doubles second-round match -- leaving 15 teams
(22 tour matches)
3 legends matches
(25 adult matches)
16 boys singles first-round matches
16 girls singles first-round matches
8 boys doubles first-round matches
8 girls doubles first-round matches
(73 total matches)
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m.; ESPN2, 9 p.m. to God knows when
Tennis Channel
7:06 -- Open
7:07 - 1 - Doubles: Pavic/Soares vs. Duckworth/Polmans (C3) - Alex Faust, Paul Annacone - first ball 7:10
8:15 - 2 - Kvitova/Sakkari (RLA) - Alex Faust, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 8:15
9:08 -- Soares/Pavic vs. Duckworth/Polmans -- end #1 at 9:49
9:52 -- Sign off
ESPN2
9:00 - 1 - Kvitova/Sakkari (RLA) - Pam Shriver, Mary Joe Fernandez
9:09 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Darren Cahill
9:12 -- Kvitova/Sakkari
9:53 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Darren Cahill
9:56 -- Kvitova/Sakkari -- end #1 at 10:26
10:31 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Darren Cahill
10:41 - 2 - Kenin/Gauff (MA) - Patrick McEnroe, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver
11:43 -- Raonic/Cilic update
11:44 - 3 - Djokovic/Schwartzman (RLA) - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe
11:52 -- Kenin/Gauff
12:03 -- Djokovic/Schwartzman
12:08 -- Kenin/Gauuf
<12:09 -- Djokovic/Schwartzman split-screen>
12:10 -- Djokovic/Schwartzman
12:12 -- Kenin/Gauff
12:28 -- Djokovic/Schwartzman update
12:38 -- Djokovic/Schwartzman
<12:40 -- Kenin/Gauff split-screen to 12:46>
12:49 -- Kenin/Gauff -- end #2 at 12:52
12:54 -- Djokovic/Schwartzman -- end #3 at 12:54
1:06 -- Studio -- McKendry, Fernandez, Cahill
1:08 -- Kenin interview -- Pam Shriver
1:35 - 4 - Fognini/Sandgren (MA) - Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert, Rennae Stubbs
3:06 -- Primetime open
3:07 -- Studio -- McKendry, Patrick McEnroe, Chrissie Evert
3:10 - 5 - Barty/Riske (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Mary Joe Fernandez - first ball 3:16
3:37 -- Fognini/Sandgren
3:40 -- Barty/Riske
3:50 -- Fognini/Sandgren
4:03 -- Barty/Riske
4:21 -- Fognini/Sandgren
<4:25 -- Barty/Riske split-screen to 4:29>
<4:31 -- Barty/Riske split-screen>
4:32 -- Barty/Riske
4:35 -- Fognini/Sandgren -- end #4 at 4:42
4:44 -- Barty/Riske -- end #5 at 4:53 -- interview: Jim Courier
5:02 -- Studio: McKendry, Evert
5:12 - 6 - Federer/Fucsovics (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Darren Cahill - first ball 5:13 - end #6 at 7:25 - interview: John McEnroe
7:35 -- Sign off
Day 8 - Monday, January 26th
4 men's singles fourth-round matches -- leaving 8 players
4 women's singles fourth-round matches -- leaving 8 players
4 men's doubles third-round matches
1 men's doubles quarterfinal -- leaving 7 teams
6 women's doubles third-round matches -- leaving 8 teams
3 mixed doubles second-round matches -- leaving 12 teams
(22 tour matches)
3 legends matches
(25 adult matches)
8 boys singles second-round matches -- leaving 24 teams
8 girls singles second-round matches -- leaving 24 teams
8 boys doubles first-round matches -- leaving 16 teams
8 girls doubles first-round matches -- leaving 16 teams
(57 total matches; 105.9 hours)
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m.; ESPNEWS, 9-11 p.m.; ESPN2, 11 p.m. - 7 a.m.
