2024 Australian Open
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The 2024 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 14 to 28 January 2024. 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.
Novak Djokovic was the defending men's singles champion. He was defeated in the semifinals by Jannik Sinner, who went on to beat Daniil Medvedev in a five-set final to win his first major title. 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.
In the tournament's 119-year history, this was the first Australian Open Tennis Championships to be held on an opening Sunday.
The tournament featured the following changes from previous tournaments:
- First-round matches took place over three days instead of two.
- The daytime sessions on the central courts, Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena, featured a maximum of two matches instead of three to avoid matches lasting into the early hours of the morning, such as the match between Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis in 2023, which ended at 4:05 am local time. The John Cain Arena schedule remains the same. However, the success of this policy change is questionable, since some matches at this edition of the tournament still finished after midnight, including one between Daniil Medvedev and Emil Ruusuvuori which finished at 3:40 am local time.
- The number of game sessions for the event increased from 47 to 52 with the extra day of competition.
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.
Singles players
Events
Men's singles
- Italy Jannik Sinner def. Daniil Medvedev, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3.
Women's singles
- Aryna Sabalenka def. China Zheng Qinwen, 6–3, 6–2.
Men's doubles
- India Rohan Bopanna / Australia Matthew Ebden def. Italy Simone Bolelli / Italy Andrea Vavassori, 7–6(7–0), 7–5.
Women's doubles
- Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Belgium Elise Mertens def. Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok / Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–1, 7–5.
Mixed doubles
- Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Poland Jan Zieliński def. United States Desirae Krawczyk / United Kingdom Neal Skupski, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [11–9].
Wheelchair men's singles
- Japan Tokito Oda def. United Kingdom Alfie Hewett, 6–2, 6–4.
Wheelchair women's singles
- Netherlands Diede de Groot def. Japan Yui Kamiji, 7–5, 6–4.
Wheelchair quad singles
- Netherlands Sam Schröder def. Israel Guy Sasson, 6–3, 6–3.
Wheelchair men's doubles
- United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid def. Japan Takuya Miki / Japan Tokito Oda, 6–3, 6–2.
Wheelchair women's doubles
- Netherlands Diede de Groot / Netherlands Jiske Griffioen def. Japan Yui Kamiji / South Africa Kgothatso Montjane, 6–3, 7–6(7–2).
Wheelchair quad doubles
- United Kingdom Andy Lapthorne / United States David Wagner def. South Africa Donald Ramphadi / Israel Guy Sasson, 6–4, 3–6, [10–2].
Boys' singles
- Japan Rei Sakamoto def. Czech Republic Jan Kumstát, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5.
Girls' singles
- Slovakia Renáta Jamrichová def. Australia Emerson Jones, 6–4, 6–1.
Boys' doubles
- United States Maxwell Exsted / United States Cooper Woestendick def. Czech Republic Petr Brunclík / United Kingdom Viktor Frydrych, 6–3, 7–5.
Girls' doubles
- United States Tyra Caterina Grant / United States Iva Jovic def. Czech Republic Julie Paštiková / Germany Julia Stusek, 6–3, 6–1.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each competition showing the ranking points offered for each event.
Senior points
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Girls' singles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelchair points Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Singles 800 500 375 200 100 Doubles 800 500 375 100 N/A Quad singles 800 500 375 200 100 Quad doubles 800 500 375 100 N/A Junior points Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Boys' singles 1000 700 490 300 180 90 25 20 Girls' singles Boys' doubles 750 525 367 225 135 N/A Girls' doubles | ||||||||
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | |||
| Singles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 200 | 100 | |||
| Doubles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 100 | N/A | |||
| Quad singles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 200 | 100 | |||
| Quad doubles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 100 | N/A | |||
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 |
| Boys' singles | 1000 | 700 | 490 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 25 | 20 |
| Boys' doubles | 750 | 525 | 367 | 225 | 135 | N/A | ||
| Girls' doubles |
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. 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 |
External links
| Preceded by2023 US Open | Grand Slams | Succeeded by2024 French Open |