Australian Open prize money: How much can the top players earn? When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up forfor news on the biggest players and tournaments Australian Open prize money has risen once again with a 10 per cent boost in total money available for competitors. The combined pot stands at £34.4m to be shared around the players depending on which stage they exit the tournament. Defending champion Roger Federer will be keen to rake in the top prize once again, while Serena Williams has been tipped to topple reigning Women’s champion Caroline Wozniacki in 2019. Express Sport has rounded up the Australian Open prize money figures, as well as how you can watch the tournament and who is likely to triumph.<doc-sep>When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up forfor news on the biggest players and tournaments Roger Federer takes on Stefano Tsitsipas on his journey to landing another title and lucrative prize money pot. The Swiss icon breezed past Denis Istomin in the first round before overcoming British ace Dan Evans and Taylor Fritz to reach the Last 16. Federer has won the Australian Open six times and will be gunning for a seventh despite Novak Djokovic entering the tournament as the favourite. The 37-year-old has now won 17 consecutive matches at the major in Melbourne.<doc-sep>When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up forfor news on the biggest players and tournaments Nadal has banked $103,251,975 (£80,196,325) in career prize money ahead of the Australian Open. The Spaniard is likely to add a large chunk of the Melbourne kitty with a strong showing over the next fortnight. But he was quizzed on how weaker players, who are knocked out of the qualifiers, for example, worry for their livelihood, while the top players take home enormous win bonuses. And Nadal has called on tournament officials to spread the money more evenly - although he does feel the situation has got better over the last decade.<doc-sep>The Australian Open begins on Monday, and Thursday gave us the draw, which means we now know who's playing who. One of the first things that jumps off the bracket is that Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic could play each other in the finals. Both of them have six Australian Open titles, tied with Roy Emerson for the most ever, so they could be playing for the most ever if they get through their respective brackets. To view the full draw and bracket for the Australian Open, click here. One the women's side, Serena Williams is trying to win her 24th Grand Slam, which would tie her with Margaret Court for the most ever. Williams has made the last two women's singles finals, losing to Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon and Naomi Osaka in the US Open. Williams, 37, is in the same bracket as WTA No. 1 Simona Halep, so it'll be a long road for her. Venus Williams could play Halep as early as the third round, whereas Serena would have her in the fourth if the bracket goes chalk. Osaka is the No. 4 seed, and her side of the bracket is shared with Anastasija Sevastova. Osaka broke out at last year's Open with an incredible run that ultimately ended in her defeat of Williams. At just 21, Osaka is coming off a tough loss at Brisbane to Lesia Tsurenko, but her attitude after the match shows that she's refocusing. "If I'm being really frank, I just feel like I had like the worst attitude today," she said after that match, per Tennis World USA. "I feel like I didn't really know how to cope with not playing well. So, I don't know, like I was sulking a little bit, and like there are moments that I tried not to do that. But then the ball wouldn't go in, and then I would go back to being like childish and stuff." Caroline Wozniacki is looking to defend her title, but a second-round loss to Tsurenko at the US Open, Ekaterina Makarova at Wimbledon and a fourth-round loss to Daria Kasatkina are still looming. Last year she won her first career Grand Slam in Melbourne, now she wants to expand her portfolio. Rafael Nadal, the No. 2 seed, is sharing a bracket with Kyle Edmund, who's looking to return to form after a brutal Brisbane International loss to Yasutaka Uchiyama. A potential semifinal match with Federer looms if he's able to power through, but his quarterfinal section would include Kevin Anderson and John Isner. An Anderson-Isner rematch, of course, would evoke memories of last year's Wimbledon when the two played a marathon against each other. Should things go chalk, Federer's quarterfinal matchup would be Marin Cilic, but in Cilic's section Karen Khachanov is looking to play spoiler. Kei Nishikori and Djokovic could play in the quarterfinals after Djokovic swept Nishikori in the semifinals of the US Open. Djokovic has won the last two men's majors, and he's looking for No. 3. Andy Murray has a relatively favorable draw himself, ending up in Cilic and Khachanov's bracket, but he'll need to prove he's back on Djokovic, Federer and Nadal's level. Several records could fall in this year's Open, but it's a new year. The new guard is still creeping, and they do not want Federer, Nadal and Djokovic to win every major against this year. On the women's side, Williams is trying to break records herself, but she's facing a talented field.<doc-sep>
An AUS$62.5 million prize money will be at stake at the 2019 Australian Open. Winning the men's and women's singles titles will be worth $4,100,000 each while reaching the final makes the player earn $2,050,000. $920,000 are awarded to the semifinalists while reaching the quarter-finals guarantees a $460,000 cheque. $260,000 for the fourth round losers, $155,000 for the third round losers. "Just" playing in the first round is $75,000 worth. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal lead the men's seeding, the Serb won six Australian Open titles while the Spaniard triumphed in 2009 defeating Roger Federer in an epic five-set championship clash. The Swiss will seek his seventh title as well, and he won both in 2017 and 2018. Meanwhile, Federer commented on Chris Kermode possibly leaving the role as ATP Chief Executive: 'If I want to voice my opinion, I need to know. I care. But it's hard, especially through the off-season, to stay in touch with everybody. The problem with Rafa, as well, he's been away a little bit through injury at the end of the year. All of a sudden you realize, Well, Rafa was not around that much, as well. So somebody has to call him. For somebody to call Rafa, it's always a bit like, I don't want to bother the guy. I think it's tricky, but somebody needs to reach out to him, no doubt about it. For that, we have player representatives.' ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title