How the Prize Money Is Distributed at the 2017 Australian Open
The Australian Open will hand out more than 37 million US dollars in prize money. The increases have been concentrated mainly in the early rounds. The winners of the men's and women's singles tournaments will each take home a check of around 2.7 million US dollars, while the runners-up will receive 1.3 million.
Over these two weeks, all eyes of tennis fans are on Melbourne, where the Australian Open, the first grand slam of the season, is being played. The Australian tournament has once again increased the money allocated to players, so let’s take a look at the generous prizes up for grabs.
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The winners of the men’s and women’s singles tournaments will each take home about 2.7 million US dollars to start the season, although the largest increase has gone to the players who fall in the early rounds of the main draw, where, as usual, there have been suspicions about whether some players were in shape to compete or simply played through injuries to collect their check.
First-round losers took home a check of $36,000. Those who lost in the second round received $60,000, $98,000 for those eliminated in the third round, and about $165,000 for those who fell in the round of 16. From there, the amounts almost double after each round, because there is more than $300,000 for those who lose in the quarterfinals, $617,000 for the semifinalists, and 1.3 million US dollars for the runners-up.
This is the prize breakdown for the men’s and women’s singles draws (the conversion to US dollars is approximate and varies depending on the exchange rate):
- Winners: 3,700,000 Australian dollars (approximately 2.7 million US dollars)
- Runners-up: 1,850,000 Australian dollars (approximately 1.3 million US dollars)
- Semifinalists: 817,500 Australian dollars (approximately 617,000 US dollars)
- Quarterfinalists: 408,750 Australian dollars (approximately 308,000 US dollars)
- Round of 16: 220,000 Australian dollars (approximately 165,000 US dollars)
- Third round: 130,000 Australian dollars (approximately 98,000 US dollars)
- Second round: 80,000 Australian dollars (approximately 60,000 US dollars)
- First round: 50,000 Australian dollars (approximately 37,000 US dollars)
For this season, Roland Garros is expected to distribute around 36 million US dollars, Wimbledon around 41 million, and the US Open more than 46 million, making it the tournament with the highest prize money.
