Australian Open 2023 order of play: Day 1 tennis schedule with Rafael Nadal and Emma Raducanu in action
The main draw of the Australian Open is here with the first Grand Slam action of 2023.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal is among those getting their campaigns underway on Monday, though faces a tricky test on Rod Laver against Britain’s in-form Jack Draper.
Later on the same court, women’s world number Iga Swiatek looks to pick up from where she left off last year, while Daniil Medvedev, a beaten finalist in each of the last two finals in Melbourne, faces Marcos Giron.
Emma Raducanu is in action first up on 1573 Arena, though her fitness is far from certain as she continues to try and recover from an ankle injury. British number one Cameron Norrie should have little trouble in getting past Luca Van Assche.
Australian Open Schedule | Order of play for Monday, January 16, 2023
Rod Laver Arena
From 12:00am (All times GMT)
Katerina Siniakova vs Cori Gauff (7)
Yue Yuan vs Maria Sakkari (6)
Not before 3:30am
Rafael Nadal (1) vs Jack Draper
From 8am
Iga Swiatek (1) vs Jule Niemeier
Marcos Giron vs Daniil Medvedev (7)
Margaret Court Arena
From 12am
Jessica Pegula (3) vs Jaqueline Adina Cristian
Hubert Hurkacz (10) vs Pedro Martinez Portero
Sofia Kenin vs Victoria Azarenka (24)
From 8am
Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) vs Quentin Halys
Madison Keys (10) vs Anna Blinkova
John Cain Arena
From 12am
Kyle Edmund vs Jannik Sinner (15)
Alison Van Uytvanck vs Petra Kvitova (15)
Not before 4:30am
Sebastian Baez vs Jason Kubler
Not before 7am
Vasek Pospisil vs Felix Auger-Aliassime (6)
Kia Arena
From 12am
Anna Kalinskaya vs Danielle Collins (13)
Daniel Altmaier vs Frances Tiafoe (16)
Not before 4aam
Cameron Norrie (11) vs Luca Van Assche
Xinju Wang vs Storm Hunter
1573 Arena
From 12am
Emma Raducanu vs Tamara Korpatsch
Dusan Lajovic vs Denis Shapovalov (20)
Barbora Krejcikova (20) vs Sara Bejlek
Alex Molcan vs Stan Wawrinka
Court 3
From 12am
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs Marie Bouzkova (25)
Talia Gibson vs Clara Burel
Dayana Yastremska vs Jelena Ostapenko (17)
John Millman vs Marc-Andrea Huesler
Court 5
From 12am
Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs Gregoire Barrere
Coco Vandeweghe vs Anhelina Kalinina
Jaume Munar vs Dalibor Svrcina
Jil Belen Teichmann (32) vs Harriet Dart
Court 6
From 12am
Cristina Bucsa vs Eva Lys
Tallon Griekspoor vs Pavel Kotov
Lorenzo Sonego vs Nuno Borges
Kaja Juvan vs Selena Janicijevic
Court 7
From 12am
Marta Kostyuk vs Amanda Anisimova (28)
Sebastian Korda (29) v Christian Garin
Jiri Lehecka vs Borna Coric (21)
Not before 6am
Leolia Jeanjean vs Nadia Podoroska
Court 8
From 12am
Polina Kudermetova vs Olivia Gadecki
Mikael Ymer vs Yoshihito Nishioka (31)
Anna Bondar vs Ana Bogdan
Yannick Hanfmann vs Rinky Hijikata
Court 12
From 12am
Yosuke Watanuki vs Arthur Rinderknech
Bernarda Pera vs Moyuka Uchijima
Ernesto Escobedo vs Taro Daniel
Court 13
From 12am
Oscar Otte vs Juncheng Shang
Karen Khachanov (18) vs Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Panna Udvardy vs Maria Camila Osorio Serrano
Not before 5am
Elena Rybakina (22) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Court 14
From 12am
Corentin Moutet vs Yibing Wu
Kamilla Rakhimova vs Kateryna Baindl
Lin Zhu vs Rebecca Marino
Not before 5am
Lorenzo Musetti (17) vs Lloyd Harris
Court 15
From 12am
Francisco Cerundolo (28) vs Guido Pella
Lesia Tsurenko vs Karolina Muchova
Qinwen Zheng (29 vs Dalma Galfi
Not before 5am
Christopher Eubanks vs Soon Woo Kwon
Court 16
From 12am
Kristina Kucova vs Diana Shnaider
Brandon Nakashima vs MacKenzie McDonald
Not before 4:30am
Laura Pigossi vs Catherine McNally
Thiago Moura Monteiro vs Constant Lestienne
Court 17
From 12am
Ilya Ivashka vs Botic van de Zandschulp (32)
Brenda Fruhvirtova vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Federico Coria vs Marton Fucsovics