On January 16, 2023, the first Grand Slam tournament of the tennis year will start with the Australian Open. What is the schedule? Which Germans are playing Down Under? Where will the Australian Open be broadcast on TV and stream? sport.de answers the most important questions about the tournament.
When and where does the Australian Open take place?
- The Australian Open will take place from 16 to 29 January 2023 in the port city of Melbourne – for the 111th time. The tournament will be in Melbourne Park on hard court discharged.
- The round of 16 matches will be played on January 23rd, the quarterfinals on January 24th and 25th, and the semifinals on January 26th and 27th.
- Die Finals spread over three days: women’s doubles on January 27th, Ladies Singles and men’s doubles on January 28 and mixed as well men’s singles on January 29th.
- Die time shift to Melbourne is ten hours. That means the day sessions of the Australian Open start at 1 a.m. German time. The Night Sessions start at 9 a.m. German time.
The Australian Open is broadcast here on TV and stream
- The Australian Open has exclusive rights until 2031 Eurosportthe most important parts are in the Free-TV to see. Due to the large number of games, the games are broadcast on Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2 and in the Eurosport Player.
- The live stream variant of Eurosport (Eurosport Player) is chargeable, per month are listed here 3,99 Euro due.
- customers with one DAZNsubscription can look forward to the Eurosport live streams running there too.
Information about the German starters and records
- Alexander Zverev seeks a way back to old strength. After a seven-month injury break, the best German made his comeback in December. Zverev is twelfth on the seeding list in Australia.
- Oscar Otte and Daniel Altmaier are also qualified for the main draw due to their positions in the world rankings.
- In the case of the women, all probability will follow Laura Siegemund, Jules Niemeier, Tatjana Maria and Tamara Korpatsch and the start.
- For the first time in his career Carlos Alcaraz as a top-seeded player in a Grand Slam. The young Spaniard won the US Open in 2022 and four other tournaments on the ATP Tour.
- Only three Germans have won the Australian Open so far: Boris Becker (1991, 1996), Steffi Graf (1988-1990, 1994) and Angelique Kerber (2016).
- record winner Novak Djokovic with nine titles Down Under. With the ladies enthroned Serena Williams with seven titles at the top.
These are the last winners of the Australian Open
With the ladies
- 2022 Ashleigh Barty (Australien)
- 2021 Naomi Osaka (Japan)
- 2020 Sofia Kenin (USA)
- 2019 Naomi Osaka
- 2018 Caroline Wozniacki (Dänemark)
With the gentlemen
- 2022 Rafael Nadal (Spanish)
- 2021 Novak Djokovic (Serbien)
- 2020 Novak Djokovic
- 2019 Novak Djokovic
- 2018 Roger Federer (Switzerland)
In women’s doubles, the two Czech women Barbora Krejcíková and Katerina Siniaková are the defending champions. The two Australian local heroes Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios won in 2022 in the men’s doubles. Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) won the mixed.
