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

DateEventLocation
Dec 29 - Jan 4United Cup group stageBrisbane, Perth and Sydney
Jan 1 - Jan 8Adelaide International 1Adelaide
Jan 1 - Jan 8Canberra InternationalCanberra
Jan 6 - Jan 8United Cup final fourSydney
Jan 9 - Jan 14Adelaide International 2Adelaide
Jan 9 - Jan 12Australian Open qualifyingMelbourne
Jan 9 - Jan 14Hobart InternationalHobart
Jan 9 - Jan 15ASB ClassicAuckland
Jan 10 - Jan 12Kooyong ClassicKooyong
Jan 10 - Jan 14Victorian Wheelchair Tennis OpenMelbourne
Jan 13 - Jan 18Traralgon JuniorsTraralgon
Jan 16 - Jan 20Melbourne Wheelchair OpenMelbourne
Jan 16 - Jan 29Australian OpenMelbourne

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

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.