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2024 Australian Open

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2024 Australian Open
Date14–28 January 2024
Edition112th
Open Era (56th)
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S / 64D
Prize moneyA$86,500,000
SurfaceHard (GreenSet)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Italy Jannik Sinner
Women's singles
Aryna Sabalenka
Men's doubles
India Rohan Bopanna / Australia Matthew Ebden
Women's doubles
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Belgium Elise Mertens
Mixed doubles
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Poland Jan Zieliński
Wheelchair men's singles
Japan Tokito Oda
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Netherlands Sam Schröder
Wheelchair men's doubles
United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Diede de Groot / Netherlands Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair quad doubles
United Kingdom Andy Lapthorne / United States David Wagner
Boys' singles
Japan Rei Sakamoto
Girls' singles
Slovakia Renáta Jamrichová
Boys' doubles
United States Maxwell Exsted / United States Cooper Woestendick
Girls' doubles
United States Tyra Caterina Grant / United States Iva Jovic
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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.[1] 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.[2]

Novak Djokovic was the defending men's singles champion.[3] He was defeated in the semifinals by Jannik Sinner,[4] who went on to beat Daniil Medvedev in a five-set final to win his first major title.[5] 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.[6][7]

In the tournament's 119-year history, this was the first Australian Open Tennis Championships to be held on an opening Sunday.[8]

The tournament featured the following changes from previous tournaments:[9]

  • 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.[10] 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.[11]
  • 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.[12][13]

