TENNIS · PRIZE MONEY · 1992

Australian Open 1992 prize money

Q: How much did the the 1992 Australian Open champion get?

Jim Courier took AU$360,000 and Monica Seles AU$360,000, 100% of the men's cheque.

Q: How much did a first-round loser get at the 1992 Australian Open?

AU$5,400 in the men's draw and AU$5,400 in the women's.

Q: Were men and women paid the same at the 1992 Australian Open?

No. The men's champion took AU$360,000 and the women's AU$360,000. In the first round the men took AU$5,400 and the women AU$5,400, 100% of it.

Jim Courier took AU$360,000 as men's champion and Monica Seles AU$360,000 as women's. A first-round loser took AU$5,400 in the men's draw and AU$5,400 in the women's.

CHAMPION AU$360,000 men's singles

FIRST ROUND AU$5,400 men's singles

SINGLES DRAWS AU$3.9m 256 players

Every round of the 1992 singles

What each player took for the round they went out in, men and women apart

The 1992 Australian Open singles prize money by round, the men's and the women's draw side by side, with the women's figure as a share of the men's.
ROUND	MEN	WOMEN	SHARE
Champion	AU$360,000	AU$360,000	100%
Runner-up	AU$180,000	AU$180,000	100%
Semi-finals	AU$90,000	AU$90,000	100%
Quarter-finals	AU$46,800	AU$46,800	100%
Fourth round	AU$22,200	AU$22,200	100%
Third round	AU$14,500	AU$14,500	100%
Second round	AU$8,800	AU$8,800	100%
First round	AU$5,400	AU$5,400	100%

The two singles main draws paid AU$3,888,000 between them.

What each round took between them

The men's singles draw: the players out in each round, and what they took together

Champion AU$360k

First round (64) AU$346k

Second round (32) AU$282k

Third round (16) AU$232k

Quarter-finals (4) AU$187k

Runner-up AU$180k

Semi-finals (2) AU$180k

Fourth round (8) AU$178k

A player is paid once, for the round they went out in, so the 64 first-round losers in the men's draw took AU$345,600 between them, less than the champion's AU$360,000.

1992 against the years either side

The same figures at 1990 and 1993

Australian Open prize money in 1990, 1992, 1993: the fund, the champions, the first round and the singles draws.
	1990	1992	1993
Fund	-	-	AU$6,455,000
Men's champion	AU$320,000	AU$360,000	AU$410,000
Women's champion	AU$320,000	AU$360,000	AU$410,000
Men's first round	AU$4,600	AU$5,400	AU$6,200
Singles draws	AU$3,388,800	AU$3,888,000	AU$4,488,000

Against 1990, the men's champion's cheque moved +12.5% and the first round +17.4%. In 1993 the men's champion took AU$410,000, a move of +13.9%.

The Australian Open champion's cheque, year by year

Every edition with a whole ladder, and 2026. The men's cheque where the two were paid apart

$320k

$360k

$410k

$722k

$755k

$3m

$4m

$3m

$4m

Every Australian Open edition with a page: the fund, the singles champions, the champion's cheque and the first round.
YEAR	CHAMPIONS	CHAMPION	FIRST ROUND	FUND
2025	Jannik Sinner, Madison Keys	AU$3,500,000	AU$132,000	AU$96,500,000
2024	Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka	AU$3,150,000	AU$120,000	AU$86,500,000
2023	Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka	AU$2,975,000	AU$106,250	AU$76,500,000
2022	Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty	AU$2,875,000	AU$103,000	AU$74,000,000
2021	Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka	AU$2,750,000	AU$100,000	AU$71,500,000
2020	Novak Djokovic, Sofia Kenin	AU$4,120,000	AU$90,000	AU$71,000,000
2019	Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka	AU$4,100,000	AU$75,000	AU$62,500,000
2018	Roger Federer, Caroline Wozniacki	AU$4,000,000	AU$60,000	AU$55,000,000
2017	Roger Federer, Serena Williams	AU$3,700,000	AU$50,000	AU$50,000,000
2016	Novak Djokovic, Angelique Kerber	AU$3,400,000	AU$38,500	AU$44,000,000
2015	Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams	AU$3,100,000	AU$34,500	AU$40,000,000
2014	Stan Wawrinka, Li Na	AU$2,650,000	AU$30,000	AU$33,000,000
2000	Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport	AU$755,000	AU$11,625	AU$12,420,500
1999	Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Martina Hingis	AU$722,000	AU$11,125	AU$11,008,700
1993	Jim Courier, Monica Seles	AU$410,000	AU$6,200	AU$6,455,000
1992	Jim Courier, Monica Seles	AU$360,000	AU$5,400	-
1990	Ivan Lendl, Steffi Graf	AU$320,000	AU$4,600	-

Every major, every year

The singles champion's cheque at each, in its own currency

The singles champion's prize money at each of the four majors, for every year with a page.
YEAR	AUSTRALIAN OPEN	ROLAND GARROS	WIMBLEDON	US OPEN
2025	AU$3,500,000	€2,550,000	£3,000,000	$5,000,000
2024	AU$3,150,000	€2,400,000	£2,700,000	$3,600,000
2023	AU$2,975,000	€2,300,000	£2,350,000	$3,000,000
2022	AU$2,875,000	€2,200,000	£2,000,000	$2,600,000
2021	AU$2,750,000	-	£1,700,000	$2,500,000
2020	AU$4,120,000	€1,600,000	-	$3,000,000
2019	AU$4,100,000	€2,300,000	£2,350,000	$3,850,000
2018	AU$4,000,000	€2,200,000	£2,250,000	$3,800,000
2017	AU$3,700,000	€2,100,000	£2,200,000	$3,700,000
2016	AU$3,400,000	€2,000,000	£2,000,000	$3,500,000
2015	AU$3,100,000	€1,800,000	£1,880,000	$3,300,000
2014	AU$2,650,000	€1,650,000	£1,760,000	$3,000,000
2013	-	-	£1,600,000	$2,600,000
2012	-	€1,250,000	£1,150,000	$1,900,000
2011	-	€1,200,000	£1,100,000	-
2010	-	-	£1,000,000	-
2009	-	-	£850,000	-
2008	-	-	£750,000	-
2006	-	-	£655,000	-
2000	AU$755,000	-	£477,500	$800,000
1999	AU$722,000	-	-	-
1993	AU$410,000	-	£305,000	$535,000
1992	AU$360,000	-	£265,000	$500,000
1991	-	-	£240,000	-
1990	AU$320,000	-	£230,000	$350,000

Frequently asked questions

How much did the the 1992 Australian Open champion get?

Jim Courier took AU$360,000 and Monica Seles AU$360,000, 100% of the men's cheque.

How much did a first-round loser get at the 1992 Australian Open?

AU$5,400 in the men's draw and AU$5,400 in the women's.

Were men and women paid the same at the 1992 Australian Open?

No. The men's champion took AU$360,000 and the women's AU$360,000. In the first round the men took AU$5,400 and the women AU$5,400, 100% of it.

Where to next

Australian Open prize money has the 2026 ladder round by round, with who went out where. The other majors in 1992: Wimbledon 1992 prize money and US Open 1992 prize money . Who earned the most across the whole season is on tennis prize money in 1992. Men's vs women's tennis prize money sets the two tours side by side, or go back to tennis prize money.