Tennis Channel
7:09 -- Open
7:10 - 1 - Halep/Mertens (RLA) - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 7:14, end #1 at 8:51
9:02 -- Sign off
ESPNEWS
9:00 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Patrick McEnroe, Patrick Moratoglou
9:04 -- Novak Djokovic interview from Saturday discussing his relationship with Kobe Bryant
9:31 - 1 - Thiem/Monfils (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Brad Gilbert - end #1 at 11:03 -- interview: Jim Courier
11:09 -- Sign off
ESPN2
11:05 -- Dominic Thiem post-match interview: Jim Courier
11:14 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Patrick Moratoglou, Brad Gilbert
11:23 - 2 - Kontaveit/Swiatek (MA) - Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert - end #2 at 11:27
11:29 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Patrick Moratoglou, Brad Gilbert
11:39 - 3 - Medvedev/Wawrinka (MCA) - Patrick McEnroe, John McEnroe
11:49 - 4 - Bertens/Muguruza (RLA) - Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert
<12:13 -- Medvedev/Wawrinka split-screen to 12:15>
12:17 -- Medvedev/Wawrinka
12:21 -- Bertens/Muguruza -- end #3 at 12:32
12:35 - 5 - Doubles: Bryan brothers vs. Dodig/Polasek -- McEnroe brothers
12:47 -- Medvedev/Wawrinka
12:54 -- Doubles -- end #4 at 12:55
12:55 -- Medvedev/Wawrinka -- end #5 at 2:41
2:49 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Pam Shriver, Brad Gilbert
3:00 -- Primetime open
3:03 -- Studio -- McKendry, Pam Shriver, Brad Gilbert
3:12 - 6 - Nadal/Kyrgios (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Darren Cahill - first ball 3:16
3:55 - 7 - Kerber/Pavlyuchenkova (MCA) - Jason Goodall, Mary Joe Fernandez
4:01 -- Nadal/Kyrgios -- end #6 at 6:55 -- interview: John McEnroe
5:03 -- Kerber/Pavlyuchenkova update
5:09 -- Zverev/Rublev update -- Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert
5:53 -- Kerber/Pavlyuchenkova update
5:54 -- Zverev/Rublev update
7:16 -- Sign off
Day 9 - Tuesday, January 28th
2 men's singles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 6 players 2 women's singles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 6 players 3 men's doubles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 teams 4 women's doubles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 teams 4 mixed doubles second-round matches -- leaving 8 teams (15 tour matches) 3 legends matches (18 adult matches) 8 boys singles second-round matches -- leaving 16 teams 8 girls singles second-round matches -- leaving 16 teams 8 boys doubles second-round matches -- leaving 8 teams 8 girls doubles second-round matches -- leaving 8 teams (50 total matches; 89.25 hours) Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m.; ESPNEWS, 9-11 p.m.; ESPN2, 11 p.m. - 7 a.m. Tennis Channel
7:08 -- Open
7:09 - 1 - Kenin/Jabeur (RLA) - Alex Faust, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 7:13 - end 8:45 - interview: Jon Wertheim
9:00 -- Sign off
ESPNEWS
9:00 -- Tease
9:01 -- Tournament update -- McKendry, Goodall, Stubbs
9:02 -- Open
9:03 -- Studio -- McKendry, Goodall, Stubbs
9:05 - 1 - Barty/Kvitova (RLA) - Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert, Mary Joe Fernandez - first ball 9:05 - end #1 at 10:49 - interview: Jim Courier
11:02 -- Studio -- McKendry, Goodall, Stubbs
11:08 - 2 - Federer/Sandgren (RLA) - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Brad Gilbert
11:09 -- Sign off
ESPN2
11:05 -- Studio -- McKendry, Goodall, Stubbs
11:08 - 2 - Federer/Sandgren (RLA) - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Brad Gilbert - first ball 11:14 - end #2 at 2:47 - interview: Jim Courier
3:00 -- Sign off
ESPN
3:00 -- Open -- Chris McKendry
3:01 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall, Rennae Stubbs
3:17 -- Tournament update -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall, Rennae Stubbs
3:22 -- Studio -- McKendry, Stubbs with Sofia Kenin
3:36 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall, Rennae Stubbs
3:45 - 3 - Djokovic/Raonic (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill - first ball 3:49 - end #3 at 6:38
Day 10 - Wednesday, January 29th
2 men's singles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 players
2 women's singles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 players
2 women's doubles semifinal matches -- leaving 2 teams
2 mixed doubles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 6 teams
( 8 tour matches)
3 legends matches
10 wheelchair matches
(21 adult matches)
8 boys singles third-round matches -- leaving 8 players
8 girls singles third-round matches -- leaving 8 players
