The first grand slam of the year has arrived! The rowdy Australian crowds always bring the energy which makes this grand slam a lot of fun. Welcome to all the entrants and to all the regulars. Thank you to everyone who entered. We managed to get about 50 entries in the last 2 days which is incredible. This meant that we surpassed out 60 entrants goal as we managed to get 63 entries.

A new year of tennis is upon us which means new possibilities. Who will be the champions of the Australian Open 2023. We will have to wait and see.

Prizes up for grabs this time round

• 1st Place – R1000
• 2nd Place – R500
• 3rd Place – R220
• 4th Place – R100
• 5th Place – R70
• Last Place – The legendary wooden spoon

Here are the most picked players for this year’s Aussie Open:

1. Djokovic – 33 picks (52.38%)
2. Ruud – 21 picks (33.33%)
3. Nadal – 19 picks (30.16%)
4. Medvedev, Auger-Aliassime – 18 picks (28.57%)
5. Kyrgios – 16 picks (25.40)

1. Swiatek – 43 picks
2. Jabeur – 30 picks
3. Pegula – 13 picks
4. Garcia, Bencic – 12 picks
5. Keys – 10 picks

Overall there were 51 different Male Picks and there were 49 different Ladies Picks.

Here is the full leaderboard for the first time

Matches to Watch on Day 1

• Edmund vs Sinner(15) (02:00)
• Ivashka vs van de Zandschulp(32) (02:00)
• Lajovic vs Shapovalov(20) (03:15)
• Nakashima vs McDonald (03:15)
• Korda(29) vs Garin (03:15)
• Lehecka vs Coric(21) (05:15)
• Nadal(1) vs Draper (05:30)
• Baez vs Kubler (06:30)
• Musetti(17) vs Harris (07:00)
• Pospisil vs Auger-Aliassime(6) (09:00)
• Giron vs Medvedev(7) (11:15)

• Siniakova vs Gauff(7) (02:00)
• Andreescu vs Bouzkova(25) (02:00)
• Kalinskaya vs Collins(13) (02:00)
• Kostyuk vs Anisimova(28) (02:00)
• Van Uytvanck vs Kvitova(15) (04:00)
• Yastremska vs Ostapenko(17) (04:30)
• Kenin vs Azarenka(24) (05:15)
• Rybakina(22) vs Cocciaretto (07:15)
• Teichmann(32) vs Dart (07:15)
• Swiatek(1) vs Niemeier (10:00)
• Keys(10) vs Blinkova (12:00)