2023 Australian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2023 Australian Open
2022 Champion	Rafael Nadal
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	32
Events

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Mackenzie McDonald.^[1] He was vying to extend his all-time record of 22 men's major singles titles. This is the earliest loss of a defending Grand Slam Champion since Novak Djokovic lost to Denis Istomin in 2017.

Nine-time champion Novak Djokovic is vying to equal Nadal's all-time record of 22 men's major singles titles. He is also attempting to become the first man to win ten Australian Open titles, and the second man to make ten titles at a single major since Nadal at the French Open.

World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the tournament due to a right leg injury.^[2]

Alcaraz, Casper Ruud, Djokovic, and Stefanos Tsitsipas are in contention for the ATP world No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. In order to become No. 1, Ruud must reach the final, while Tsitsipas and Djokovic must win the tournament.^[3]

Seeds

01.

Rafael Nadal (second round)

02.

Casper Ruud

03.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

04.

Novak Djokovic

05.

^[a]Andrey Rublev

06.

Félix Auger-Aliassime

07.

^[a]Daniil Medvedev

08.

Taylor Fritz

09.

Holger Rune

10.

Hubert Hurkacz

11.

Cameron Norrie

12.

Alexander Zverev

13.

Matteo Berrettini (first round)

14.

Pablo Carreño Busta

15.

Jannik Sinner

16.

Frances Tiafoe

17.

Lorenzo Musetti (first round)

18.

^[a]Karen Khachanov

19.

Nick Kyrgios (withdrew due to knee injury)

20.

Denis Shapovalov

21.

Borna Ćorić (first round)

22.

Alex de Minaur

23.

Diego Schwartzman

24.

Roberto Bautista Agut

25.

Dan Evans

26.

Miomir Kecmanović (first round)

27.

Grigor Dimitrov

28.

Francisco Cerúndolo

29.

Sebastian Korda

30.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

31.

Yoshihito Nishioka

32.

Botic van de Zandschulp

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round					Third round		Fourth round

1	R Nadal	7	2	6	6
	J Draper	5	6	4	1		1	R Nadal	4	4	5
	B Nakashima	6⁵	6¹	6	7¹²	4		M McDonald	6	6	7
	M McDonald	7⁷	7⁷	1	6¹⁰	6							M McDonald
	J Munar	3	2	2
Q	D Svrčina	6	6	6			Q	D Svrčina
	M Ymer	4	2	5			31	Y Nishioka
31	Y Nishioka	6	6	7
18	K Khachanov	7⁷	6	6
	B Zapata Miralles	6⁰	2	0			18	K Khachanov
	S Báez	4	4	4			WC	J Kubler
WC	J Kubler	6	6	6
	O Otte	2	4	7⁷	5							16	F Tiafoe
Q	J Shang	6	6	6²	7		Q	J Shang	4	4	1
	D Altmaier	3	3	7⁷	6⁶		16	F Tiafoe	6	6	6
16	F Tiafoe	6	6	6⁵	7⁸

Section 2

First round							Second round		Third round	Fourth round

10	H Hurkacz	7⁷	6	6
	P Martínez	6¹	2	2			10	H Hurkacz
	L Sonego	7⁷	6	6⁶	6			L Sonego
	N Borges	6⁴	3	7⁸	1
Q	E Escobedo	5	2	6	3
	T Daniel	7	6	3	6			T Daniel
	D Lajović	4	6	4	1		20	D Shapovalov
20	D Shapovalov	6	4	6	6
29	S Korda	6	1	6	6
	C Garín	4	6	3	2		29	S Korda
Q	Yo Watanuki	6	6	6			Q	Yo Watanuki
	A Rinderknech	3	3	2
WC	J Millman	6⁸	7	6²	6	6
	M-A Hüsler	7¹⁰	5	7⁷	2	3	WC	J Millman
	M Giron	0	1	2			7	D Medvedev
7	D Medvedev	6	6	6

