The tournament will not take place from the third week of January as usual, but has been postponed three weeks into February due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
qualification
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the qualification rounds have been outsourced. From January 10 to 13, 2021, the women’s in Dubai ( United Arab Emirates ) and men’s in Doha ( Qatar ) took place at the same time .
The following requirements should apply to the players and their support team:
A maximum of 1000 people (players and teams) are allowed, which means that a player can bring a maximum of two team members.
Players must enter Australia on January 15 or 16, 2021.
Players can train for five hours with a team member, but the team must stay at the hotel for the remaining 19 hours of the day.
Players must have six negative COVID-19 tests before they are allowed to play, including one negative test before arriving in Australia.
If a test is positive, a player can take another test.
If a player tested positive before the start of the tournament and he cannot participate due to the regulations, he will receive 50 percent of the prize money of the first round.
The ATP Cup, two ATP 250 tournaments and two WTA 500 tournaments will be held in Melbourne before the Australian Open.
A WTA 250 tournament takes place during the second week.
The first round losers in the singles will receive 100,000 Australian dollars .
Cancel
The following top players do not take part in the tournament for various reasons:
Novak Đoković
Sofia Kenin
Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
Barbora Krejčíková Nikola Mektić
Roger Federer , family reasons
Kiki Bertens , foot injury
Dajana Jastremska , suspended from the ITF
