Differences in Australian Open/U.S. Open Day/Night scheduling in Week 2

The Australian Open and U.S. Open are the only two majors with night matches, and this allows them to hold all eight singles quarterfinals on the same court, unlike the French Open and Wimbledon, which use two courts in the quarterfinal round. For the Australian Open, this is Rod Laver Arena, and for the U.S. Open, this is Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Despite the two tournaments both having night sessions and both holding the last 14 singles matches of the tournament on one court, the schedules are very different. Here is a look:

	Australian Open	U.S. Open
Day 9: Tuesday	11am: women's qtr women's qtr men's qtr 7pm: men's qtr	noon: women's qtr men's qtr 7pm: women's qtr men's qtr
Day 10: Wednesday	11am: women's qtr women's qtr men's qtr 7:30pm: men's qtr	11am: women's qtr women's qtr men's qtr 8pm: men's qtr
Day 11: Thursday	1:30pm: women's semis 7:30pm: men's semi	7pm: women's semis
Day 12: Friday	7:30pm: men's semi	3pm*: men's semis
Day 13: Saturday	7:30pm: women's final	3pm: women's final
Day 14: Sunday	7:30pm: men's final	4pm: men's final

*first men's semi: day

second men's semi: night

Of the last 14 singles matches of the tournament, both the Australian Open and U.S. Open have 6 night matches. While the U.S. Open's 6 night matches are 3 women's and 3 men's, the Australian Open on the other hand shows a strong preference for men's night matches with 5 of the last 6 night matches of the tournament being men's.

Australian Open 6 night matches:

two men's qtrs

both men's semis

women's final

men's final

U.S. Open 6 night matches:

two men's qtrs

one women's qtr

both women's semis

one men's semi