The 2023 Australian Open described in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.
Play was halted for most of the afternoon, due to extreme heat policy. In the evening, a torrential rain fell, cancelling play on the outside courts. [4]
Rain disrupted play in all of the outdoor courts for over six hours at 17:30. Three of the five main courts (with retractable roofs) were actively open for the remainder of the session. The doubles matches were rescheduled to Day 4 in order to complete some 1st Round singles matches.
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. The match became the second longest match in the Australian Open history following the epic 2012 men's singles final.
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Rod Laver Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Mixed doubles Final | Luisa Stefani Rafael Matos | Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna | 7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Men's singles Semifinals | Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] | Karen Khachanov [18] | 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 |
Men's singles Semifinals | Novak Djokovic [4] | Tommy Paul | 7–5, 6–1, 6–2 |
Matches on Margaret Court Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's doubles Semifinals | Barbora Krejčíková [1] Kateřina Siniaková [1] | Marta Kostyuk Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 6–2, 6–2 |
Women's doubles Semifinals | Shuko Aoyama [10] Ena Shibahara [10] | Coco Gauff [2] Jessica Pegula [2] | 6–2, 7–6(9–7) |
Men's Legends doubles 1st round | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | Marcos Baghdatis Radek Štěpánek | 6–4, 6–3 |
Coloured background indicates a night match | |||
Day matches began at 11 am, whilst Night matches began at 7 pm AEDT |
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Rod Laver Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Girls' singles Final | Alina Korneeva [9] | Mirra Andreeva [7] | 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 7–5 |
Boys' singles Final | Alexander Blockx [3] | Learner Tien | 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(11–9) |
Women's singles Final | Aryna Sabalenka [5] | Elena Rybakina [22] | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Men's doubles Final | Rinky Hijikata (WC) Jason Kubler (WC) | Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Matches on Margaret Court Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Wheelchair women's singles Final | Diede de Groot [1] | Yui Kamiji [2] | 0–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Wheelchair quad singles Final | Sam Schröder [2] | Niels Vink [1] | 6–2, 7–5 |
Wheelchair men's singles Final | Alfie Hewett [1] | Tokito Oda [3] | 6–3, 6–1 |
Coloured background indicates a night match | |||
Day matches began at 11 am, whilst Night matches began at 7 pm AEDT |
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Rod Laver Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's doubles Final | Barbora Krejčíková [1] Kateřina Siniaková [1] | Shuko Aoyama [10] Ena Shibahara [10] | 6–4, 6–3 |
Men's singles Final | Novak Djokovic [4] | Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] | 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) |
Coloured background indicates a night match | |||
Day matches began at 11 am, whilst Night matches began at 7 pm AEDT |
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