The 2023 Australian Open was a

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level

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tournament held at

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, from 16–29 January 2023. It was the 111th edition of the

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, the 55th in the

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, 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

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Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

claimed the men's singles title, his tenth Australian Open title and 22nd major title overall, tying

Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finish ...

'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 Michael Mackenzie Lowe "Mackie" McDonald (born April 16, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 on 1 August 2022, and No. 90 in doubles on 17 October 2022. He won the 2016 NCAA D ...

in the second round.

Aryna Sabalenka Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka ( be, Арына Сяргееўна Сабаленка; russian: Арина Сергеевна Соболенко, ''Arina Sergeyevna Sobolenko'', born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She ha ...

won the women's title, her first major singles title.

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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

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. With the elimination of world No. 1

Iga Świątek Iga Natalia Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player. She is currently ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Świątek is a three-time major singles champion, having won the French Open in 20 ...

in the fourth round by

Elena Rybakina Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is the reigning champion at Wimbledon and the first Kazakhstani player to win a title at a major. She is also the first to be ranked in the world's ...

, this became the first edition of the Australian Open in the

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

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

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, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

Rinky Hijikata is an Australian professional tennis player. Following a successful career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hijikata went professional and has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 70 achieved on 16 October 2023 and ...

Jason Kubler Jason Murray Kubler ( ; born 19 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. Despite a promising junior career, which included the junior world No. 1 ranking and comparisons to Rafael Nadal, Kubler has spent the majority of his profe ...

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Hugo Nys Hugo Nys (; born 16 February 1991) is a French-born Monegasque tennis player who is a doubles specialist on the ATP Tour. On 29 July 2019, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 327 and he achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. ...

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 Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became world No. 1 in doubles. Krejčíková ...

Kateřina Siniaková Kateřina Siniaková (; ; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in doubles. She is a six-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2018 and 2021 French Opens, 2018 and 2022 Wimbledo ...

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Shuko Aoyama is a Japanese tennis player. Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, ...

Ena Shibahara is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She won her first Grand Slam title at the 2022 French Open alongside Wesley Koolhof in mixed doubles, and also reached the women's doubles semifinals at the 2 ...

6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Luisa Stefani Luisa Veras Stefani (born 9 August 1997) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She is the first Brazilian woman to crack the WTA top 10. She made the milestone on 1 November 2021 when she rose two places to world No. 9 in doubles. On 20 M ...

Rafael Matos Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Matos has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 440 achieved on 21 M ...

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Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she has won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in ...

Rohan Bopanna Rohan Bopanna ( ; born 4 March 1980) is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career-high ranking was world No. 213 in 2007 and his career-high ranking in doubles was world No. 3 on 22 July 2013. He has been a member of the Indian ...

, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

Alfie Hewett Alfie Hewett (born 6 December 1997) is a British wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in doubles, and a former world No. 1 in singles. Hewett is a 21-time major champion, having won six titles in singles and 15 in doubles, ...

def. Tokito Oda, 6–3, 6–1

Wheelchair women's singles

Diede de Groot Diede de Groot (born 19 December 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. De Groot is a 31-time major champion, having won 16 titles in singles, and 15 titles in doubles. In 2021, s ...

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Yui Kamiji is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. She has won 26 major titles, as well as a Paralympic silver and bronze medal in singles and doubles, respectively, at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She also won a bronze medal in singles at the 2016 ...

, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair quad singles

Sam Schröder Sam Schröder (born 25 September 1999) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Schröder has a career high Quad Wheelchair singles ranking of 1, achieved on 14 February 2022. He also has a career high Quad Wheelchair doubles ranking of 1, achieved ...

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Niels Vink Niels Vink (born 6 December 2002) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2 ...

, 6–2, 7–5

Wheelchair men's doubles

/ Gordon Reid def.

Maikel Scheffers Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays singles and doubles events. Scheffers was born with spina bifida. He lives in Dorst. He has won six Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four ...

/ Ruben Spaargaren, 6–1, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

Aniek van Koot Aniek van Koot (born 15 August 1990) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. Van Koot is a 23-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 Australian Open, 2013 US Open and 2019 Wimbled ...

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Zhu Zhenzhen Zhu Zhenzhen (born 15 August 1989) is a Chinese wheelchair tennis player. She became the first Chinese wheelchair tennis player to compete at a major at the 2020 Australian Open, where she reached the singles semifinals by defeating the defendin ...

, 6–3, 6–2

Wheelchair quad doubles

def. Donald Ramphadi / Ymanitu Silva, 6–1, 6–3

Boys' singles

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Learner Tien Learner Tien (born December 2, 2005) is an American tennis player. Tien has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 526 achieved on November 6, 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 963 achieved on July 17, 2023. Early lif ...

, 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 singles titles at the Australian Open and the French Open and reache ...

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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

Cooper Williams Cooper Williams (born June 17, 2005) is an American tennis player. Williams has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 965 on June 12, 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 516 on June 12, 2023. Williams is currently ranked No ...

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, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

* Renáta Jamrichová /

Federica Urgesi Federica Urgesi (born 29 January 2005) is an Italian tennis player. She has a career high WTA singles ranking of 818 achieved on 7 November 2022. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 674 achieved on 14 November 2022. Urgesi and he ...

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 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 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 Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova ( rus, Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, , kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar descent. She has career-high WTA rankings ...

and Ukraine's

Kateryna Baindl Kateryna Baindl ( uk, Катерина Ігорівна Баіндль, née Kozlova; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian tennis player. On 19 February 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 22 October 2012, she ...

. 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