How much prize money did Ben Shelton, Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek & Paula Badosa earn despite Australian Open 2025 SF exit?

Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, Ben Shelton and Paula Badosa will each earn A$1,100,000 from the Australian Open 2025. Each of them exited the tournament in the semifinals.

Djokovic was vying for a record 25th Grand Slam title and an 11th title at the Melbourne Major. The Serb battled injury issues to reach the semifinals, defeating Nishesh Basavareddy, Jaime Faria, Tomas Machac, Jiri Lehecka and Carlos Alcaraz.

The Serb faced Alexander Zverev in the final four, and the first set ended in favor of the German after a tiebreak. After this, Djokovic retired due to an injury and later revealed in a press conference that he suffered a muscle tear. The Serb will earn a prize money of A$1,100,000 after a second successive semifinal exit at the Australian Open.

Women's World No. 1 Iga Swiatek will receive a similar amount for her run in Melbourne. The Pole entered the tournament with a chance of reclaiming the World No. 1 ranking and booked her place in the semifinals after dropping just 14 games in her prior encounters.

Swiatek faced Madison Keys in the final four and won the first set 7-5 but the American bounced back to take the second set 6-1 and force the match into a decider. The Pole produced the first break of the final set and led 6-5. She also had a match point but Keys saved it to take the set into a tiebreaker, which she won 10-8 to eliminate Swiatek.

Paula Badosa and Ben Shelton suffered straight-set defeats at the Australian Open

Paula Badosa during her Australian Openn semifinal against Aryna Sabalenka (Image Source: Getty)

Paula Badosa and Ben Shelton had impressive runs at the Australian Open, which came to an end in the semifinals. The Spaniard reached her maiden Grand Slam semifinal after defeating Wang Xinyu, Talia Gibson, 17th seed Marta Kostyuk, Olga Danilovic and third seed Coco Gauff. Here, she faced her good friend Aryna Sabalenka and lost 4-6, 2-6.

21st seed Ben Shelton reached his second Australian Open quarterfinal after fighting off some tough opponents in Brandon Nakashima, Pablo Carreno Busta, 16th seed Lorenzo Musetti and Gael Monfils. Here, the American faced Lorenzo Sonego and bagged a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4) win to reach his second Grand Slam semifinal.

Here, Shelton faced World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and lost 6-7(2), 2-6, 2-6. Like Djokovic and Swiatek, Shelton and Badosa will also earn A$1,100,000 each for their run to the semifinals of the Australian Open.