The world's top tennis players gather in Melbourne later this month for the Australian Open.

Here are the key dates and details you need to know before the opening Grand Slam of the year.

The Australian Open starts on Monday, 16 January and runs until Sunday, 29 January.

The seedings were determined by world ranking before the draw. Men's world number one Carlos Alcaraz was been ruled out through injury.

* denotes playing under a neutral flag

Women's singles: Emma Raducanu, Harriet Dart

Men's singles: Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Andy Murray, Jack Draper, Kyle Edmund

Among those competing in the doubles will be Joe Salisbury, Neal Skupski, Jamie Murray, Olivia Nicholls, Alicia Barnett and Heather Watson.

In the wheelchair events, 17-year-old Ben Bartram has been awarded a wildcard to join Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid, Lucy Shuker and Andy Lapthorne.

The draw took place on Thursday, 12 January.

16-17 January - men's and women's first round (from 00:00 GMT, night session from 08:00)

18-19 January - men's and women's second round (from 00:00, night session from 08:00)

20-21 January - men's and women's third round (from 00:00, night session from 08:00)

22-23 January - men's and women's fourth round (from 00:00, night session from 08:00)

24-25 January - men's and women's quarter-finals (from 00:00, night session from 08:00/08:30)

26 January - women's semi-finals (from 05:00)

27 January - men's semi-finals (first one at 05:00, second one not before 08:30)

28 January - women's final (08:30)

29 January - men's final (08:30)

There will be radio commentary of each night session from the Australian Open on Tennis Breakfast every day from 07:00 GMT on 5 Sports Extra as well as live text commentary of selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app.