- This year’s Australian Open prize money will once again be the largest in history.
- The AO has increased the prize money by 119% from $44 million AUD in 2016.
- It has gone up more than 36 per cent in the past five editions.
The world’s best tennis players are in Melbourne for this year’s Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2025 season. Returning champion Jannick Sinner will no doubt be looking to build upon his first win here in 2024, cementing his burgeoning legacy as one of the best players of the new generation.
Novak Djokovic will be looking to add a record-breaking 11th AO title to his existing trophy cabinet and will likely walk away with a small fortune for his accomplishments.
The 2025 Australian Open will begin on Sunday 12 January 2024, with the best players in the world arriving in Melbourne dreaming of the first Grand Slam win of the year. The tournament is played in a knock-out format with four opening rounds before the finals matches.
The Australian Open 2025 Final will be played on 26 January 2025 at the iconic Rod Laver Arena… and this year’s winner will be handed the biggest prize money in history (again).
Read on to find out about the Australian Open 2025 prize money, how to watch the event and more…
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What is the Prize Money Breakdown for the 2024 Australian Open?
The Australian Open has confirmed that the prize money breakdown for the 2025 edition of the season’s first major will be $96.5 million AUD, representing a staggering 12% increase compared to 2024. Every round of the tournament will see an increase, with the eventual champions in both the men’s and women’s competitions taking home $3.5 million AUD.
2025 Australian Open Singles Prize Money (Men & Women)
| Round | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Champion | $3,500,000 |
| Finalist | $1,900,000 |
| Semi-finalist | $1,100,000 |
| Quarter-finalist | $665,000 |
| R16 | $420,000 |
| R32 | $290,000 |
| R64 | $200,000 |
| R128 | $132,000 |
2025 Australian Open Qualifying Singles (Men & Women)
| Round | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| R32 | $72,000 |
| R64 | $49,000 |
| R128 | $35,000 |
2025 Australian Open Doubles Prize Money (Men & Women per team)
| Round | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Champion | $810,000 |
| Finalist | $440,000 |
| Semi-finalist | $250,000 |
| Quarter-finalist | $142,000 |
| R16 | $82,000 |
| R32 | $58,000 |
| R128 | $40,000 |
When is the 2025 Australian Open?
- Sunday 12 January – Sunday 26 January 2025.
The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam on the tennis calendar and runs for two weeks in January. Action from the First Round kicks off on Sunday 12 January and will run through to Sunday 26 January, when the Men’s Singles Final will be played.
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Qualifying matches will take place a few days before the event from 6 January until 9 January 2025, with a couple of days’ break in play ahead of this year’s opener.
Where is the 2025 Australian Open?
The Australian Open takes place at Melbourne Park, which features 33 hard courts across the facility, including the iconic Rod Laver Arena.
The tournament has been held at Melbourne Park since its development in 1988. Located within the expansive venue are multiple arenas including:
- Rod Laver Arena – 14,820 seats
- John Cain Arena – 10,300 seats
- Margaret Court Arena – 7,500 seats
- Kia Arena – 5,000 seats
The Kia Arena was used for the first time in the 2022 tournament, to accommodate for the growing popularity of the event.
The Australian Open is the highest-attended Grand Slam event in the world, with more than 1.1 million people attending the 2024 tournament, an increase of more than 200,000 compared to the previous year.
How to Watch the 2025 Australian Open?
If you were unable to snag yourself some tickets to the Australia Open 2025, don’t worry, you can still catch all the tennis action from Melbourne live on Channel 9 and Stan Sport. Nine signed a mega-deal contract to broadcast the Australian Open until 2029.
“The new five-year deal (from 2025 to 2029) includes a $425 million cash component plus considerable additional value in contra, retained rights and promotion, making it the biggest in the history of Tennis Australia.”
Tennis Australia
Who Won the Australian Open in 2024?
The 2024 Australian Open saw Italian superstar Jannick Sinner claim his first Grand Slam win in Australia, surging past Daniil Medvedev from two sets down for a famous victory.
The epic final showdown lasted more than four hours under the lights in Melbourne as Sinner managed to overturn what initially seemed like an insurmountable deficit, earning a reputation as one of the most exciting players on the ATP Tour.
He became just the second Italian man to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era, following Adriano Panatta’s historic 1976 French Open victory, and will surely be favourite to lift the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup again in Melbourne this month.
What was the Prize Money Breakdown for the 2024 Australian Open?
This year, the prize money for the Australian Open 2024 has seen a $10 million increase in 2024 and sits at a record-breaking $86.5 million AUD – up 13% on 2023.
Male and female players are entitled to the same amount of prize money, with the remaining funds to be divided amongst the competing players, depending on their final places.
Singles – Men’s and Women’s
| Round | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Champion | $3,150,000 |
| Finalist | $1,725,000 |
| Semifinalists | $990,000 |
| Quarterfinalists | $600,000 |
| Round of 16 | $375,000 |
| Round of 32 | $255,000 |
| Round of 64 | $180,000 |
| First Round | $120,000 |
Qualifying Singles – Men’s and Women’s
| Round | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Round of 32 | $65,000 |
| Round of 64 | $44,100 |
| First Round | $31,250 |
“We’ve upped prize money for every round at the Australian Open with the major increases in qualifying and the early rounds of singles and doubles,” Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley said.
“It is critical to the continued success of the Australian Open that we ensure that the best players in the world are compensated appropriately as we know this allows players to invest in their own careers and in many cases, helps set them up for success throughout the year.”
Doubles – Men’s and Women’s
| Round | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Champion | $730,000 |
| Finalist | $400,000 |
| Semifinalists | $227,500 |
| Quarterfinalists | $128,000 |
| Round of 16 | $75,000 |
| Round of 32 | $53,000 |
| First Round | $36,000 |
Mixed Doubles
| Round | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Champion | $165,000 |
| Finalist | $94,000 |
| Semifinalists | $50,000 |
| Quarterfinalists | $26,500 |
| Round of 16 | $13,275 |
| First Round | $6,900 |
