{"id":403570,"date":"2026-02-02T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/403570\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:58:10","slug":"australian-open-final-prize-money-how-much-djokovic-and-alcaraz-get-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/403570\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open final prize money: How much Djokovic and Alcaraz get? | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 Australian Open<\/a> men\u2019s final features a winner-takes-all check of \u00a32.06million. This represents a significant 19 per cent increase from the previous year\u2019s championship prize.<\/p>\n

The runner-up in the showdown between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> will not leave empty-handed, securing a hefty payday of \u00a31.07m, a 13 per cent rise compared to the 2025 finalist’s earnings.<\/p>\n

Total tournament prize money hit a record high of \u00a355m, marking a 16 per cent overall boost to support professional players at every stage of the competition.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz is competing for more than just money; he aims to become the youngest player to complete the Career Grand Slam while pocketing the record-breaking winner\u2019s check.<\/p>\n

Djokovic is chasing an 11th title in Melbourne, which would see him extend his record to 25 Grand Slam titles and claim the multi-million-dollar\u00a0top prize.<\/p>\n

The 2026 payout reflects Tennis Australia’s biggest jump in history, specifically designed to help players cover rising travel, coaching, and training expenses during the season.<\/p>\n

Both Djokovic and Alcaraz earned \u00a3637,409 for winning their semi-final matches, ensuring their final earnings will at least double regardless of the championship result.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winners’ cheque of \u00a32m places the Australian Open above Wimbledon 2025 (\u00a31.96m) but still slightly behind the lucrative payouts of the US Open.<\/p>\n

The final match offers equal prize money for men and women, with the women\u2019s champion Elena Rybakina receiving the same reward as the men’s winner, with runner-up Aryna Sabalenka taking an equal prize to the male runner-up.<\/p>\n

Tournament director Craig Tiley stated the increases are vital for sustainability, ensuring the “Happy Slam” remains one of the most commercially attractive events for global stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Australian Open men\u2019s final features a winner-takes-all check of \u00a32.06million. This represents a significant 19 per…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[150702,21399,126862,150700,150699,150698,870,150701,6766,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-403570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alcaraz-prize-money","tag-australian-open","tag-australian-open-2026","tag-australian-open-2026-prize-money","tag-australian-open-final-prize-money","tag-australian-open-prize-money","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-djokovic-prize-money","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}