Despite one of the best tournaments in memory for Australian hopefuls, local players were kept well clear of Rod Laver Arena.

Only Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur made it to Melbourne Park's centre court, playing both their matches there before suffering second-round exits.

Rising juniors Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis missed out, as did Sam Groth, Marinko Matosevic and women's seed Casey Dellacqua.

Tomic dished up a broadside to tournament director Craig Tiley, suggesting many players were staggered with his decisions.

"I think the scheduling was, like, ridiculous this year," he said after his fourth-round loss to Tomas Berdych.

"Not just from my side, but for many players. I spoke to a few people about it. Lleyton [Hewitt] as well. I don't know who was in charge of the schedule. Really, some of the matches I saw, it was just like, 'Wow'."

Tomic, who was eliminated on Hisense Arena, said he was happy on the smaller courts but other players were similarly confused.

"Some of the other matches I saw I was like, 'What the hell?'," he continued. I'm not going to complain from my side.

"But on behalf of the people I talked to, they say it as well.

"You'll have to ask Craig Tiley ... apparently he's the best," he said with a smile.

Tiley is both Open director and Tennis Australia chief executive, meaning Tomic may have to mend the relationship.

But he's not the only player to be shocked by the draw.

German Julia Goerges expressed surprise that she was pitted against Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka on the 15,000 capacity court, with both women unseeded.

On the same day, third seed Simona Halep defeated American Bethanie Mattek-Sands on Margaret Court, with half the capacity.

Tennis Australia declined to comment on Sunday.

But Tiley said earlier in the tournament it was wrong to underestimate the difficulty of scheduling which he described as a "complex task with a myriad of competing interests". AAP