The Australian Open starts TOMORROW!

Can't you hear the bush birds calling?

Anybody remember that? The Melbourne tourism commercial that used to run all the time during the Australian Open ESPN coverage back in the day?

No? Just me?

Anyway, take a quick look at all the names I'm most excited about on the schedule for Day 1. Then scroll down for a recap of all of this week's championship results.

🏆 Adelaide (WTA 500)

Mirra Andreeva (3) def. Victoria Mboko (8), 6-3, 6-1 Down 0-3 in the opening set, Mirra Andreeva found another gear entirely — winning 12 of the final 13 games to claim her fourth career title and first at WTA 500 level. The 18-year-old's hard-court dominance continues after back-to-back WTA 1000 titles at Dubai and Indian Wells last year. She didn't drop more than three games in any set across her entire Adelaide campaign.

For Victoria Mboko, reaching her first WTA 500 final caps a stunning rise from #337 to #17 in just 12 months. And she'll take a Top 10 win (Madison Keys) as a consolation prize.

🏆 Auckland (ATP 250)

Jakub Mensik (3) def. Sebastian Baez, 6-3, 7-6(7) The 20-year-old Czech continues his remarkable rise with a second career title, backing up his breakthrough ATP Masters 1000 Miami triumph from last March. Mensik becomes the youngest Auckland champion since Juan Martin del Potro won here in 2009 at the same age, and the fourth Czech man to lift the trophy after Karol Novacek, Jiri Novak, and Jiri Vesely.

With a first-serve weapon that produced 46 aces this week, he'll arrive in Melbourne as a nightmare draw for anyone in the first week.

🏆 Adelaide (ATP 250)

Tomas Machac (8) def. Ugo Humbert, 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-2 The Czech claims his 2nd career title, backing up his breakthrough Acapulco triumph from last year, and does it in style.

The win marks only the second time in Open Era history that two Czech men have won tour-level titles in the same week, joining Tomas Smid and Ivan Lendl back in July 1982.

Tomas Machac will return to the Top 25 on Monday.

🏆 Hobart (WTA 250)

Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Q) def. Iva Jovic, 6-4, 6-2 Redemption in Tasmania for the Italian, who lost the 2023 final here to qualifier Lauren Davis. Cocciaretto dropped just one set all week including her wins in qualifying, and lifts her 2nd career WTA title.

The 24yo will leap back up from #80 to #56 after this week's heroics.