Jannik Sinner is the first Italian in history to win the Australian Open: here is the 2024 prize money for the first Grand Slam tennis tournament.
How much did Jannik Sinner earn from winning the 2024 Australian Open? This is a recurring question after the feat of the Italian tennis player who defeated the Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final.
After the record of Wimbledon 2023, the prize money of the Australian Open is the new reference for mind-boggling prizes. The prize money rose by 13%, making it the second-richest Slam tournament ever.
Over 86.5 million Australian Dollars (57 million USD) will be distributed in the competition, $10 million (6.6 million USD) more than the previous record of Wimbledon 2023. But how much did Sinner win overall?
The Slam now represents not only a tennis competition but also an internal competition for the highest prize money. The 2024 edition is no exception and allows all participants to earn up to 20 percent more even for those eliminated in the first round of the qualifiers. The percentages of awarding prizes have changed, with the central groups penalized compared to the first groups and the final.
Let’s find out together how much the record prize money of the Australian Open 2024 is and how much the individual winners of each stage got. In some cases, the players will earn as much as a company manager in a year, in the luckiest (and most deserving) cases the prize money is equal to the one-year salary of a Serie A footballer. How much did Jannik Sinner win?
Dream prize money: record-breaking Australian Open
The dream prize money of the Australian Open 2024 is confirmed for the second year in a row, after a record-breaking 2023 with the highest prize in history. The 2024 edition doesn’t perform better, but it comes close. With 86.5 million Australian dollars, this As Open ranks second for the richest prize pool ever.
The Australian Open 2024 prize pool: round-by-round winnings
In total, there were 86.5 million Australian dollars to be divided among the tournament participants. The prizes of the Australian Open 2024 are (in Australian dollars):
- Victory - $3,150,000 (2 million USD)
- Final - $1,725,000 (1.14 million USD)
- Semifinals - $990,000 (653,370 USD)
- Quarterfinals - $600,000 (395,982 USD)
- Round of 16 - $375,000 (247,489 USD)
- Round of 32 - $255,000 (168,292 USD)
- Round of 64 - $180,000 (118,795 USD)
- First round qualifiers - $120,000 (79,196 USD)
Over time the increase in prize money is impressive. Suffice it to say that in recent years it has quadrupled compared to twenty years ago when the total sum to be divided was just 19.1 million Australian dollars (12.6 million USD).
How much did Jannik Sinner win?
Sinner has made a memorable journey for his young age which is already being compared to other great tennis players. The Australian Open earned him the sum of over 2 million USD, making his total prize money rise to 20 million USD since he became a professional.
The Italian champion’s earnings, however, are not limited to the pitch, but also to sponsorships. In 2023 he took home 7.6 million USD thanks to tournament victories and a good 150 million USD in ten years (15 million per year) for the contract with Nike.
Original article published on Money.it Italy 2024-01-29 11:47:00. Original title: Australian Open 2024, il montepremi: quanto ha vinto Sinner?
