Record Prize Money Announced for 2024 Australian Open

Record prize money for 2024. Friday, the organizers of the Australian Open announced a 13% increase in the prize money for the first major tournament of the season, to $59.1 million (€53.3 million). euros) for this competition which will begin on January 14 in Melbourne.

In 2023, the Australian Open was the least well-funded of the four Grand Slam tournaments, at $52.3 million (47.23 million euros). It was won by Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka. The winners of the 2024 edition, the finals of which will be played on January 27 (ladies) and January 28 (men), will each win 1.95 million euros. Tournament director Craig Tiley stressed the need for “the best players in the world to be rewarded appropriately.”

The prize fund for the Australian Open has more than doubled in ten years but, even when increased, it remains lower than that of the last US Open, which stood at 58.6 million euros last summer. During the past season, the prize pool for the two other Grand Slam tournaments was 51.38 million euros for Wimbledon and 49.5 million for Roland-Garros, more than what the meeting had offered. you Australian.

2023-12-29 08:52:00
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