Australian Open 2023: qualifying date and results

The qualifications for the Australian Open 2023 started on Monday January 9 with several good news from the French side.

The main draw of the Australian Open officially begins on January 16 with already two major absentees. Among men, the world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz will not be present due to a leg injury. “I injured myself by making a wrong movement during training, he explained. I had worked very hard to reach my best level in Australia. Unfortunately, I will not be able to participate in the Kooyong tournament or at the Australian Open. It’s a tough time to get through, but I have to stay optimistic, recover and look forward. We’ll see you in 2024 Australian Open. On the women’s side, the Japanese Naomi Osaka also withdrew from the first Grand Slam of the year. Injured since the end of September, the former world number 1 did not give a reason for this absence.

For the time being, the qualifications are disputed in Australia with several French who hope to integrate the main draw. At the end of the first day, Hugo Gaston notably qualified. The results :

• Hugo Gaston (No. 7) beat E. Gerasimov (BLR): 6-1, 6-1
• Alexander Müller beats James McCabe (AUS): 7-6 [2]6-7 [4]6-3
• Yu-Hsiou Hsu (TAI) defeated Evan Furness : 7-6 [5]6-2
• Enzo Couacaud beats Hugo Grenier (No. 28) : 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 [10-3 au super tie-break]
• Antoine Bellier (SUI) – Laurent Lokoli
• Geoffrey Blancaneaux – Marco Trungelliti (ARG)
• Matheus Punicelli De Almeida (BRE) – Benoit Pair
• Antoine Escoffier – Zsombor Piros (HON)
• Manuel Guinard (No. 31) – Andrea Pellegrino (ITA)
• Leolia Jeanjean (n°9) beats Irina Bara (ROU): 7-6 [5]1-6, 7-6 [10-7]
• Clara Burel (No. 17) beats Elsa Jacquemot : 6-1, 6-2
• Selena Janicijevic beats Robin Anderson: 6-3, 6-2
• Zoe Hives (AUS) defeats Harmony Tan : 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
• Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik (ROU) defeated Carole Monnet : 6-2, 6-0.
• Jessica Ponchet – Katie Swan (GBR)
• Kristina Mladenovic – Maddison Inglis (AUS)
• Chloe Package – Barbora Palicova (RTC)

The Australian Open is traditionally the very first Grand Slam tournament of the year. For the 2023 edition, the tournament will take place from January 16 to 29, the date of the men’s final.

Unlike other tournaments, the financial allocations are equivalent for the players. For this year 2023, competitors in the first round of the Australian Grand Slam are guaranteed to receive a minimum of $103,000.

• 1st round: $103,000
• 2nd round: $154,000
• 3rd round: $221,000
• 8th: $328,000
• Quarter: $538,000
• Half: $895,000
• Final: $1.575 million
• Winner: $2.875 million

Here is the list of winners of the Australian Open for the last fifteen years for men: