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The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023. [1] It was the 111th edition of the Australian Open, the 55th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events every year, held before the French Open , Wimbledon and the US Open .
Djokovic lost just one set en route to the title (in the second round to Enzo Couacaud), and extended his match winning-streak at the Australian Open to an Open Era record 28 matches. Nadal was the defending champion, [3] but lost in the second round to Mackenzie McDonald. [4] This marked the two-time champion's final Australian Open appearance.
The event was held at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club in Melbourne between January 3-11, 2023 and was organised by the Australian Real Tennis Association, forming part of the qualifying series for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship. [1] It was held concurrently with the 2023 Boomerang Cup. The event was the first grand slam event of the year.
Alexander Blockx won the boys' singles title at the 2023 Australian Open, defeating Learner Tien in the final, 6–1, 2–6, 7–6 (11–9). [1] Bruno Kuzuhara was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to participate in junior events.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open. It was her first major singles title. [1] Sabalenka dropped just one set during the tournament, to Rybakina in the final. Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani player to progress past the fourth round. [2]
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The second round match between Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis lasted 5 hours and 45 minutes, with Murray won in fifth sets that it ended at 4:06 am AEDT, twenty-eight minutes shy of the latest night match finish since Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis in the 2008 Australian Open fifteen years exactly to this date.