Australian Open 2024 dates, prize money, top seed players, live streaming

Australian Open 2024 has a total prize money of Rs 481.2 crore approx (86.5 mn Australian dollars). The women's and men's singles champions will each receive 3.15 mn Australian dollars (Rs 17.5 crore)

Serbian star Novak Djokovic will aim for his record-extending 11th Australian Open title when the year's first grand slam begins on January 14 at Melbourne Park. A total of 128 players (men and women combined) are part of the Australian Open 2024.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will face 2020 champion Sofia Kenin in the first round and potentially 2016 winner Angelique Kerber or Danielle Collins in the second in a tough start to her bid for a first Australian Open title.

Out of the 128 players are seeded. The seeding process is used in Tennis tournaments so that the top players don't clash early.

Key players' battles in the Australian Open

Novak Djokovic
 

Djokovic, the favourite to win the Australian Open 2024, could meet Andy Murray in the third round while a quarterfinal is expected with World No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas, the runner-up last year.

Naomi Osaka is back

Australian Open 2024 will also mark the return of former champions Naomi Osaka, Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki to Melbourne Park after maternity breaks, resulting in some high-pressure opening rounds.

Osaka, who has won the Australian Open and US Open titles twice, opens against No. 16 Caroline Garcia and is in the same quarter of the draw as US Open winner Coco Gauff.

Possible quarterfinal battles (women's singles)

• No. 1 Swiatek vs No. 7 Marketa Vondrousova
• No. 3 Elena Rybakina vs. No. 5 Jessica Pegula on the top half
• No. 2 Sabalenka vs. No. 6 Ons Jabeur
• No. 4 Gauff vs. No. 8 Maria Sakkari on the bottom half.

Possible quarterfinal battles (men's singles)

• No. 1 Djokovic vs No.7 Stefanos Tsitsipas
• No. 4 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 5 Andrey Rublev in the top half
• No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No 6 Alexander Zverev
• No. 3 Daniil Medvedev vs. No. 8 Holger Rune on the bottom half.

Men's top seeded players in Australian Open 2024
1. Novak Djokovic	9. Hubert Hurkacz	17. Frances Tiafoe	25. Lorenzo Musetti
2. Carlos Alcaraz	10. Alex de Minaur	18. Nicolas Jarry	26. Sebastian Baez
3. Daniil Medvedev	11. Casper Ruud	19. Cameron Norrie	27. Felix Auger-Aliassime
4. Jannik Sinner	12. Taylor Fritz	20. Adrian Mannarino	28. Tallon Griekspoor
5. Andrey Rublev	13. Grigor Dimitrov	21. Ugo Humbert	29. Sebastian Korda
6. Alexander Zverev	14. Tommy Paul	22. Francisco Cerundolo	30. Tomas Etcheverry
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas	15. Karen Khachanov	23. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	31. Alexander Bublik
8. Holger Rune	16. Ben Shelton	24. Jan-Lennard Struff	32. Jiri Lehecka

Women’s top seeded players on Australian Open 2024
1. Iga Swiatek	9. Barbora Krejcikova	17. Ekaterina Alexandrova	25. Elise Mertens
2. Aryna Sabalenka	10. Beatriz Haddad Maia	18. Victoria Azarenka	26. Jasmine Paolini
3. Elena Rybakina	11. Jelena Ostapenko	19. Elina Svitolina	27. Emma Navarro
4. Coco Gauff	12. Qinwen Zheng	20. Magda Linette	28. Lesia Tsurenko
5. Jessica Pegula	13. Liudmila Samsonova	21. Donna Vekic	29. Lin Zhu
6. Ons Jabeur	14. Daria Kasatkina	22. Sorana Cirstea	30. Xinyu Wang
7. Marketa Vondrousova	15. Veronika Kudermetova	23. Anastasia Potapova	31. Marie Bouzkova
8. Maria Sakkari	16. Caroline Garcia	24. Anhelina Kalinina	32. Leylah Fernandez

 

What is the prize money in the Australian Open 2024?

Australian Open 2024 has a total prize money of Rs 481.2 crore approximately (86.5 million Australian dollars). There has been an increase of 13 per cent from the previous year's total prize money. The women's and men's singles champions will each receive 3.15 million Australian dollars (INR 17.5 crore).

Australian Open 2024 key dates, Live telecast and live streaming details

When will the Australian Open 2024 main draw begin?

The Australian Open 2024 will begin on January 14, Monday at Melbourne Park.

When will the first round of the Australian Open 2024 take place?

The first round of the Australian Open will occur in the competition's first three days (Jan 14 to Jan 16). 

When will the quarterfinal stage of Australia Open 2024 take place at Melbourne Park?

The quarterfinal stage of the Australian Open 2024 will be played on January 23 and January 24.

When the men's and women's singles matches will be played at Australian Open 2024?

The women's singles final match will be played on January 27 while the men's single final match will take place on January 28.
 

Which TV channels will live telecast the Australian Open 2024 in India?

Sony Sports Network will live telecast Australian Open 2024 matches in India.

How to watch the live streaming of the Australian Open 2024?

Sony LIV will live stream Australian Open 2024 matches in India.