How to Watch the Australian Open from the UAE — Morning Sessions

The Australian Open, 11–31 January 2027

The Australian Open event runs from 11 to 31 January 2027 in Melbourne, with Opening Week from 11 January and the main draw beginning on 17 January. As the first Grand Slam of the year it sets the tone for the tennis season, and it arrives at a point in the calendar when the weather in the UAE makes staying indoors with a screen a perfectly reasonable plan.

It is also the only Grand Slam that does not fit the pattern of late nights that UAE tennis fans have learned to live with. Melbourne is ahead of us, not behind, and that changes everything about how you watch it.

Melbourne’s timezone, and why it works in your favour

The practical upshot is that the Australian Open is the one Slam you can follow at work, over lunch, or over breakfast on a weekend. Australian evening sessions are the exception — the ones that run late in Melbourne can push into the UAE evening, and a five-set match can run long enough to cross the whole window.

• Melbourne is UTC+11 during the tournament; the UAE is UTC+4.
• Melbourne is seven hours ahead of the UAE in January.
• Australian afternoon sessions land in the UAE morning.
• Australian evening sessions land in the UAE afternoon or early evening.

Following a two-week tournament

A Grand Slam is not a single event you clear an evening for. It is a fortnight of continuous play across multiple courts, and how you follow it depends on what you want from it.

• The first week has the most matches and the fewest must-see ties — good background viewing.
• The second week narrows to the serious contenders, and the scheduling becomes predictable.
• The finals are single matches, scheduled in Melbourne’s evening, landing in the UAE afternoon or early evening.
• Court feeds run in parallel, so a subscription that carries multiple courts is worth more here than for other sports.

Watching tennis in the UAE

Tennis is unusually dependent on how much coverage your subscription carries, because the interesting matches are often not the ones on the main court. A package that shows only the centre-court feed will miss most of the tournament’s best tennis in the first week.

It is worth confirming before the tournament begins which courts and which rounds your subscription covers, rather than discovering a gap on the morning of a semi-final.

Getting set up for January

Falcon Digital TV carries the sports channels that cover the Grand Slams alongside football, cricket and motorsport, on one subscription priced in AED. Message us on WhatsApp to confirm tennis coverage ahead of 11 January.