2023 Australian Open
The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023. It was the 111th edition of the Australian Open, the 55th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. During previous years, the tournament's main sponsor was Kia.
| 2023 Australian Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16–29 January 2023 |
| Edition | 111th Open Era (55th) |
| Category | Grand Slam |
| Draw | 128S / 64D |
| Prize money | A$76,500,000 |
| Surface | Hard (GreenSet) |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
| Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's singles | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Rinky Hijikata / Jason Kubler | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková | |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Luisa Stefani / Rafael Matos | |
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
| Alfie Hewett | |
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
| Diede de Groot | |
| Wheelchair quad singles | |
| Sam Schröder | |
| Wheelchair men's doubles | |
| Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid | |
| Wheelchair women's doubles | |
| Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot | |
| Wheelchair quad doubles | |
| Sam Schröder / Niels Vink | |
| Boys' singles | |
| Alexander Blockx | |
| Girls' singles | |
| Alina Korneeva | |
| Boys' doubles | |
| Learner Tien / Cooper Williams | |
| Girls' doubles | |
| Renáta Jamrichová / Federica Urgesi | |
Novak Djokovic claimed the men's singles title, his tenth Australian Open title and 22nd major title overall, tying Rafael Nadal's all-time record. Djokovic was allowed to play this year despite remaining unvaccinated from COVID-19 after his three-year ban was lifted. The ban was initially handed to him after he was deported in 2022, as Australia's laws required foreigners to be vaccinated for entering the country when the tournament was played in 2022, but the ban was lifted as the vaccination requirement has been lifted. Nadal was the defending champion, but lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the second round. Aryna Sabalenka won the women's title, her first major singles title. Ashleigh Barty was the reigning champion in the women's singles, but she retired from the sport in March 2022.
Spectators returned to full capacity for the first time since 2020, targeting to exceed 900,000 fans, after capacity restrictions in the last two events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To mark the seventieth anniversary of his first singles title in 1953, Ken Rosewall presented the men's singles trophy to the champion. Billie Jean King presented the women's singles trophy, on the fifty-fifth anniversary of her 1968 victory.
With the elimination of world No. 1 Iga Świątek in the fourth round by Elena Rybakina, this became the first edition of the Australian Open in the Open Era to feature neither of the top two singles seeds of either gender in the quarterfinals.
This was the last Australian Open Tennis Championships to be held on an opening Monday and from January 2024, the tournament will begin on a Sunday which will take place on 14 January 2024.