4 boys doubles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 teams
4 girls doubles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 teams
(45 total matches; 84.3 hours)
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m.; ESPN2, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. and 3:30-6:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel
7:09 -- Open
7:10 - 1 - Halep/Kontaveit (RLA) - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 7:13 - end #1 at 8:06
8:15 -- Halep interview -- Jon Wertheim
8:20 -- Passing Shots with Jon Wertheim
8:33 - 2 - Pavlyuchenkova/Muguruza (RLA) - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 8:40
9:04 -- Sign off
ESPN2
9:00 -- Tease
9:01 -- Tournament update -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Brad Gilbert
9:02 -- Open
9:05 - 1 - Pavlyuchenkova/Muguruza (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez, Pam Shriver
9:37 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Brad Gilbert
9:39 -- Pavlyuchenkova/Muguruza -- end #1 at 10:14
10:23 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Brad Gilbert
10:36 -- Zverev/Wawrinka walk on court
10:38 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Brad Gilbert
10:41 - 2 - Zverev/Wawrinka (RLA) - Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill, Jason Goodall - first ball 10:46 - end #2 at 1:05 - interview: John McEnroe
11:04 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry
1:20 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Brad Gilbert, Mary Joe Fernandez
2:00 -- Sign off
3:30 -- Tease
3:31 -- Open
3:32 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall, Darren Cahill
3:42 - 3 - Nadal/Thiem (RLA) - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Brad Gilbert - first ball 3:46 - end #3 at 7:56
?:?? -- Sign off
Day 11 - Thursday, January 30th
1 men's singles semifinal match -- leaving 3 players
2 women's singles semifinal matches -- leaving 2 players
2 men's doubles semifinal matches -- leaving 2 teams
2 mixed doubles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 teams
( 7 tour matches)
3 legends matches
11 wheelchair matches
(21 adult matches)
4 boys singles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 players
4 girls singles quarterfinal matches -- leaving 4 players
2 boys doubles semifinal matches -- leaving 2 teams
2 girls doubles semifinal matches -- leaving 2 teams
(33 total matches; 59 hours)
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7-10 p.m.; ESPN2, 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.; ESPN, 3:30-6:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel
7:05 -- Open
7:06 - 1 - Doubles: Ram/Salisbury vs. Bublik/Kukushkin (MCA) - Brett Haber, Paul Annacone - first ball 7:12
7:41 - 2 - Doubles: Dodig/Polasek vs. Purcell/Saville (RLA) - Brett Haber, Paul Annacone
8:17 -- Ram/Salisbury vs. Bublik/Kukushkin
8:22 -- Dodig/Polasek vs. Purcell/Saville
8:24 -- Ram/Salisbury vs. Bublik/Kukushkin -- end #1 at 9:00
9:08 -- Dodig/Polasek vs. Purcell/Saville -- end #2 at 9:33
9:38 - 3 - Doubles: Krejcikova/Mektic vs. Kichenok/Bopanna (MCA) - Brett Haber, Paul Annacone
10:00 -- Sign off
ESPN2
10:00 -- Tease
10:01 -- Open
10:02 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Rennae Stubbs, Brad Gilbert
10:08 - 1 - Barty/Kenin (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver - first ball 10:14 - end #1 at 12:00 - interview: Jim Courier
12:10 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Rennae Stubbs, Brad Gilbert
12:15 -- Kenin interview -- Pam Shriver
12:25 - 2 - Halep/Muguruza (RLA) - Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez, Pam Shriver - first ball 12:26 - end #2 at 2:31 - interview: Sam Smith
2:40 -- Sign off
ESPN
3:30 -- Tease
3:31 -- Open
3:33 -- Studio -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
3:39 - 3 - Djokovic/Federer - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe - first ball 3:46 - end #3 at 6:05
6:06 -- Sign off to SportsCenter
Day 12 - Friday, January 31st
1 men's singles semifinal match -- leaving 2 players
1 women's doubles final
2 mixed doubles semifinal matches -- leaving 2 teams
( 4 tour matches)
4 wheelchair matches
( 8 adult matches)
2 boys singles semifinal matches -- leaving 2 players
2 girls singles semifinal matches -- leaving 2 players
1 boys doubles final
1 girls doubles final
(14 total matches; 24.9 hours)
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 11 p.m. - 2 a.m.; ESPN, 3:30-6:30 a.m.
Please do not ask me why Tennis Channel comes on at 11 and not with the first match at 9:30.
