FACTS ABOUT AUSTRALIAN OPEN PRIZE MONEY !
The
Australian open is a tennis tournament held yearly over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. It was
founded in 1905; the contest is consecutively the first of the four Grand Slams
of annual tennis events. Which are the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
It
includes male’s, female’s singles; men’s, women’s and mixed doubles and
junior’s tournaments as well as wheelchair, icons and exhibition affairs.
Earlier
in 1988 the content had been played on grass courts, but since then two types
of Hard Court surfaces have been used at Melbourne Park –Green pigmented rebound
Ace up to 2007 and thereafter, blue plexicushion.
RogerFederer, 20 Grand Slam winners, branded it ‘’Happy Slam’’. It is the hugest
yearly sporting championship in the Southern Hemisphere, and it has a history
for the highest attendance at a Grand Slam championship.
The
Australian opened to professionals in 1969 and the champions of highest Male’s
Singles titles are Roy Emerson, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer (each have 7
Grand Slam). Victors of the most Doubles titles are Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (each
have 6 Grand Slam).
In
women champions of the highest singles titles Margaret Court with 11 Grand Slam
while Serena William has 7 Grand Slam. In winner of Female’s Double titles
Thelma Coyne Long takes the lead with 12 Grand Slam followed by Martina
Navratilova 8 slams.
Total
prize money of Australian Open is AUD $ 55 Million roughly (USD $42.7 M).
The
prize money is being breakdown this way, From winners, Runner-ups, Semi
finalists, Quarter-finalists, 4th Round, 3rd Round, 2nd
Round, 1st round. I will only
give you the prize money of the Winner, which is $4million, and Runners-up
reward is $2million.
In
the Men’s and Women’s Doubles $750,000 and $375,000 respectively.
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