By Ros Satar
- The first Grand Slam of the year rolls round and with a 3.4% rise from 2022.
- What will our Brits stand to earn over the next two weeks?
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – The first Grand Slam of the season is here, and players are set for a record high in Australian Open prize money.
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How much prize money could the Brits earn at the Australian Open 2023?
| PLACE (Singles) | PRIZE MONEY A$ (£) |
| Winner | AU$2.975m (£1,697.4m) |
| Runner-up | AU$1.625 (£927,164) |
| Semi-finalist | AU$925k (£527,770) |
| Quarter-finalist | AU$555,250 (£316,805) |
| Round 4 | AU$338,250 (£192,992) |
| Round 3 | AU$227,925 (£130,045) |
| Round 2 | AU$158,850 (£90,633) |
| Round 1 | AU$106,250 (£60,622) |
Total Grand Slam Prize Purses for 2020-21 (Current Currency Conversion)
| Australian Open (2023) | Roland Garros (2022) | Wimbledon (2022) | US Open (2022) |
| AU$76.5m
£43.648m |
€43.6m
£36.638m |
£40.35m
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$60.102m
£34.292m |
What does this mean for the Brits?
There are some tough draws coming up for the British contingent that have made it into the main draw.
Opponents assumed via their ranking/seeding
Cameron Norrie [11]
- R1: Luca Van Assche [WC] | H2H: First Meeting
- R2: Constant Lestienne | H2H: Norrie leads 1-0 (tour level)
- R3: Borna Coric [21] | H2H: Coric leads 2-1(tour level)
- R4: Felix Auger-Aliassime [6] | H2H: Auger-Aliassime leads 5-1
- QF: Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] | H2H: Tied at 1-1
- SF: Rafael Nadal [1] | H2H: Nadal leads 4-1
- F: Casper Ruud [2] | H2H Ruud leads 3-0
Dan Evans [25]
- R1: Facundo Bagnis | H2H: Evans leads 1-0
- R2: Daniel Elahi Galan | H2H: First Meeting
- R3: Andrey Rublev [5] | H2H: Tied at 4-4 (incl. Challengers)
- R4: Holger Rune [9] | H2H: First Meeting
- QF: Novak Djokovic [4] | H2H: Evans leads 1-0
- SF: Casper Ruud [2] | H2H: Ruud leads 1-0
- F: Rafael Nadal [1] | H2H: Nadal leads 3-0
Jack Draper
- R1: Rafael Nadal [1] | H2H: First Meeting
- R2: Brandon Nakashima | H2H: Nakashima leads 1-0
- R3: Yoshihito Nishioka [31] | H2H: First Meeting
- R4: Frances Tiafoe [16] | H2H: Tiafoe leads 1-0
- QF: Daniil Medvedev [7] | H2H: First Meeting
- SF: Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] | H2H: Draper leads 1-0
- F: Casper Ruud [2] | H2H: First Meeting
Andy Murray
- R1: Matteo Berrettini [13] | H2H: Berrettini leads 3-0
- R2: Fabio Fognini | H2H: Tied at 4-4
- R3: Roberto Bautista Agut [24] | H2H: Tied at 3-3
- R4: Casper Ruud [2] | H2H: Ruud leads 1-0
- QF: Taylor Fritz [8] | H2H: Fritz leads 1-0
- SF: Novak Djokovic [4] | H2H: Djokovic leads 25-11
- F: Rafael Nadal [1] | H2H: Nadal leads 17-7
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Emma Raducanu
- R1: Tamara Korpatsch | H2H: Raducanu leads 1-0
- R2: Coco Gauff [7] | H2H: First Meeting
- R3: Qinwen Zheng [29] | H2H: First Meeting
- R4: Jelena Ostapenko [17] | H2H: Ostapenko leads 1-0
- QF: Iga Swiatek [1] | H2H: Swiatek leads 1-0
- SF: Jessica Pegula [3] | H2H: Pegula leads 1-0
- F: Ons Jabeur [2] | H2H: First Meeting (excl. exhibitions)
Harriet Dart
- R1: Jil Teichmann [32] | H2H: Dart leads 1-0
- R2: Rebecca Marino | H2H: Dart leads 1-0
- R3: Maria Sakkari [6] | H2H: Sakkari leads 1-0 (ITF)
- R4: Madison Keys [10] | H2H: Keys leads 2-0
- QF: Jessica Pegula [3] | H2H: Pegula leads 2-0
- SF: Iga Swiatek [1] | H2H: Swiatek leads 1-0
- F: Ons Jabeur [2] | H2H: Jabeur leads 1-0
The Australian Open takes place between 16-29 January (GMT +11 Hours).
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