Australian Open Tennis 2015: First Grand Slam of the Season

It's that time of year, forget the NFL playoffs, the first grand slam of the year in tennis is here!

The big story heading into the Australian Open on the first day Monday, is the most recent grand slam champion on the men's side, Marin Cilic. Cilic, who finally won his first grand slam at the U.S. Open in September, withdrew due to injury.

Both singles champions from last year, Na Li and Stan Wawrinka, will be in the tournament. Wawrinka won his first grand slam there last year.

With that in mind...the first round singles matches of interest:

MEN
(1) Novak Djokovic v Aljaz Bedene
(2) Roger Federer v Yen Hsun Lu
(3) Rafa Nadal v Mikhail Youzhny
(4) Stan Wawrinka v Marsel Ilhan
(5) Kei Nishikori v Nicolas Almagro
(6) Andy Murray v Yuki Bhambri
(7) Tomas Berdych v Alejandro Falla
(8) Milos Raonic v Illya Marchenko
(9) David Ferrer v Thomaz Bellucci
(10) Grigor Dimitrov v Dustin Brown
(11) Ernests Gulbis v Thanasi Kokkinakis
(12) Feliciano Lopez v Denis Kudla
(13) Roberto Bautista Agut v Dominic Thiem
(14) Kevin Anderson v Diego Schwartzman
(15) Tommy Robredo v Edouard Roger Vasselin
(16) Fabio Fognini v Alejandro Gonzalez
(17) Gael Monfils v Lucas Pouille
(18) Gilles Simon v Robin Haase
(19) John Isner v Jimmy Wang
(20) David Goffin v Michael Russell
(21) Alex Dolgopolov v Paolo Lorenzi
(22) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Paul Henri Mathieu
(23) Ivo Karlovic v Ruben Bemelmans
(24) Richard Gasquet v Carlos Berlocq
(25) Julien Benneteau v Ben Becker
(26) Leonardo Mayer v John Millman
(28) Lukas Rosol v Kenny de Schepper
(29) Jeremy Chardy v Borna Coric
(30) Santiago Giraldo v Jan Hernych
(31) Fernando Verdasco v James Ward
(32) Martin Klizan v Tatsuma Ito
Lleyton Hewitt v Ze Zhang
Marcos Baghdatis v Lukas Lacko
Juan Martin del Potro v Jerzy Janowicz
Sam Querrey v Vasek Pospisil
Bernard Tomic v Tobias Kamke
Donald Young v Tim Puetz
Sergiy Stakhovsky v Dusan Lajovic
Steve Johnson v Kyle Edmund
Go Soeda v Elias Ymer
Nick Kyrgios v Federico Delbonis
Juan Monaco v Simone Bolelli
Andrey Kuznetsov v Albert Ramos Vinolas
Gilles Muller v Pablo Carreno Busta
Adrian Mannarino v Blaz Rola
Dennis Istomin v Andreas Seppi
Jurgen Melzer v Victor Estrella Burgos
Ivan Dodig v Joao Sousa
Marcel Granollers v Stephane Robert

WOMEN
(1) Serena Williams v Alison van Uytvanck
(2) Maria Sharapova v Petra Martic
(3) Simona Halep v Karin Knapp
(4) Petra Kvitova v Richel Hogenkamp
(5) Ana Ivanovic v Lucie Hradecka
(6) Aga Radwanska v Kurumi Nara
(7) Eugenie Bouchard v Anna Lena Friedsam
(8) Caroline Wozniacki v Taylor Townsend
(9) Angelique Kerber v Irina Camelia Begu
(10) Ekaterina Makarova v An Sophie Mestach
(11) Dominka Cibulkova v Kirsten Flipkens
(12) Flavia Pennetta v Camila Giorgi
(13) Andrea Petkovic v Madison Brengle
(14) Sara Errani v Grace Min
(15) Jelena Jankovic v Timea Bacsinsky
(16) Lucie Safarova v Yaroslava Shvedova
(17) Carla Suarez Navarro v Carina Witthoeft
(18) Venus Williams v Maria Torro Flor
(19) Alize Cornet v Shuai Zhang
(20) Sam Stosur v Monica Niculescu
(21) Shuai Peng v Tatjana Maria
(22) Karolina Pliskova v Evgeniya Rodina
(23) Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova v Yanina Wickmayer
(24) Garbine Muguruza v Marina Erakovic
(25) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova v Timea Babos
(26) Elina Svitolina v Jana Cepelova
(27) Svetlana Kuznetsova v Caroline Garcia
(28) Sabine Lisicki v Kristina Mladenovic
(29) Casey Dellacqua v Yvonne Meusberger
(30) Varvara Lepchenko v Vitalia Diatchenko
(31) Zarina Diyas v Ula Radwanska
(32) Belinda Bencic v Julia Goerges
Francesca Schiavone v Coco Vandeweghe
Vera Zvonareva v Ons Jabeur
Kimiko Date Krumm v Anna Tatishvili
Sloane Stephens v Victoria Azarenka
Tsvetana Pironkova v Heather Watson
Daniela Hantuchova v Saisai Zheng
Sorana Cirstea v Alexandra Panova
Bethanie Mattek Sands v Ying Ying Duan
Madison Keys v Lesia Tsurenko
Kaia Kanepi v Irina Falconi
Bojana Jovanovski v Roberta Vinci
Jie Zheng v Kai Chen Chang
Monica Puig v Arina Rodionova
Nicole Gibbs v Olivia Rogowska
Romina Oprandi v Denis Allertova
Mirjana Lucic Baroni v Tereza Smitkova
Mona Barthel v Donna Vekic
Alison Riske v Oceane Dodin
Elena Vesnina v Katerina Siniakova
Kiki Bertens v Daria Gavrilova
Silvia Soler Espinosa v Annika Beck
Christina McHale v Stephanie Foretz

Of course, it starts Monday morning Melbourne time, while in the States it will start Sunday night while most are watching some AFC Championship game. ESPN and Tennis Channel are once again the US broadcasters, but go on Ausopen.com for live scores, plus AO radio!