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Australian Open 2012 Prize Money

January 17, 2012 By grandslamgal

The 2012 Australian Open is offering the highest prize money ever in the history of Grand Slam tennis; a total of $26 million Australian Dollars.

Have a look at what the players receive for playing singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

Kim Clijsters, Australian Open 2011 Women's Champion

Singles – Men’s and Women’s – Per Player

Winners – $2,300,000* (approx USD 2,370,000)

Runners-up – $1,150,000 (approx USD 1,185,000)

Semifinalists – $437,000

Quarterfinalists – $218,500

Round of 16 – $109,250

Round of 32 – $54,625

Round of 64 – $33,300

First Round – $20,800

Novak Djokovic, Australian Open 2011 Men's Champion

Qualifying Men and Women

Third Round – $11,440

Second Round – $5,710

First Round – $2,860

Doubles – Men’s and Women’s (per pair)

Winners – $454,500 (approx USD 468,000)

Runners-Up – $227,250

Semifinalists – $113,000

Quarterfinalists – $56,000

Round of 16 – $31,500

Round of 32 – $17,200

First Round – $9,600

Mixed Doubles (per pair)

Winners – $135,500 (approx USD 139,500)

Runners-Up – $67,500

Semifinalists – $33,900

Quarterfinalists – $15,500

Round of 16 – $7,800

First Round – $3800

Until next time

Grand Slam Gal

This information was sourced from the 2012 Australian Open Program.

*All amounts are in Australian Dollars. Approx USD conversions were done on 17 January 2012 using Oanda Currency Converter. Check it out if you would like to convert the AUD to another currency.

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Comments

  1. Ballboy2012 says

    January 19, 2012 at 11:47 am

    Strange that the prize money for mixed doubles is less than men’s and women’s doubles. Still a nice earner.

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