Tennis in Italy, and beyond, is celebrating a historic victory. Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open thus becoming the first Italian to triumph in Melbourne. Only 2 other Italians had managed to win a Grand Slam tournament: Nicola Pietrangeli (1959/60) and Adriano Panatta (1976), both at Roland Garros.
The South Tyrolean champion defeated the Russian Daniil Medvedev, number 3 in the world ranking, in the fifth set after a thrilling comeback: 3-2 (3-6/3-6/6-4/6-4/6-3) the result.
How much did Sinner earn by winning the Australian Open?
It's not just the story, it's not just the glory. As the winner of the tournament, Jannik Sinner won 3.150.000 Australian dollars. In EUR? 1.933.403.
A record figure that comes after an extraordinary 2023 from a sporting perspective (Masters 1000 in Toronto, the final of the ATP Finals lost to Djokovic, the first Slam semi-final at Wimbledon and the victory of the Davis Cup) but also economically in which Sinner gained 8,3 million dollars. But be careful. The figure just indicated corresponds only to the prizes won by participating in tournaments, to which all the money earned thanks to agreements with sponsors must be added. How many? About 20 million euros.
How much other tennis players earned at the Australian open?
The loser Daniil Medvedev can console himself with a very respectable figure. In fact, access to the final allowed him to take home 1.725.000 Australian dollars, which at the current exchange rate is 1.058.768 euros.
And the others? The other two semi-finalists, the Serbian Novak Djokovic (number 1 in the world) and German Alexander Zverev (number 6) earned 990 thousand Australian dollars, approximately 607 thousand euros. Those who stopped in the quarter-finals, like world number two Carlos Alcaraz, "had to settle" for 600 thousand Australian dollars (348 thousand euros). How much they were worth previous games?
- First round: 120 thousand Australian dollars, 73.650 euros.
- Second round: 180 thousand Australian dollars, 110.480 euros
- Third round: 255 thousand Australian dollars, 156.513 euros.
- Round of 375: 230.167 thousand Australian dollars, XNUMX euros.