Section 3

First round							Second round					Third round		Fourth round

3	S Tsitsipas	6	6	7⁸
	Q Halys	3	4	6⁶			3	S Tsitsipas
Q	Y Hanfmann	6	6	3	6⁵	3	WC	R Hijikata
WC	R Hijikata	4	4	6	7⁷	6
	T Griekspoor	6	7⁷	6
LL	P Kotov	3	6³	3				T Griekspoor
	I Ivashka	3	6	5	3		32	B van de Zandschulp
32	B van de Zandschulp	6	3	7	6
17	L Musetti	4	1	7⁷	6	6⁴
PR	L Harris	6	6	6⁰	2	7¹⁰	PR	L Harris
	F Coria	6	5	6	6⁶	2		M Fucsovics
	M Fucsovics	4	7	2	7⁸	6
	TM Etcheverry	3	6	6	6							15	J Sinner
	G Barrère	6	3	4	4			TM Etcheverry	3	2	2
PR	K Edmund	4	0	2			15	J Sinner	6	6	6
15	J Sinner	6	6	6

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round		Fourth round

11	C Norrie	7⁷	6	6
WC	L Van Assche	6³	0	3			11	C Norrie
	T Monteiro	3	6²	3				C Lestienne
	C Lestienne	6	7⁷	6
WC	C Eubanks	6	6¹	6	4	6
	S-w Kwon	3	7⁷	3	6	4	WC	C Eubanks
	J Lehečka	6	6	6				J Lehečka
21	B Ćorić	3	3	3
28	F Cerúndolo	6	6	6
PR	G Pella	4	4	3			28	F Cerúndolo
	C Moutet	6	5	6	4	7		C Moutet
WC	Y Wu	4	7	2	6	5
	A Molčan	6³	6	1	7⁷	6								6	F Auger-Aliassime
PR	S Wawrinka	7⁷	3	6	6²	4		A Molčan	6	6	3	2	2
	V Pospisil	6	6²	6³	3		6	F Auger-Aliassime	3	3	6	6	6
6	F Auger-Aliassime	1	7⁷	7⁷	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round						Second round		Third round	Fourth round

5	A Rublev	6	6	6
WC	D Thiem	3	4	2		5	A Rublev
Q	M Purcell	6	3	4	6
	E Ruusuvuori	4	6	6	6
	DE Galán	6	5	1	4
PR	J Chardy	1	7	6	6	PR	J Chardy
	F Bagnis	4	6	4	4	25	D Evans
25	D Evans	6	4	6	6
LL	D Kudla
	R Safiullin
	R Gasquet	3
	U Humbert	6
	M Cressy	7⁷	7	3	2
	A Ramos Viñolas	6²	5	6	2
	F Krajinović	2	3	4		9	H Rune
9	H Rune	6	6	6

Section 6

First round						Second round		Third round	Fourth round

14	P Carreño Busta	7⁷	6	7⁷
	P Cachín	6⁴	1	6³		14	P Carreño Busta
Q	M Bellucci	6	3	6⁵	4		B Bonzi
	B Bonzi	4	6	7⁷	6
	J Isner	7⁷	3
	A Mannarino	6⁵	4
Q	Y-h Hsu	2	2	3		22	A de Minaur
22	A de Minaur	6	6	6
27	G Dimitrov	7⁷	7	6
	A Karatsev	6³	5	2		27	G Dimitrov
Q	Z Bergs	4	6	4	1		L Đere
	L Đere	6	1	6	6
Q	E Couacaud
PR	H Dellien
	R Carballés Baena	3	4	0		4	N Djokovic
4	N Djokovic	6	6	6

Section 7

First round							Second round		Third round	Fourth round

8	T Fritz	6	6	4	7
	N Basilashvili	4	2	6	5		8	T Fritz
	C-h Tseng	6	6⁵	7⁷	6⁴	1	WC	A Popyrin
WC	A Popyrin	4	7⁷	6⁵	7⁷	6
	B Shelton	4	6	6	2	7¹⁰
	Zh Zhang	6	3	2	6	6⁴		B Shelton
Q	N Jarry	6	6	7⁷			Q	N Jarry
26	M Kecmanović	3	4	6³
23	D Schwartzman	6	6⁶	6	7⁷
Q	O Krutykh	4	7⁸	3	6⁵		23	D Schwartzman
	JJ Wolf	6	3	6	7			JJ Wolf
	J Thompson	3	6	4	5
LL	M Mmoh	4	2	7⁹	6	6
Q	L Lokoli	6	6	6⁷	4	2	LL	M Mmoh
LL	JP Varillas	6	1	7	6³	4	12	A Zverev
12	A Zverev	4	6	5	7⁷	6

