ATP - Adelaide 1R start

First round commenced in Adelaide.

2025 Adelaide International, an ATP 250 tournament, on Hard Outdoor, Adelaide, Australia, 6-11 January 2025.

Defending champion:

Jiri Lehecka (7) who defeated Jack Draper 4-6 6-4 6-3

Third seed Tomas Machac withdrew after the main draw was published, and was replaced by lucky loser Rinky Hijikata.

Fourth seed Jiri Lehecka withdrew after the main draw was published, and was replaced by lucky loser Manuel Guinard

Zhang Zhizhen was instated as ninth seed.

The players with first round byes are top seed Tommy Paul, fifth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, qualifier Benjamin Bonzi, and second seed Sebastian Korea.

First round results:

- Denis Shapovalov defeated Zhang Zhizhen (9) 6-3 6-4

- Christopher O’Connell defeated Arthur Rinderknech 7-5 7-6(5)

- Wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 3-6 6-3

- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5 6-2