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

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, the 55th in the Open Era, and the first

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of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players will competed in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's main sponsor was Kia. 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 to enter 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

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, targeting to exceed 900,000 fans, after capacity restrictions in the last two events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the elimination of world No. 1 Iga Świątek in the fourth round (defeated by 2022 Wimbledon champion 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.

Singles players

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* Women's singles

Events

Men's singles

* Novak Djokovic def.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas ( gr, Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 9 ...

, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)

Women's singles

* Aryna Sabalenka def. Elena Rybakina, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

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/ Jason Kubler def. Hugo Nys /

Jan Zieliński Jan Zieliński (born 16 November 1996) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has an ATP career-high doubles ranking of world No. 15, which he attained on 30 January 2023 following the 2023 Australian Open final. ...

, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Women's doubles

* Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková def. Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles

* Luisa Stefani /

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def. Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

* Alfie Hewett def. Tokito Oda, 6–3, 6–1

Wheelchair women's singles

* Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair quad singles

* Sam Schröder def. Niels Vink, 6–2, 7–5

Wheelchair men's doubles

* Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Maikel Scheffers / Ruben Spaargaren, 6–1, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

* Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. Yui Kamiji / Zhu Zhenzhen, 6–3, 6–2

Wheelchair quad doubles

* Sam Schröder / Niels Vink def. Donald Ramphadi / Ymanitu Silva, 6–1, 6–3

Boys' singles

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def. Learner Tien, 6–1, 2–6, 7–6^(11–9)

Girls' singles

Alina Korneeva Alina Aleksandrovna Korneeva (russian: Алина Александровна Корнеева, born 23 June 2007) is a Russian tennis player. In 2023, she won junior Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles titles at the 2023 Australian Open – G ...

def.

Mirra Andreeva Mirra Aleksandrovna Andreeva (russian: Мирра Александровна Андреева; born 29 April 2007) is a Russian professional tennis player. Andreeva has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 35, achieved on 29 January ...

, 6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 7–5

Boys' doubles

* Learner Tien /

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def.

/ João Fonseca, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

* Renáta Jamrichová /

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def. Hayu Kinoshita / Sara Saito, 7–6^(7–5), 1–6, 0–7

Point distribution and prize money

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each competition showing the ranking points offered for each event.

Senior points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2023 increased by 3.38% year on year to a tournament record A$76,500,000. This represented a 155% increase in prize money over the last ten years, from the A$30 million on offer in

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Controversy

In the wake of the

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, organizers from the tournament banned Russian and Belarusian flags from being displayed courtside. Nations' flags were initially allowed, but this was reversed after an incident between Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova and Ukraine's

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. During the game, Russian supporters were accused of taunting Baindl, but the group denied that they were being provocative. They stated that they were merely supporting Rakhimova. The move came after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from playing under their nation's flags.

References

External links

Australian Open official website
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2023 WTA Tour