Section 8

First round							Second round		Third round	Fourth round

13	M Berrettini	3	3	6	7⁹	6⁶
	A Murray	6	6	4	6⁷	7¹⁰		A Murray
	T Kokkinakis	6	6	4
	F Fognini	1	2	2
Q	A Vukic	4	6	2
Q	B Holt	6	1	4			Q
	J Sousa	3	0
24	R Bautista Agut	6	1
30	A Davidovich Fokina	6	6³	3	6	6
	A Bublik	0	7⁷	6	4	3	30	A Davidovich Fokina
Q	J-L Struff	1	6⁶	2				T Paul
	T Paul	6	7⁸	6
	C O'Connell	6	2	3	2
	J Brooksby	3	6	6	6			J Brooksby
	T Macháč	3	6⁶	7⁷	3		2	C Ruud
2	C Ruud	6	7⁸	6⁵	6

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 9 January 2023. Rankings and points are as of 16 January 2023.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Rafael Nadal	5,770	2,000	45	3,815	Second round lost to Mackenzie McDonald
2	3	Casper Ruud	5,720	0	45	5,765	Second round vs Jenson Brooksby
3	4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5,715	720	45	5,040	Second round vs Rinky Hijikata (WC)
4	5	Novak Djokovic	5,070	0	45	5,115	Second round vs
5	6	^[a]Andrey Rublev	3,930	90	45	3,885	Second round vs
6	7	Félix Auger-Aliassime	3,895	360	45	3,580	Second round vs Alex Molčan
7	8	^[a]Daniil Medvedev	3,860	1,200	45	2,705	Second round vs John Millman (WC)
8	9	Taylor Fritz	3,545	180	45	3,410	Second round vs Alexei Popyrin (WC)
9	10	Holger Rune	2,876	10	45	2,911	Second round vs
10	11	Hubert Hurkacz	2,860	45	45	2,860	Second round vs Lorenzo Sonego
11	12	Cameron Norrie	2,680	10	45	2,715	Second round vs Constant Lestienne
12	13	Alexander Zverev	2,560	180	45	2,425	Second round vs
13	14	Matteo Berrettini	2,490	720	10	1,780	First round lost to Andy Murray
14	15	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,420	180	45	2,285	Second round vs Benjamin Bonzi
15	16	Jannik Sinner	2,375	360	45	2,060	Second round vs Tomás Martín Etcheverry
16	17	Frances Tiafoe	2,260	45	45	2,260	Second round vs Shang Juncheng (Q)
17	19	Lorenzo Musetti	1,925	10	10	1,925	First round lost to Lloyd Harris (PR)
18	20	^[a]Karen Khachanov	1,885	90	45	1,840	Second round vs Jason Kubler (WC)
19	21	~~Nick Kyrgios~~	1,870	45	0	1,825	Withdrew due to knee injury
20	22	Denis Shapovalov	1,830	360	45	1,515	Second round vs Taro Daniel
21	23	Borna Ćorić	1,760	0	10	1,770	First round lost to Jiří Lehečka
22	24	Alex de Minaur	1,710	180	45	1,575	Second round vs
23	26	Diego Schwartzman	1,550	45	45	1,550	Second round vs J. J. Wolf
24	25	Roberto Bautista Agut	1,675	90	10	1,595	First round vs João Sousa
25	30	Dan Evans	1,380	90	45	1,335	Second round vs Jérémy Chardy (PR)
26	27	Miomir Kecmanović	1,445	180	10	1,275	First round lost to Nicolás Jarry (Q)
27	28	Grigor Dimitrov	1,395	45	45	1,395	Second round vs Laslo Đere
28	29	Francisco Cerúndolo	1,383	16+80^†	45+0	1,332	Second round vs Corentin Moutet
29	31	Sebastian Korda	1,325	90	45	1,280	Second round vs Yosuke Watanuki (Q)
30	32	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	1,325	45	45	1,325	Second round vs Tommy Paul
31	33	Yoshihito Nishioka	1,212	10+80	45+0	1,167	Second round vs Dalibor Svrčina (Q)
32	34	Botic van de Zandschulp	1,205	90	45	1,160	Second round vs Tallon Griekspoor

† The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2022. He is defending points from two 2022 ATP Challenger Tour tournaments (Concepción and Santa Cruz) instead.

