In December, the Australian Open announced its singles main draw entry lists, with 100 men and women eyeing the first Grand Slam of the 2023 calendar.
Melbourne will be littered with the world's best tennis players during January in what is one of the most highly anticipated fortnights of the tennis year.
Below are the Australian Open main draw entry lists for 2023:
(Last updated Jan 7)
Women
| RANKING | NAME | COUNTRY |
| 1 | Iga Swiatek | POL |
| 2 | Ons Jabeur | TUN |
| 3 | Jessica Pegula | USA |
| 4 | Caroline Garcia | FRA |
| 4SR | Sofia Kenin | USA |
| 5 | Aryna Sabalenka | |
| 6 | Maria Sakkari | GRE |
| 7 | Coco Gauff | USA |
| 8 | Daria Kasatkina | |
| 9 | Veronika Kudermetova | |
| 11 | Madison Keys | USA |
| 12 | Belinda Bencic | SUI |
| 13 | Paula Badosa | ESP |
| 14 | Danielle Collins | USA |
| 15 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | BRA |
| 16 | Petra Kvitova | CZE |
| 17 | Anett Kontaveit | EST |
| 18 | Jelena Ostapenko | LAT |
| 19 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | |
| 20 | Liudmila Samsonova | |
| 21 | Barbora Krejcikova | CZE |
| 21SR | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | |
| 22 | Elena Rybakina | KAZ |
| 22SR | Karolina Muchova | CZE |
| 23 | Amanda Anisimova | USA |
| 24 | Shuai Zhang | CHN |
| 25 | Marie Bouzkova | CZE |
| 26 | Victoria Azarenka | |
| 27 | Qinwen Zheng | CHN |
| 28 | Martina Trevisan | ITA |
| 29 | Elise Mertens | BEL |
| 30 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | |
| 31 | Karolina Pliskova | CZE |
| 32 | Kaia Kanepi | EST |
| 32SR | Marketa Vondrousova | CZE |
| 33 | Ajla Tomljanovic | AUS |
| 34 | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU |
| 35 | Jil Teichmann | SUI |
| 36 | Alize Cornet | FRA |
| 37 | Sloane Stephens | USA |
| 38 | Sorana Cirstea | ROU |
| 39 | Petra Martic | CRO |
| 39SR | Nadia Podoroska | ARG |
| 40 | Leylah Fernandez | CAN |
| 41 | Alison Riske-Amritraj | USA |
| 43 | Anastasia Potapove | |
| 44 | Bernada Pera | USA |
| 45 | Bianca Andreescu | CAN |
| 46 | Shelby Rogers | USA |
| 47 | Katerina Siniakova | CZE |
| 48 | Ana Bogdan | ROU |
| 49 | Magda Linette | POL |
| 50 | Xiyu Wang | CHN |
| 51 | Yulia Putintseva | KAZ |
| 52 | Maya Sherif | EGY |
| 53 | Anhelina Kalinina | UKR |
| 55 | Alison Van Uytvanck | BEL |
| 56 | Garbine Muguruza | ESP |
| 57 | Danka Kovinic | MNE |
| 57SR | Laura Siegemund | GER |
| 58 | Lucia Bronzetti | ITA |
| 59 | Madison Brengle | USA |
| 60 | Anna Kalinskaya | |
| 61 | Claire Liu | USA |
| 63 | Jasmine Paolini | ITA |
| 64 | Lin Zhu | CHN |
| 65 | Rebecca Marino | CAN |
| 65SR | Jacqueline Cristian | ROU |
| 65SR | Patricia Maria Tig | ROU |
| 66 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | ITA |
| 67 | Julie Niemeier | GER |
| 68 | Camila Giorgi | ITA |
| 69 | Donna Vekic | CRO |
| 70 | Tatjana Maria | GER |
| 71 | Marta Kostyuk | UKR |
| 72 | Nuria Parrizas Diaz | ESP |
| 73 | Tereza Martincova | CZE |
| 73SR | Evgeniya Rodina | |
| 74 | Tamara Korpatsch | GER |
| 75 | Emma Raducanu | GBR |
| 76 | Viktorija Golubic | SUI |
| 77 | Linda Fruhvirtova | CZE |
| 78 | Yue Yuan | CHN |
| 79 | Anna Bondar | HUN |
| 80 | Anna Blinkova | |
| 81 | Camila Osorio | COL |
| 82 | Maryna Zanevska | BEL |
| 83 | Julia Graber | AUT |
| 84 | Dalma Galfi | HUN |
| 85 | Tamara Zidansek | SLO |
| 86 | Xinyu Wang | CHN |
| 87 | Lauren Davis | USA |
| 88 | Panna Udvardy | HUN |
| 89 | Kaja Juvan | SLO |
| 89SR | Saisai Zheng | CHN |
| 90 | Viktoriya Tomova | BUL |
| 90SR | Kristina Kucova | SVK |
| 92 | Kamilla Rakhimova | |
| 93 | Catherine McNally | USA |
| 94 | Varvara Gracheva | |
| 95 | Ysaline Bonaventure | BEL |
| 96 | Harriet Dart | GBR |
| 98 | Kateryna Baindl | UKR |
| 99 | Dayana Yastremska | UKR |
*PR - protected ranking
*SR - special ranking
Men
| RANKING | NAME | COUNTRY |
| 2 | Rafael Nadal | ESP |
| 3 | Casper Rudd | NOR |
| 4 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | GRE |
| 5 | Novak Djokovic | SRB |
| 6 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | CAN |