Singles players

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Champion Runner-up
Italy Jannik Sinner [4] Daniil Medvedev [3]
Semifinals out
Serbia Novak Djokovic [1] Germany Alexander Zverev [6]
Quarterfinals out
United States Taylor Fritz [12] Andrey Rublev [5] Poland Hubert Hurkacz [9] Spain Carlos Alcaraz [2]
4th round out
France Adrian Mannarino [20] Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas [7] Karen Khachanov [15] Australia Alex de Minaur [10]
France Arthur Cazaux (WC) Portugal Nuno Borges United Kingdom Cameron Norrie [19] Serbia Miomir Kecmanović
3rd round out
Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry [30] United States Ben Shelton [16] Hungary Fábián Marozsán France Luca Van Assche
Argentina Sebastián Báez [26] Czech Republic Tomáš Macháč Italy Flavio Cobolli (Q) United States Sebastian Korda [29]
Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor [28] France Ugo Humbert [21] Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov [13] Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime [27]
United States Alex Michelsen Norway Casper Ruud [11] United States Tommy Paul [14] China Shang Juncheng (WC)
2nd round out
Australia Alexei Popyrin France Gaël Monfils Spain Jaume Munar Australia Christopher O'Connell
France Hugo Gaston (LL) Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo [22] Italy Lorenzo Musetti [25] Australia Jordan Thompson
Netherlands Jesper de Jong (Q) Colombia Daniel Elahi Galán United States Frances Tiafoe [17] United States Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q)
Italy Matteo Arnaldi Pavel Kotov France Quentin Halys United States Christopher Eubanks
Denmark Holger Rune [8] France Arthur Fils China Zhang Zhizhen Czech Republic Jakub Menšík (Q)
Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis Spain Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [23] France Hugo Grenier (Q) Finland Emil Ruusuvuori
Slovakia Lukáš Klein (Q) Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka [32] Italy Giulio Zeppieri (Q) Australia Max Purcell
United Kingdom Jack Draper Germany Jan-Lennard Struff [24] India Sumit Nagal (Q) Italy Lorenzo Sonego
1st round out
Croatia Dino Prižmić (Q) Australia Marc Polmans (WC) Germany Yannick Hanfmann United Kingdom Andy Murray
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka Alexander Shevchenko Chile Cristian Garín Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
Argentina Facundo Díaz Acosta Spain Roberto Carballés Baena Croatia Marin Čilić (PR) Australia Dane Sweeny (Q)
France Benjamin Bonzi Australia James Duckworth (WC) Australia Aleksandar Vukic Belgium Zizou Bergs (LL)
Netherlands Botic van de Zandschulp Argentina Pedro Cachin Australia Jason Kubler (WC) United States J. J. Wolf
Croatia Borna Ćorić Japan Shintaro Mochizuki (LL) Chile Alejandro Tabilo Germany Daniel Altmaier
Canada Milos Raonic (PR) Australia Adam Walton (WC) France Arthur Rinderknech Chile Nicolás Jarry [18]
Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva (Q) South Africa Lloyd Harris(Q) Japan Taro Daniel Brazil Thiago Seyboth Wild
Japan Yoshihito Nishioka Serbia Laslo Djere Czech Republic Jiří Veselý (PR) Roman Safiullin
Belgium David Goffin (Q) Argentina Federico Coria Canada Denis Shapovalov (PR) Australia Omar Jasika (Q)
Hungary Márton Fucsovics Austria Sebastian Ofner Germany Maximilian Marterer France Constant Lestienne
Austria Dominic Thiem France Alexandre Müller United States Patrick Kypson (WC) France Térence Atmane (Q)
Germany Dominik Koepfer South Korea Kwon Soon-woo (PR) Australia James McCabe (WC) Spain Bernabé Zapata Miralles
Peru Juan Pablo Varillas Serbia Dušan Lajović Hungary Máté Valkusz (Q) Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas
France Grégoire Barrère United States Marcos Giron Japan Yosuke Watanuki Australia Rinky Hijikata
Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik [31] United States Mackenzie McDonald United Kingdom Dan Evans France Richard Gasquet
Champion Runner-up
Aryna Sabalenka [2] China Zheng Qinwen [12]
Semifinals out
Ukraine Dayana Yastremska (Q) United States Coco Gauff [4]
Quarterfinals out
Czech Republic Linda Nosková Anna Kalinskaya Ukraine Marta Kostyuk Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková [9]
4th round out
Ukraine Elina Svitolina [19] Victoria Azarenka [18] Italy Jasmine Paolini [26] France Océane Dodin
Maria Timofeeva (Q) Poland Magdalena Fręch Mirra Andreeva United States Amanda Anisimova (PR)
3rd round out
Poland Iga Świątek [1] Switzerland Viktorija Golubic Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko [11] United States Emma Navarro [27]
Anna Blinkova United States Sloane Stephens China Wang Yafan France Clara Burel
Elina Avanesyan Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia [10] Anastasia Zakharova (Q) United States Alycia Parks
France Diane Parry Australia Storm Hunter (Q) Spain Paula Badosa Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko [28]
2nd round out
United States Danielle Collins United States McCartney Kessler (WC) Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
Australia Ajla Tomljanović (PR) Denmark Clara Tauson Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto France Varvara Gracheva
Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina [3] Germany Tatjana Maria Netherlands Arantxa Rus Daria Kasatkina [14]
United Kingdom Katie Boulter United Kingdom Emma Raducanu (PR) Italy Martina Trevisan United States Jessica Pegula [5]
Greece Maria Sakkari [8] Belgium Elise Mertens [25] Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (WC) Alina Korneeva (Q)
France Caroline Garcia [16] Slovenia Kaja Juvan Canada Leylah Fernandez [32] United States Caroline Dolehide
Tunisia Ons Jabeur [6] Kamilla Rakhimova Germany Laura Siegemund Germany Tamara Korpatsch
Argentina Nadia Podoroska Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Spain Rebeka Masarova Czech Republic Brenda Fruhvirtová (Q)
1st round out
United States Sofia Kenin Germany Angelique Kerber (PR) France Fiona Ferro (Q) Czech Republic Marie Bouzková [31]
Australia Taylah Preston (WC) United States Kayla Day Romania Jaqueline Cristian Veronika Kudermetova [15]
Australia Kimberly Birrell (WC) Croatia Petra Martić Belgium Greet Minnen Italy Camila Giorgi
China Wang Xiyu Switzerland Lulu Sun (Q) Belgium Yanina Wickmayer Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová [7]
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková Spain Cristina Bucșa Colombia Camila Osorio Diana Shnaider
Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina [24] United States Katie Volynets (Q) Australia Olivia Gadecki (WC) United States Peyton Stearns
United States Ashlyn Krueger China Yuan Yue United States Shelby Rogers (PR) Romania Sorana Cîrstea [22]
China Zhu Lin [29] Mexico Renata Zarazúa (Q) Serbia Aleksandra Krunić (PR) Canada Rebecca Marino (Q)
Japan Nao Hibino China Bai Zhuoxuan United States Claire Liu Egypt Mayar Sherif
Poland Magda Linette [20] France Alizé Cornet (WC) Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová
Japan Naomi Osaka (PR) Australia Daria Saville (WC) Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva Anastasia Potapova [23]
Czech Republic Sára Bejlek (Q) Ukraine Daria Snigur (Q) France Léolia Jeanjean (Q) Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Ukraine Yulia Starodubtseva (Q) United States Bernarda Pera United States Emina Bektas China Wang Xinyu [30]
Ekaterina Alexandrova [17] Italy Sara Errani United Kingdom Jodie Burrage Japan Mai Hontama (WC)
Liudmila Samsonova [13] Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek United States Taylor Townsend Croatia Donna Vekić [21]
Italy Lucia Bronzetti Aliaksandra Sasnovich Romania Ana Bogdan Germany Ella Seidel (Q)