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
1	Carlos Alcaraz	6,820	90	6,730	Right leg injury
18	Marin Čilić	1,970	180	1,790	Knee injury

Other entry information

Wild cards

Source:^[6]

Protected ranking

Source:^[7]

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Source:^[8]

Withdrawals

The entry list was released by Tennis Australia based on the ATP rankings for the week of 5 December 2022.^[9]

Gaël Monfils (52) → replaced by Nuno Borges (99)
Kamil Majchrzak (77) → replaced by Vasek Pospisil (100)
Reilly Opelka (38) → replaced by Zhang Zhizhen (101)^[c]
Carlos Alcaraz (1) → replaced by ^[a]Pavel Kotov (LL)^[d]
Marin Čilić (17) → replaced by Juan Pablo Varillas (LL)
Nick Kyrgios (22)^[10] → replaced by Denis Kudla (LL)
David Goffin (53) → replaced by Michael Mmoh (LL)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h On 1 March 2022, the ATP announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4]
^ Ben Shelton was the original winner for the US Wildcard Playoff Challenge, however, he got a direct entry at the tournament. Accordingly, the wild card was given to the runner-up Christopher Eubanks.^[5]
^ Last direct acceptance
^ Attila Balázs (101 PR) had initially replaced Alcaraz, but later withdrew due to recurring injuries.

References

^ Chiesa, Victoria (30 January 2022). "Rafael Nadal wins 21st Grand Slam title at Australian Open, breaking tie with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer". US Open. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ Fendrich, Howard (6 January 2023). "No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz out of Australian Open with leg injury". Associated Press. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "Djokovic, Ruud, Tsitsipas Battle For No. 1 At Australian Open". Association of Tennis Professionals. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". ATP Tour. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
^ "Inside Florida Tennis: Ben Shelton Secures Wild Card Spot for 2023 Australian Open". Inside Tennis. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "John Millman and Jaimee Fourlis awarded Australian Open 2023 wildcards". tennis.com.au. Tennis Australia. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ "Australian Open 2023 main-draw entry lists unveiled". ausopen.com. Australian Open. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ @damiankust (12 January 2023). "Lucky loser draw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Australian Open ATP Entry List and Seeds". dartsrankings.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ Fendrich, Howard (16 January 2023). "Nick Kyrgios out of Australian Open, will have knee surgery". Associated Press. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

External links

Preceded by 2022 US Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2023 French Open – Men's singles

[RUS-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h On 1 March 2022, the ATP announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4]

[7] Ben Shelton was the original winner for the US Wildcard Playoff Challenge, however, he got a direct entry at the tournament. Accordingly, the wild card was given to the runner-up Christopher Eubanks.^[5]

[12] Last direct acceptance

[13] Attila Balázs (101 PR) had initially replaced Alcaraz, but later withdrew due to recurring injuries.

[1] Chiesa, Victoria (30 January 2022). "Rafael Nadal wins 21st Grand Slam title at Australian Open, breaking tie with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer". US Open. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[2] Fendrich, Howard (6 January 2023). "No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz out of Australian Open with leg injury". Associated Press. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[3] "Djokovic, Ruud, Tsitsipas Battle For No. 1 At Australian Open". Association of Tennis Professionals. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[4] "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". ATP Tour. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

[6] "Inside Florida Tennis: Ben Shelton Secures Wild Card Spot for 2023 Australian Open". Inside Tennis. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[8] "John Millman and Jaimee Fourlis awarded Australian Open 2023 wildcards". tennis.com.au. Tennis Australia. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[9] "Australian Open 2023 main-draw entry lists unveiled". ausopen.com. Australian Open. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[10] @damiankust (12 January 2023). "Lucky loser draw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[11] "Australian Open ATP Entry List and Seeds". dartsrankings.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[14] Fendrich, Howard (16 January 2023). "Nick Kyrgios out of Australian Open, will have knee surgery". Associated Press. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

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