The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023.

Djokovic was allowed to play this year despite remaining unvaccinated from COVID-19 after his three-year ban was lifted.

Ashleigh Barty was the reigning champion in the women's singles, but she retired from the sport in March 2022.

Billie Jean King presented the women's singles trophy, on the fifty-fifth anniversary of her 1968 victory.

Nations' flags were initially allowed, but this was reversed after an incident between Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova and Ukraine's Kateryna Baindl.