Australian Open prize money as men and women winners huge payday revealed
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The winner of this year's Australian Open will land themselves just over £1.7million with both the men and the women receiving an equal amount. The first Grand Slam of the year gets underway Down Under with the first round beginning in Melbourne on Monday. It's been more than four months since the US Open bought the curtain down on last year's major season and, in both the men's and the women's game, the same individual won both tournaments.
Yannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka head to Australia as defending champions and also the most recent Grand Slam champions following their triumphs in New York. They are both among the favourites to succeed again with Sinner among those looking to deny Novak Djokovic's quest for glory. The Serbian needs one more Grand Slam title to be set apart as the great tennis player of all time, at least statistically.
He's partnered up with Andy Murray but will have to overcome the likes of Carlos Alcaraz - still seeking his first success at the Australian Open - and Alexander Zverev - a man still eyeing his first ever Grand Slam. Jack Draper is Britain's big hope after showcased his quality with an impressive run at the US Open. He only made the second round last year, and even a repeat of that would earn him six figures.
In the women's draw Sabalenka is firm favourite to claim a third Australian Open title on the bounce but will face competition from the likes of Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina. Zheng Qinwen made last year's final and has continued to produce her best tennis on hard courts. Another run to the final would see her pocket just shy of a million.
