How much money does Rafa Nadal get for winning the Australian Open?

Rafa Nadal has made history this Sunday after winning the Australian Open by beating the Russian Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 and 7-5 after more than five hours of meeting. This title represents the second Australian Open for the Spanish tennis player and the 21st Grand Slam, surpassing the 20 of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

With this victory, Rafa Nadal will earn a total of 2.758.640 euros, while his rival, Daniil Medvedev will take 1,379,320 euros. Despite the covid crisis, the tournament will distribute 67.2 million euros, 3.5 more than in its previous edition, when it already set a new record in the competition.

In absolute terms, the Australian Open conquered this Sunday by Rafa Nadal makes him the winner of 114.908.640 euros throughout his career, third in the general classification after Roger Federer’s €117,122,000 and Novak Djokovic’s €138,792,000.

The Spaniard confessed after the final that this “has been one of the most exciting matches of my sports career. The great support I received during these three weeks will remain in my heart for the rest of my life,” he thanked the Australian public. “Once again I will say this may be my last Australian Open, but now I have energy to keep going,” he said.

Rafa Nadal, the best Spanish athlete in history, started his career at the Australian Open beating the American Marcos Giron in the first round, the German Yannick Hanfmann in the second round, the Russian Karen Khachanov in the third round, and the French Adrian Adrian in the round of 16. Mannarino, Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the quarterfinals, Italian Matteo Berrettini in the semifinals and Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final.

The Royal House has applauded the victory of tennis player Rafael Nadal this Sunday at the Australian Open, the first ‘Grand Slam’ of the season, after beating Russian Daniil Medvedev. “Rafa, we are running out of qualifiers. There are no obstacles for those who have no limits. You represent the best tennis in the world,” the Royal House said in a publication on its Twitter account.