Did you know that tennis fans in Australia can live stream all four majors – including the French Open 2025 – for free on 9Now. That's a lot of free tennis.
But 9Now is only available within Australia (it'll check you have a local IP address). However, Aussies abroad can still watch the majors free with a VPN.
A VPN lets you change your IP address to (almost) any country, so you can appear to be back at home – even when on the other side of the world.
A top quality VPN – we always use NordVPN – will unblock almost any streaming service.
So if you're a British tennis fan abroad, you can watch Wimbledon for free when you use a VPN to unblock BBC iPlayer.
There's a ton of other reasons to invest in a VPN – not least security – but let's just focus on sports here, in particular tennis.
Even if travel abroad, and you love tennis, a VPN is a great way to access it without having to trawl through foreign TV channels or worry about foreign language commentary.
We use a VPN all the time, for TV and sports. It's not only reliable and secure, it costs half the price of a coffee – per month.
Here's our quick guide to watching tennis with a VPN – so you can make your own mind up.
What is a VPN?
A VPN (virtual private network) might just be your new favorite piece of tech.
It's an easy-to-use tool that essentially works like a portal, letting you reroute your internet traffic through servers based anywhere in the world.
If you're from Australia but you're on holiday abroad, for instance, you won't be able to access your usual tennis coverage. With a VPN you can connect to a server in Australia, which makes it look as if you're in Australia, and you'll be able to stream the tennis just like you would at home.
VPNs do so much more besides, including encrypting your data and, in some cases, even improving your internet speeds.
What streaming services can VPNs unblock?
In our extensive testing to crown the best VPN for streaming, we've had success unblocking a ton of tennis streamers, including:
9Now(free grand slam tennis!), BBC iPlayer (free Wimbledon coverage), Sky Go, Sling TV, Fubo, Peacock and many more besides, such as Netflix, Prime Video, Kayo Sports, Disney Plus, Max and DAZN.
Using a VPN is usually just a case of picking your home country and hitting 'connect'. It's very simple.
Why are VPNs good?
This goes deeper than just tennis coverage. Their ability to unblock access to streaming services is undoubtedly one of the key draws of VPNs, but they're so much more than streaming aids...
They make your internet browsing data private by encrypting it, so that cybercriminals, websites, advertisers, internet service providers (ISP) and governments can't keep tabs on your online activities.
And because some ISPs deliberately throttle speeds, in order to force customers to purchase more expensive plans, by rerouting and anonymizing your web traffic, we've found that VPNs can actually speed up the service you get.
Which VPNs work for tennis streaming?
Most VPNs will help you access your subscriptions and preferred streaming platforms from abroad, but those listed below are some of the very best VPNs we've tested.
Though the promise of a free VPN is hard to ignore, be aware that they're restricted by data caps that can be enough to live stream a handful of matches but no more. Paid VPNs have no such restrictions and are the best way to go.
We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.
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