If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really does not leave players much time to be “off.”

Tennis’ great annual reset takes place in Melbourne, and in one way the game’s haves should be thankful that the sport’s much-debated off-season is so fleeting.

Three storylines to follow at the Australian Open tune-ups in Adelaide, Auckland and Hobart.