2024 Australian Open | |
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Date | 14–28 January 2024 |
Edition | 112th Open Era (56th) |
Category | Grand Slam |
Draw | 128S / 64D |
Prize money | A$86,500,000 |
Surface | Hard (GreenSet) |
Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Venue | Melbourne Park |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Jannik Sinner | |
Women's singles | |
Aryna Sabalenka | |
Men's doubles | |
Rohan Bopanna / Matthew Ebden | |
Women's doubles | |
Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens | |
Mixed doubles | |
Hsieh Su-wei / Jan Zieliński | |
Wheelchair men's singles | |
Tokito Oda | |
Wheelchair women's singles | |
Diede de Groot | |
Wheelchair quad singles | |
Sam Schröder | |
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid | |
Wheelchair women's doubles | |
Diede de Groot / Jiske Griffioen | |
Wheelchair quad doubles | |
Andy Lapthorne / David Wagner | |
Boys' singles | |
Rei Sakamoto | |
Girls' singles | |
Renáta Jamrichová | |
Boys' doubles | |
Maxwell Exsted / Cooper Woestendick | |
Girls' doubles | |
Tyra Caterina Grant / Iva Jovic |
The 2024Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 14 to 28 January 2024. [1] It was the 112th edition of the Australian Open, the 56th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. The tournament consists of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. The tournament's main sponsor is Kia. [2]
Novak Djokovic was the defending men's singles champion. [3] He was defeated in the semifinals by Jannik Sinner, [4] who went on to beat Daniil Medvedev in a five-set final to win his first major title. [5] Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended the women's singles title as she claimed her second major singles title, defeating Zheng Qinwen without losing a set during the tournament. [6] [7]
In the tournament's 119-year history, this was the first Australian Open Tennis Championships to be held on an opening Sunday. [8]
The tournament featured the following changes from previous tournaments: [9]
The tournament attracted an attendance of 1,020,763 (1,110,657 including pre-tournament qualifiers), making this the highest attended Australian Open ever, as well as the first Grand Slam to attract over a million spectators in a single tournament. [12] [13]
Below is a series of tables for each competition showing the ranking points offered for each event. [14] [15] [16]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles | 2000 | 1300 | 800 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 10 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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Men's doubles | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | N/A | |||||
Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
Women's doubles | 10 | N/A |
Wheelchair points
Junior points
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The Australian Open total prize money for 2024 increased by 13.07% year on year to a tournament record A$86,500,000. Most of the increases were distributed to qualifying and the early rounds of singles and doubles, with First round main draw singles players receiving A$120,000, up 12.94 per cent vs 2023. [17] The total represented a 162% increase in prize money over the last ten years, from the A$33 million on offer in 2014.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | A$3,150,000 | A$1,725,000 | A$990,000 | A$600,000 | A$375,000 | A$255,000 | A$180,000 | A$120,000 | A$65,000 | A$44,100 | A$31,250 |
Doubles | A$730,000 | A$400,000 | A$227,500 | A$128,000 | A$75,000 | A$53,000 | A$36,000 | N/A | |||
Mixed doubles | A$165,000 | A$94,000 | A$50,000 | A$26,500 | A$13,275 | A$6,900 | N/A | ||||
Wheelchair singles | A$ | A$ | A$ | A$ | N/A | ||||||
Wheelchair doubles | A$ | A$ | A$ | N/A | |||||||
Quad singles | A$ | A$ | A$ | ||||||||
Quad doubles | A$ | A$ | N/A |
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