Rafael Nadal, the current champion, shouldn't be discounted, though, as he is more than capable of making a run at the championship.
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The largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere, the Australian Open, takes place every year in Melbourne, Australia, during the final two weeks of January. The 111th Australian Open will take place, the 55th in the Open Era, and it will be the first Grand Slam of the year. The Australian Open, which takes place in advance of the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, is the Grand Slam event with the highest attendance in 2020. It includes wheelchair, legends, and exhibition matches in addition to men’s and women’s singles, men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles, as well as junior championships.
The 2023 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, will take place at Melbourne Park and will feature a return of top tennis players on January 16. In the absence of the tournament’s reigning champion Ashleigh Barty, Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur will be playing in the women’s draw this year. The field appears to be extremely competitive when players like last year’s finalist Danielle Collins, Grand Slam champions Viktoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova, and Emma Raducanu, as well as top-10 players Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, and Jessica Pegula, are included.
The 2023 Australian Open men’s singles draw has been made, and Melbourne Park will host two weeks of tennis extravaganza for fans from around the world. One year after the visa controversy, Novak Djokovic will compete in the Asia-Pacific Major again. Given his recent form, he will likely be the heavy favourite to win. Rafael Nadal, the current champion, shouldn’t be discounted, though, as he is more than capable of making a run at the championship. Given their attributes, athletes like Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev, and Felix Auger-Aliassime are also taken into consideration.
The main draw of the 2023 Australian Open is set to start on January 16. The competition will conclude on January 29. Here is the schedule for the singles action
| Tournament stage | Date |
|---|---|
| First round | January 16-17 (men’s and women’s) |
| Second round | January 18-19 (men’s and women’s) |
| Third round | January 20-21 (men’s and women’s) |
| Fourth round | January 22-23 (men’s and women’s) |
| Quarter-final | January 24 (men’s and women’s) |
| Semi-final | January 26 (women’s), January 27 (men’s) |
| Final | January 28 (women’s), January 29 (men’s) |
| No. Seed | Player |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal |
| 2 | Casper Ruud |
| 3 | Stefanos Tsitsipas |
| 4 | Novak Djokovic |
| 5 | Andrey Rublev |
| 6 | Felix Auger-Aliassime |
| 7 | Daniil Medvedev |
| 8 | Taylor Fritz |
| 9 | Holger Rune |
| 10 | Hubert Hurkacz |
| 11 | Cameron Norrie |
| 12 | Alexander Zverev |
| 13 | Matteo Berrettini |
| 14 | Pablo Carreno Busta |
| 15 | Jannik Sinner |
| 16 | Frances Tiafoe |
| 17 | Lorenzo Musetti |
| 18 | Karen Khachanov |
| 19 | Nick Kyrgios |
| 20 | Denis Shapovalov |
| 21 | Borna Coric |
| 22 | Alex De Minaur |
| 23 | Diego Schwartzman |
| 24 | Roberto Bautista Agut |
| 25 | Daniel Evans |
| 26 | Miomir Kecmanovic |
| 27 | Grigor Dimitrov |
| 28 | Francisco Cerundolo |
| 29 | Sebastian Korda |
| 30 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina |
| 31 | Yoshihito Nishioka |
| 32 | Botic van de Zandschulp |
| Seed | First name |
| 1 | Iga Swiatek |
| 2 | Ons Jabeur |
| 3 | Jessica Pegula |
| 4 | Caroline Garcia |
| 5 | Aryna Sabalenka |
| 6 | Maria Sakkari |
| 7 | Coco Gauff |
| 8 | Daria Kasatkina |
| 9 | Veronika Kudermetova |
| 10 | Madison Keys |
| 11 | Paula Badosa |
| 12 | Belinda Bencic |
| 13 | Danielle Collins |
| 14 | Beatriz Haddad Maia |
| 15 | Petra Kvitova |
| 16 | Anett Kontaveit |
| 17 | Jelena Ostapenko |
| 18 | Liudmila Samsonova |
| 19 | Ekaterina Alexandrova |
| 20 | Barbora Krejcikova |
| 21 | Martina Trevisan |
| 22 | Elena Rybakina |
| 23 | Shuai Zhang |
| 24 | Victoria Azarenka |
| 25 | Marie Bouzkova |
| 26 | Elise Mertens |
| 27 | Irina-Camelia Begu |
| 28 | Amanda Anisimova |
| 29 | Qinwen Zheng |
| 30 | Karolina Pliskova |
| 31 | Kaia Kanepi |
| 32 | Jil Teichmann |
| Event | Winner | Finals | Semifinals | Quarterfinals |
| Singles | A$2,975,000 | A$1,625,000 | A$925,000 | A$555,250 |
| Doubles | A$695,000 | A$370,000 | A$210,000 | A$116,500 |
| Mixed Doubles | A$157,750 | A$89,450 | A$47,500 | A$25,250 |
| Event | Winner | Finals | Semifinals | Quarterfinals |
| Men’s Singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 |
| Men’s Doubles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 |
| Women’s Singles | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 |
| Women’s Doubles | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 |
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Nine & Stan Sport – Australia.
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SuperSport – Sub-Saharan Africa.
CCTV, iQIYI, GreatSports Media (Shanghai TV), Guangdong TV – China.
Eurosport – Europe.
WOWOW – Japan.
ESPN International – Latin and Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Sony Six, Sony Ten & Sony Liv – India.
ESPN Network – USA
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