Australian Open 2027

Where it stands

As of 7 Sept 2026

There is no ballot for the Australian Open, and AO 2027 tickets are already sold.

Tennis Australia published the whole timetable in its own articles of 21 Jul 2026 and 28 Jul 2026: the accessibility pre-sale ran 12:00 AEST 28 Jul 2026 to 23:59 AEST 4 Aug 2026, the Mastercard pre-sale 12:00 AEST 5 Aug 2026 to 12:00 AEST 6 Aug 2026, the AO Extras and tennis-community pre-sale 14:00 AEST 6 Aug 2026 to 23:59 AEST 12 Aug 2026, and general public sale opened at 12:00 AEST on 13 Aug 2026 through Ticketmaster Australia. That is the earliest AO on-sale on record, roughly seven weeks ahead of the 2026 cycle.

Ground Pass early-bird pricing from AUD 49 runs until 12:59 on 30 Nov 2026, and Tennis Australia says daily Ground Pass allocations are capped for the first time, so week one of the main draw is the part expected to sell through first. Nothing is drawn here: there is no ballot to enter and no result to wait for, only a first-come sale.

How tickets actually work

No ballot. Buy through the official partner Ticketmaster Australia (ticketmaster.com.au/ausopen), whose on-sale uses a waiting room that assigns a random queue position at the moment sales start; that is queue randomisation, not a ballot, and it decides order rather than entitlement. General public sale opened 12:00 AEST on 13 Aug 2026 and the three earlier pre-sales (accessibility, Mastercard, AO Extras and tennis community) all closed before it. AO Extras sign-up is free and is the route that carries pre-sale access in the next cycle.

Your odds

There is no draw, so there are no ballot odds. The demand context Tennis Australia publishes: AO 2026 drew 1,368,043 fans across the three-week event, including 217,999 during AO Opening Week, and for 2027 the daily Ground Pass allocation is capped for the first time. Its own stated reason for selling earlier than ever is that demand is expected to be strongest in week one of the main draw.

Good to know

• Nothing here is drawn. The Australian Open runs no ballot, lottery or random selection, so there is no application to submit and no result to wait for. Tickets go to whoever completes checkout first.
• Ticketmaster's waiting room is not a ballot. It shuffles everyone present into a random order the moment the sale opens, which decides who is served first, not who is entitled to buy. Arriving before the on-sale time is the whole game; arriving an hour early gains nothing.
• The on-sale moved a long way forward. The 2026 cycle went on sale in early October 2025 and the 2027 cycle on 13 Aug 2026, so working from last year's month is how people miss it.
• The cheapest ticket is now finite per day. Tennis Australia caps daily Ground Pass allocations for the first time in 2027 and expects week one of the main draw to go first, which is the combination a late buyer is most likely to find gone.
• Official resale through the Ticketmaster Resale platform opened for AO 2027 on 13 Aug 2026 and is the only resale route the tournament recognises. AO Reserve tickets cannot be resold, so they never appear there.

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