Australian Open Live Stream: Watch 2024’s First Tennis Grand Slam Online Anywhere

The first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year is the Australian Open and it starts Sunday, January 14th and runs through Sunday, January 28th. And Sling TV will allow you to watch the whole thing on a budget.

In a hurry? Sling Orange gives you the main Australian Open channels (ESPN, ESPN2) for just $40.00/month. And your first month is discounted by $25. Sign up now!

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What You Need to Know About Sling TV

Sling TV is one of the biggest live TV streaming services. What we most like about it is that it is distinct from cable companies. DIRECTV STREAM (AT&T TV), Fubo (FuboTV), Hulu + Live TV, and YouTube TV are all great services but they don’t provide the kind of flexibility that Sling does.

Sling TV offers what is essentially a la carte cable TV. You sign up with a small base plan and add the TV channels and features you want. But the base plans themselves are pretty great. For example, they provide 50 hours of cloud DVR storage.

2024 Australian Open Details

The first major tennis tournament of the year is the Australian Open. It is also the first Grand Slam. It occurs every January at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.

This tournament was started in 1905 as the Australasian Championships. It became the Australian Open in 1927 and has been one of the biggest tournaments in the world since then.

Like all major tennis tournaments, the Australian Open features a lot of matches occurring at the same time. As a result, coverage is spread out over several TV channels: ESPN, ESPN2, and the Tennis Channel. ESPN, however, will likely cover the finals.

Here is the schedule for the 2024 Australian Open:

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Watching Tennis With Sling TV

Sling TV is not just a good choice for watching the Australian Open. You can use it to watch tennis throughout the year. This includes the Madrid Open and all the Grand Slam tournaments:

• January 14: Australian Open (ESPN, Tennis)
• May 20: French Open (NBC, Tennis)
• July 1: Wimbledon (Finals) (ESPN)
• August 26: US Open (ESPN)

All of these channels are available from Sling TV.

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How to Get Australian Open Channels With Sling TV

To follow the Australian Open, you really need ESPN, ESPN2, and the Tennis Channel. You get the first two (along with ESPN3, which includes all of ABC Sports) with Sling Orange for $40.00/month.

To get Tennis Channel, you need the Sports Extra add-on for $11/mo. It gives you 13 more channels including ACC Network, SEC Network, ESPNU, beIN Sports, MLB Network, NBA TV, and NHL Network.

To maximize your tennis coverage, you will want to add NBCUniversal channels, so subscribers may want to combine it with Sling Blue.

• Sling Orange ($40.00/month): ESPN, ESPN2
• Sling Orange + Blue ($55.00/month): ESPN, ESPN2, NBC, USA
• Sports Extra ($11/mo or $15/mo): Tennis Channel.

Tennis fans are well serviced by the Orange plan because so much tennis is aired on ESPN channels. The other major part of its lineup is The Disney Channel. Otherwise, it mostly shares channels like Comedy Central and TNT with Sling Blue.

The Blue plan is not so great in terms of tennis. But it’s a great service for other sports and general viewing and the only way to get local channels. For example, golf fans will need it. So will football fans, because you can only get NFL RedZone with it. It also includes Fox channels including FS1.

For all the details about these plans, see our guide on Sling TV Packages.

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Sling TV Device Support for Live Sports

Sling TV is also one of the top services when it comes to streaming devices. It offers apps for pretty much anything you can think of. Check out our Sling TV Devices guide for more information on its support for TV devices, smart TVs, and gaming consoles. But you will probably find one or more devices you already own in this limited list:

Wrapping Up

Don’t miss out on the Australian Open and the rest of the tennis season. Sling TV has you all set up. And you can get just what you want in terms of channels and features. Sign up today!

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FAQs

Can I watch Australian Open match replays with Sling TV?

You should be able to watch matches on-demand up to three days later with Sling TV. Alternatively, you could use the cloud DVR to record any matches that you can’t watch live. All Sling TV plans provide 50 hours of storage, which isn’t great for an archive, but is more than enough for storing replays to watch later.

What top players will be participating in the 2024 Australian Open?

All the top players will be participating at Australian Open 2024. Here are the lists of the top 10 men’s and women’s single players who are scheduled to play:

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Image created with crop of Melbourne, Australia – 20 January 2020 – Roger Federer by Rob Keating under CC BY 2.0.

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Frank Moraes is a Sr Content Editor at Hotdog.com, specializing in sports streaming and regional programming issues. With a PhD in Atmospheric Physics from the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and extensive experience in remote sensing technology, including early video streaming, Frank brings a unique technical perspective to the streaming industry.

His expertise in sports coverage, particularly for out-of-market games and regional sports networks, stems from years of hands-on experience as an early adopter of streaming services and his work addressing fans' viewing challenges. As a longtime cord-cutter and subscriber to multiple streaming platforms, Frank combines his technical knowledge with practical user experience, making him a leading expert in the field of sports streaming and entertainment technology.

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