Under the new long-term agreement, Tennis Australia and Discovery will expand their Australian Open partnership

Discovery Sports has announced that it has reached an agreement with Tennis Australia to broadcast the Australian Open live and exclusively at the pan-European level until 2031.

Starting in 2022, the long-term contract includes all linear and digital rights and expands the Eurosports Association’s tennis calendar with the first Grand Slam tournament to more than 25 years when it sent its first Australian Open in 1995.

As part of the ten-year deal, Discovery will use its beloved global channels, platforms and brands, including Eurosport and streaming service Discovery + for real-life entertainment, to take Australia’s open to a larger and wider audience than ever before.

In addition to world-class tennis, Discovery is partnering with Tennis Australia on a wide range of lifestyles and entertainment content to tell more about the tournament’s rich stories and by going beyond the sport alone. World-renowned for showcasing real-life, non-fiction covering a variety of popular categories such as Home, Adventure, Travel, Food, Nature, Environment and Science, Discovery and Tennis Australia, aims to engage the entire household audience to help grow the tournament over the next decade .

Eurosport also has exclusive rights to AO kick-off events, including the pan-European Adelaide International ATP Tournament, which provides world players with vital match habits ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Andrew Georgiou, Discovery Sports Director, said: We are excited to partner with Tennis Australia and deepen our partnership with them around what is one of the jewels of the tennis crown.

“We have an incredible tradition of providing a leading tennis review to the general public who enjoy Grand Slam events on our platforms, and cover all the stories that are important on and off the field, people on either forum want to follow the tournament.

Expanding our relationship with the Australian Open in the long term means we can take this even further by leveraging Discoverys ’global channels, platforms and brands – including Eurosport and Discovery Discovery + – to the full breadth and depth of Tennis Australia and reach new audiences around new and diverse stories to have an even bigger part in growing the tournament.

Craig Tiley, CEO of Australian Tennis and Director of the Australian Open, added: Eurosport has helped showcase the best of the Australian Open to Europe for over 25 years and we are delighted to expand and expand this historic partnership.

We look forward to bringing our innovative coverage to life through free Eurosport and Discoverys, on-demand TV and a range of online destinations, as well as telling players ’stories both on and off the field. both in January and throughout the year.