Events

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Men's singles

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Women's singles

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Men's doubles

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Women's doubles

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Mixed doubles

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Wheelchair men's singles

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Wheelchair women's singles

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Wheelchair quad singles

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Wheelchair men's doubles

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Wheelchair women's doubles

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Wheelchair quad doubles

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Boys' singles

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  • Japan Rei Sakamoto def. Czech Republic Jan Kumstát, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5.

Girls' singles

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Boys' doubles

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Girls' doubles

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Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Below is a series of tables for each competition showing the ranking points offered for each event.[14][15][16]

Senior points

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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

Prize money

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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.[17] 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

References

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  3. ^ "Perfect 10: Djokovic Returns To No. 1 With 22nd Major At AO". 29 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Sinner Surprise: Italian dethrones Djokovic to reach first Grand Slam final". 26 January 2024.
  5. ^ Australian Open: Sinner beats Medvedev to win first Grand Slam title, BBC
  6. ^ Jonathan Jurejko (27 January 2024). "Australian Open 2024 women's final result: Aryna Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen in Melbourne". BBC.
  7. ^ "Still her Aryna: Brutal blowout as Sabalenka claims second straight Aus Open title". foxsports.com.au. 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Australian Open set for historic Sunday start". ausopen.com. 3 October 2023.
  9. ^ "FECHAS OPEN AUSTRALIA 2024: EL PRIMER GRAND SLAM DEL AÑO SE REINVENTA Y PASA A DISPUTARSE EN 15 DÍAS" (in Spanish). Eurosport.com. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  10. ^ "ANUNCIAN CAMBIOS EN FORMATO DEL ABIERTO DE AUSTRALIA" (in Spanish). Sportsmedia.com. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Daniil Medvedev beats Emil Ruusuvuori in 'tough' 3.40am Australian Open finish". The Guardian. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  12. ^ "2024 Australian Open breaks attendance records". Austadiums. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  13. ^ Patrick Durkin (29 January 2024). "Young guns rise at 'record breaking' Australian Open". Australian Financial Review.
  14. ^ "ATP Releases Pepperstone ATP Rankings Breakdown Updates | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  15. ^ "2024 WTA RANKING POINT CHART" (PDF). International Tennis Federation.
  16. ^ "REGULATIONS FOR WHEELCHAIR TENNIS 2024" (PDF). www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation.
  17. ^ "Australian Open Prize Money 2024". Perfect Tennis. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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