How to watch Australian Open 2023 in the UK: Date, time, TV channel, live stream for Grand Slam tournament

Joshua Mayne

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The first Grand Slam tournament of 2023 is here, with the Australian Open underway in Melbourne.

Rafael Nadal has already been eliminated after injury damaged his chances of defending the title, whilst women's No.1 Iga Swiatek will be aiming to pick up her maiden trophy at the event.

As for the British stars competing, Cameron Norrie was defeated in round three, along with veteran Andy Murray. He made a pretty impressive start by beating 13th seed Matteo Berrettini before coming through the longest match of his career in round two, but Roberto Bautista Agut defeated the former world No.1 in four sets.

Emma Raducanu recovered from injury in time for the tournament but lost to Coco Gauff, while Jack Draper lost in the first round to Nadal and Harriet Dart was beaten by Jil Teichmann. Dan Evans was eliminated by Andrey Rublev.

The Sporting News has all the details on how to watch the Australian Open in the United Kingdom.

How to watch the Australian Open in the UK on TV

Coverage of the Australian Open 2023 will be broadcast in the UK live and exclusively on Eurosport.

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Eurosport 1 and 2 will provide daily coverage of the action in Melbourne.

How to live stream the Australian Open in the UK

UK fans will be able to stream the 2023 Australian Open live on the discovery+ app, the Eurosport app, or through eurosport.co.uk.

You can also add the discovery+ app to an existing Amazon Prime Video subscription as an add-on.

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When is the Australian Open 2023?

The main draw of this year's Australian Open started on Monday, January 16 in Melbourne (AEDT), beginning with the men's and women's singles.

The men's singles final will mark the end of the tournament on Sunday, January 29, with the women's singles final to be played the night before.

Australian Open 2023 schedule

Due to the time difference between the UK and Australia, it is worth noting that play will typically begin at 12 a.m. GMT.

Matches will then run through the early hours of the morning, with 'primetime' matches taking place over breakfast.

Date (GMT) Round Time (GMT) TV Channel (UK)
 Mon. Jan. 16 1st Round 12 a.m. - Finish Eurosport 1 & 2
 Tue. Jan. 17 1st Round 12 a.m. - Finish Eurosport 1 & 2
 Wed. Jan. 18 2nd Round 12 a.m. - Finish Eurosport 1 & 2
 Thu. Jan. 19 2nd Round 12 a.m. - Finish Eurosport 1 & 2
Fri. Jan. 20 3rd Round 12 a.m. - Finish Eurosport 1 & 2
 Sat. Jan. 21 3rd Round 12 a.m. - Finish Eurosport 1 & 2
 Sun. Jan. 22 Round of 16 12 a.m. - Finish Eurosport 1 & 2
 Mon. Jan. 23 Round of 16 12 a.m. - Finish Eurosport 1 & 2
Mon. Jan. 23 - Tue. Jan. 24 Quarterfinals TBC TBC
Tue. Jan. 24 - Wed. Jan. 25 Quarterfinals TBC TBC
Wed. Jan. 25 - Thu. Jan. 26 Women's Semifinals TBC TBC
Thu. Jan. 26 - Fri. Jan. 27 Men's Semifinals TBC TBC
Fri. Jan. 27 - Sat. Jan. 28 Women's Singles Final TBC TBC
Sat. Jan. 28 - Sun. Jan. 29 Men's Singles Final TBC TBC

Joshua Mayne

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Joshua Mayne is a content producer for The Sporting News Australia based in Sydney, Australia. He has previously worked as a newsreader at 2SER and journalist at Ministry of Sport. While Joshua’s main passions are football, rugby league, basketball and F1, he will watch any sport that's on. He is still waiting for Arsenal to win the Premier League again.