Tennis Channel
11:11 - Open
11:12 - 1 - Doubles: Mattek-Sands/Murray vs. Sharma/Smith - Brett Haber, Paul Annacone - first ball 10:14 - end #1 at 11:37
12:46 -- Jon Wertheim interviews Mattek-Sands and Murray
12:51 -- Reopen
12:52 - 2 - Doubles: Hsieh/Strycova vs. Babos/Mladenovic - Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport - first ball 12:58 - end #2 at 2:09
2:14 -- Trophy presentation
2:26 -- Sign off
ESPN
3:30 -- Tease -- Chris McKendry
3:31 -- Open
3:32 -- Studio -- McKendry, Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
3:38 - 1 - Thiem/Zverev (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill - first ball 3:46 - end 7:29
5:16 -- Studio segment during 7-minute delay for some lights going out
Day 13 - Friday, February 1st
Finals in:
Women's singles
Mixed doubles
Boys singles
Girls singles
Men's wheelchair singles
Women's wheelchair singles
Quad wheelchair singles
(7 total matches; 13.1 hours)
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 7:15-11 p.m; ESPN, 3:30-5:30 a.m.; Tennis Channel, 5:30-7:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel
7:15 - 1 - Boys final - World feed - first ball 7:17 - end #1 at 8:25
8:29 -- Trophy presentation
8:38 -- #MyTennisLife with Monica Puig
8:42 -- Destination Tennis: Philip Island
8:45 - 2 - Girls final - World feed - first ball 8:51 - end #2 at 10:55
11:00 -- Trophy presentation
11:07 -- Sign off
ESPN
3:30 -- Tease -- Chris McKendry
3:31 -- Open
3:32 -- Studio -- McKendry, Brad Gilbert, Jason Goodall
3:39 - 1 - Kenin/Muguruza (RLA) - Chris Fowler, Chrissie Evert, Mary Joe Fernandez - first ball 3:45 - end #1 at 5:48
4:38 -- Studio hit between sets
5:09 -- Studio hit between sets
5:54 -- Trophy presentation
6:13 -- Wrap-up -- Fowler, Evert
6:17 -- Studio -- McKendry, Brad Gilbert, Jason Goodall
6:30 -- Sign off
Tennis Channel Part II
6:25 -- Tease -- Brett Haber
6:26 -- Open
6:27 -- Mixed doubles final -- Brett Haber, Paul Annacone -- first ball 6:33 -- end 7:59
8:03 -- Trophy presentation
8:08 -- Sign off
Day 14 - Sunday, February 2nd
Finals in:
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Men's wheelchair singles - rained out yesterday
Women's wheelchair singles - rained out yesterday
(4 total matches; 8.6 hours)
Linear TV: Tennis Channel, 11 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.; ESPN, 3:30-6:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel
11:00 -- Open
11:02 -- Men's doubles final -- Brett Haber, Paul Annacone -- first ball 11:14 -- end #1 at 12:25
12:29 -- Trophy presentation
12:39 -- Sign off
ESPN
3:30 -- Tease -- Chris McKendry
3:31 -- Open
3:32 -- Studio -- McKendry, Jason Goodall, Darren Cahill
3:38 - 1 - Djokovic/Thiem (RLA) - Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert - first ball 3:46 - end at 7:46
5:30 -- Studio hit after second set
6:19 -- Studio hit after third set
6:58 -- Studio hit after fourth set
7:47 -- SportsCenter tease
7:48 -- Studio -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe
7:52 -- Trophy presentation
8:08 -- Sign off
Final announcer totals
PBP
26.2 - Chris Fowler
19.8 - Jason Goodall
16 - Ted Robinson
16 - Pam Shriver
15 - Patrick McEnroe
14 - Cliff Drysdale
6 - Brett Haber
6 - Alex Faust
3 - Darren Cahill
1 - Mary Joe Fernandez
1 - John McEnroe
1 - Chris McKendry
Color
18.5 - Lindsay Davenport
16 - Mary Joe Fernandez
15 - Chrissie Evert
15 - Brad Gilbert
14 - John McEnroe
12 - Darren Cahill
8.5 - Paul Annacone
7 - Patrick McEnroe
6 - Rennae Stubbs
5 - Pam Shriver*
4 - Cliff Drysdale*
2 - Jason Goodall
2 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands
1 - Jim Courier
Reporter
6 - Brad Gilbert
5 - Pam Shriver
3 - Darren Cahill
2 - Mary Joe Fernandez
1 - Jason Goodall
1 - Patrick McEnroe
1 - Rennae Stubbs
Totals
26.2 - Chris Fowler
25 - Pam Shriver
22.8 - Jason Goodall
22 - Patrick McEnroe
21 - Brad Gilbert
19 - Mary Joe Fernandez
18.5 - Lindsay Davenport
18 - Darren Cahill
17 - Cliff Drysdale
16 - Ted Robinson
15 - Chrissie Evert
15 - John McEnroe
8.5 - Paul Annacone
7 - Rennae Stubbs
6 - Brett Haber
6 - Alex Faust
2 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands
1 - Jim Courier
1 - Chris McKendry
Notes:
*There were two matches with solo commentators. I credited them with both a PBP and a color appearance, since they had to fill both roles, but did not double-count those in their total.
There were also two mid-match announcer switches, which is how we got decimals.
Two weeks off before Doha (which is the next tournament that gets a schedule chart, albeit not here).
Five and a half weeks until Indian Wells, the next tournament on the largest sub-major level for the men.
Sixteen weeks until Roland Garros.