| 7 | Daniil Medvedev | |
| 8 | Andrey Rublev | |
| 9 | Taylor Fritz | USA |
| 10 | Hubert Hurkacz | POL |
| 11 | Holger Rune | DEN |
| 12 | Alexander Zverev | GER |
| 13 | Pablo Carreno Busta | ESP |
| 14 | Cameron Norrie | GBR |
| 15 | Jannik Sinner | ITA |
| 16 | Matteo Berrettini | ITA |
| 17 | Marin Cilic | CRO |
| 18 | Denis Shapovalov | CAN |
| 19 | Frances Tiafoe | USA |
| 20 | Karen Khachanov | |
| 21 | Roberto Bautista Agut | ESP |
| 22 | Nick Kyrgios | AUS |
| 22PR | Stan Wawrinka | SUI |
| 23 | Lorenzo Musetti | ITA |
| 24 | Alex de Minuar | AUS |
| 25 | Diego Schwartzman | ARG |
| 26 | Borna Coric | CRO |
| 27 | Daniel Evans | GBR |
| 28 | Grigor Dimitrov | BUL |
| 29 | Miomir Kecmanovic | SRB |
| 30 | Francisco Cerundolo | ARG |
| 31 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | ESP |
| 32 | Tommy Paul | USA |
| 33 | Sebastian Korda | USA |
| 34 | Maxime Cressy | USA |
| 35 | Botic van de Zandschulp | NED |
| 36 | Yoshihito Nishioka | JPN |
| 37 | Alexander Bublik | KAZ |
| 39 | Albert Ramos-Vinolas | ESP |
| 40 | Emil Ruusuvori | FIN |
| 41 | John Isner | USA |
| 42 | Jack Draper | GBR |
| 43 | Sebastian Baez | ARG |
| 44 | Arthur Rinderknech | FRA |
| 45 | Lorenzo Sonego | ITA |
| 46 | Adrian Mannarino | FRA |
| 47PR | Lloyd Harris | RSA |
| 47 | Brandon Nakashima | USA |
| 48 | Jenson Brooksby | USA |
| 48PR | Kyle Edmund | GBR |
| 49 | Andy Murray | GBR |
| 50 | Alex Molcan | SVK |
| 51 | Corentin Moutet | FRA |
| 53 | David Goffin | BEL |
| 54 | Filip Krajinovic | SRB |
| 55 | Fabio Fognini | ITA |
| 56 | Marc-Andrew Huesler | SUI |
| 57 | Pedro Cauchin | ARG |
| 58 | Jaume Munar | ESP |
| 59 | Aslan Karatsev | |
| 60 | Benjamin Bonzi | FRA |
| 61 | Marcos Giron | USA |
| 62 | Pedro Martinez | ESP |
| 63 | Mackenzie McDonald | USA |
| 64 | Quentin Halys | FRA |
| 65 | Constant Lestienne | FRA |
| 66 | J.J. Wolf | USA |
| 67 | Daniel Elahi Galan | COL |
| 68 | Richard Gasquet | FRA |
| 69 | Mikael Ymer | SWE |
| 70 | Laslo Djere | SRB |
| 71 | Thiago Monteiro | BRA |
| 72 | Bernabe Zapara Miralles | ESP |
| 73PR | Hugo Dellien | BOL |
| 73 | Ilya Ivashka | |
| 74 | Roberto Carballes Baena | ESP |
| 75 | Federico Coria | ARG |
| 75PR | Guido Pella | ARG |
| 76 | Oscar Otte | GER |
| 78 | Christoper O'Connell | AUS |
| 79 | Tomas Martin Etcheverry | ARG |
| 80 | Dusan Lajovic | SRB |
| 81 | Jiri Lehecka | CZE |
| 82 | Joao Sousa | POR |
| 83 | Soonwoo Kwon | KOR |
| 84 | Jordan Thompson | AUS |
| 85 | Cristian Garin | CHI |
| 86 | Ugo Humbert | FRA |
| 87 | Chun-Hsin Tseng | TPE |
| 88PR | Jeremy Chardy | FRA |
| 88 | Marton Fucsovics | HUN |
| 89 | Roman Safiullin | |
| 90 | Facundo Bagnis | ARG |
| 91 | Gregoire Barrere | FRA |
| 92 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | GEO |
| 93 | Taro Daniel | JPN |
| 94 | Thanasi Kokkinakis | AUS |
| 95 | Daniel Altmaier | GER |
| 96 | Tallon Griekspoor | NED |
| 97 | Ben Shelton | USA |
| 98 | Tomas Machach | CZE |
| 99 | Nuno Borges | POR |
| 100 | Vasek Pospisil | CAN |
| 101 | Zhang Zhizhen | CHN |
*PR - protected ranking
*SR - special ranking
How many players compete at the Australian Open?
In both the men and women's singles competition, there are 128 competitors including 16 qualifiers and eight wildcards according to the Australian Open website.
Home talent Alexei Popyrin, Jason Kubler, Rinky Hijikata, Storm Hunter, Talia Gibson and Olivia Gadecki will compete this year as wildcards while veteran John Millman and 23-year-old Jamie Fourlis have been named as late additions.
Seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams has also been awarded a wildcard, while fellow Americans Taylor Townsend and Christopher Eubanks will join her in January at the 2023 edition.
When does the Australian Open start?
The Australian Open 2023 main draw will start 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.
When is the Australian Open draw?
Australian Open officials have confirmed the 2023 draw will take place on Thursday, January 12 (local time) with no time set in stone just yet.