Australian Open dates 2023: When does the tournament start at Melbourne Park?

Kieran Francis

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It's Grand Slam time again down under as the Australian Open returns to Melbourne Park in 2023.

The world's best tennis players will be duking it out to win the first major of the calendar year.

After missing last year's tournament because of deportation, can Novak Djokovic win a 10th Australian Open?

Or will the likes of Casper Ruud and Jannik Sinner spoil the party?

As for the women's draw, the absence of 2022 winner Ash Barty sees the likes of Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur assume favouritism.

MORE: Australian Open 2023 confirmed wildcards 

When is the Australian Open 2023?

The Australian Open 2023 main draw began on Monday, January 16 with the start of the men's and women's singles.

It will conclude on Sunday, January 29 with the men's singles final, with the women's singles final played the night before.

Qualifying for the Australian Open main draw started on Monday, January 9 and wound up on Thursday, January 12.

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Full Australia/New Zealand 2023 summer of tennis schedule

Date Event Location
Dec 29 - Jan 4 United Cup group stage Brisbane, Perth and Sydney
Jan 1 - Jan 8 Adelaide International 1 Adelaide
Jan 1 - Jan 8 Canberra International Canberra
Jan 6 - Jan 8 United Cup final four Sydney
Jan 9 - Jan 14 Adelaide International 2 Adelaide
Jan 9 - Jan 12 Australian Open qualifying Melbourne
Jan 9 - Jan 14 Hobart International Hobart
Jan 9 - Jan 15 ASB Classic Auckland
Jan 10 - Jan 12 Kooyong Classic Kooyong
Jan 10 - Jan 14 Victorian Wheelchair Tennis Open Melbourne
Jan 13 - Jan 18 Traralgon Juniors Traralgon
Jan 16 - Jan 20 Melbourne Wheelchair Open Melbourne
Jan 16 - Jan 29 Australian Open Melbourne

How to buy Australian Open 2023 tickets

Tickets for the 2023 edition of the Australian Open are available exclusively via Ticketek.

Fans are able to filter by price, dates, session times, arenas, and experience types.

There will be no paper tickets at next year's Australian Open, with tickets only able to be accessed on the Ticketmaster App or Ticketmaster.com.au on a mobile browser.

Kieran Francis

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.