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SNOOKER · TOURNAMENT PRIZE MONEY · BENDIGO, AUSTRALIA

Australian Open snooker prize money

The Australian Open has paid £1,382,261 across 5 tournaments from 2011 to 2015. In 2015 John Higgins took £37,500.

PAID IN TOTAL£1.4m
EDITIONS5
2015 TOP PRIZE£38k
PLAYERS PAID155
RANK32 of 98

Every edition

Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all

Every edition of the Australian Open with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
YEAR WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2015 John Higgins £37,500£38k £265,300£265k
2014 Judd Trump £41,667£42k £277,443£277k
2013 Marco Fu £43,750£44k £273,398£273k
2012 Barry Hawkins £44,800£45k £277,120£277k
2011 Stuart Bingham £40,800£41k £289,000£289k

Prize money paid, edition by edition

The 2015 Goldfields Australian Open payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the 2015 Goldfields Australian Open.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £37,500£38k £37,500£38k
Runner-up 1 £16,000£16k £16,000£16k
Semi-final 2 £10,000£10k £20,000£20k
Quarter-final 4 £8,500£9k £34,000£34k
Last 16 8 £6,000£6k £48,000£48k
Last 32 16 £4,500£5k £72,000£72k
Last 48 16 £1,000£1k £16,000£16k
Wildcard 1 £4,500£5k £4,500£5k
Last 64 16 £500£500 £8,000£8k
Last 96 32 £250£250 £8,000£8k
High break 1 £1,250£1k £1,250£1k
High break 1 £50£50 £50£50

Every cheque by name is on the 2015 Goldfields Australian Open payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the Australian Open

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The players who have won the most prize money at the Australian Open.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Stuart Bingham England 1 £65,794£66k
2 Marco Fu Hong Kong 1 £61,050£61k
3 Barry Hawkins England 1 £57,410£57k
4 Neil Robertson Australia 0 £57,123£57k
5 Judd Trump England 1 £55,267£55k
6 John Higgins Scotland 1 £49,267£49k
7 Mark Davis England 0 £44,586£45k
8 Martin Gould England 0 £42,055£42k
9 Shaun Murphy England 0 £40,617£41k
10 Mark Selby England 0 £33,500£34k
11 Peter Ebdon England 0 £32,967£33k
12 Joe Perry England 0 £32,775£33k
13 Robert Milkins England 0 £30,584£31k
14 Dominic Dale Wales 0 £30,375£30k
15 Matthew Selt England 0 £29,383£29k
16 Tom Ford England 0 £27,825£28k
17 Ricky Walden England 0 £27,542£28k
18 Xiao Guodong China 0 £25,099£25k
19 Ken Doherty Ireland 0 £24,477£24k
20 Andrew Higginson England 0 £24,088£24k
21 Rory McLeod Jamaica 0 £23,350£23k
22 Mark Williams Wales 0 £22,100£22k
23 Michael Holt England 0 £21,848£22k
24 Fergal O'Brien Ireland 0 £21,557£22k
25 Marcus Campbell Scotland 0 £21,288£21k

The top 12 here

Stuart Bingham £66k Marco Fu £61k Barry Hawkins £57k Neil Robertson £57k Judd Trump £55k John Higgins £49k Mark Davis £45k Martin Gould £42k Shaun Murphy £41k Mark Selby £34k Peter Ebdon £33k Joe Perry £33k

Other snooker tournaments

The tournaments either side of the Australian Open by prize money paid

Snooker tournaments ranked around the Australian Open.
# TOURNAMENT EDITIONS PAID
20 Grand Prix 7 £3,206,900£3.2m
21 European Masters 8 £3,114,934£3.1m
22 Premier League 13 £2,837,000£2.8m
23 China Championship 4 £2,826,000£2.8m
24 Wuhan Open 4 £2,801,500£2.8m
25 Snooker Shoot Out 16 £2,413,500£2.4m
26 LG Cup 3 £1,831,600£1.8m
27 6-Reds World Championship 9 £1,752,009£1.8m
28 Xi'an Grand Prix 2 £1,683,951£1.7m
29 Riyadh Season Championship 2 £1,570,000£1.6m
30 Indian Open 5 £1,552,000£1.6m
31 Wuxi Classic 5 £1,450,500£1.5m
32 Australian Open 5 £1,382,261£1.4m
33 Irish Masters 5 £1,364,320£1.4m
34 Gibraltar Open 6 £1,176,750£1.2m
35 Riga Masters 4 £914,000£914k
36 European Open 3 £900,800£901k
37 World Masters 1 £785,000£785k
38 Thailand Masters 2 £759,425£759k
39 Northern Ireland Trophy 4 £723,500£724k
40 Hong Kong Masters 2 £629,000£629k
41 Malta Cup 4 £592,500£593k
42 Scottish Masters 3 £572,000£572k
43 Turkish Masters 1 £500,000£500k
Grand Prix £3.2m European Masters £3.1m Premier League £2.8m China Championship £2.8m Wuhan Open £2.8m Snooker Shoot Out £2.4m LG Cup £1.8m 6-Reds World Championship £1.8m Xi'an Grand Prix £1.7m Riyadh Season Championship £1.6m Indian Open £1.6m Wuxi Classic £1.5m Australian Open £1.4m Irish Masters £1.4m Gibraltar Open £1.2m Riga Masters £914k European Open £901k World Masters £785k Thailand Masters £759k Northern Ireland Trophy £724k Hong Kong Masters £629k Malta Cup £593k Scottish Masters £572k Turkish Masters £500k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the 2015 Goldfields Australian Open?

John Higgins took £37,500. The whole tournament paid £265,300 across 97 players.

How much prize money has the Australian Open paid?

£1,382,261 across 5 editions from 2011 to 2015. The richest was the 2011 Goldfields Australian Open, at £289,000.

Who has won the most money at the Australian Open?

Stuart Bingham, with £65,794 and 1 win. Marco Fu is next on £61,050.

Where does the Australian Open rank for prize money?

32nd of the 98 snooker tournaments we hold, by total prize money paid.

Where to next

Every snooker tournament and player is ranked on snooker prize money. The latest edition is the 2015 Goldfields Australian Open, and the one before it the 2014 Goldfields Australian Open. How much of the pot a snooker winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money. How far down the field the money runs, against every other sport, is on how deep prize money pays.