2024 Australian Open

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2024 Australian Open
Date14–28 January 2024
Edition112th
Open Era (56th)
Category Grand Slam
Draw128S / 64D
Prize money A$86,500,000
Surface Hard (GreenSet)
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner
Women's singles
Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka
Men's doubles
Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden
Women's doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Mixed doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of Poland.svg Jan Zieliński
Wheelchair men's singles
Flag of Japan.svg Tokito Oda
Wheelchair women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sam Schröder
Wheelchair men's doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfie Hewett / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair quad doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Lapthorne / Flag of the United States.svg David Wagner
Boys' singles
Flag of Japan.svg Rei Sakamoto
Girls' singles
Flag of Slovakia.svg Renáta Jamrichová
Boys' doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Maxwell Exsted / Flag of the United States.svg Cooper Woestendick
Girls' doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Tyra Caterina Grant / Flag of the United States.svg Iva Jovic
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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]

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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]

Singles players

Events

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Wheelchair men's singles

Wheelchair women's singles

Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair men's doubles

Wheelchair women's doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each competition showing the ranking points offered for each event. [14] [15] [16]

Senior points

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles200013008004002001005010301680
Men's doubles1200720360180900N/A
Women's singles130078043024013070104030202
Women's doubles10N/A

Prize money

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.

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
SinglesA$3,150,000A$1,725,000A$990,000A$600,000A$375,000A$255,000A$180,000A$120,000A$65,000A$44,100A$31,250
DoublesA$730,000A$400,000A$227,500A$128,000A$75,000A$53,000A$36,000N/A
Mixed doublesA$165,000A$94,000A$50,000A$26,500A$13,275A$6,900N/A
Wheelchair singlesA$A$A$A$N/A
Wheelchair doublesA$A$A$N/A
Quad singlesA$A$A$
Quad doublesA$A$N/A

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