How much prize money did Yuki Bhambri get despite an early exit from the Australian Open 2025?

Yuki Bhambri and France’s Albano Olivetti earned a prize money of 40,000 US dollars after making an early exit in the men’s doubles event at the Australian Open 2025. On Wednesday, January 15, Bhambri and Olivetti lost to the Australian pair of Tristan Schoolkate and Adam Walton on Court 8. It took Schoolkate and Walton an hour and 20 minutes to win the match 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Had Bhambri and Olivetti won the match and advanced to the second round, they would have earned a prize money of at least 58,000 US dollars. The winner and runner-up of the men's doubles event will earn 810,000 US dollars and 440,000 US dollars, respectively.

The semi-finalist and quarterfinalist will earn 250,000 US dollars and 142,000 US dollars, respectively. 82,000 US dollars is the prize money for the pair crashing out in the Round of 16.

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Yuki Bhambri, Albano Olivetti go down fighting in the Australian Open 2025

Bhambri and Olivetti were impressive in the ASB Classic in Auckland where they advanced to the semis. But the Indo-French pair failed to carry the momentum into the hardcourt Major at Melbourne Park.

The opening set was a completely one-sided affair in favor of Schoolkate and Walton. Bhambri and Olivetti dropped their serve twice and failed to convert the only break-point chance they got.

They were also tentative with their second serves, coughing up two double faults and winning only 17 percent of points from them. The second set, however, turned out to be a closely fought affair.

Bhambri and Olivetti did not drop their serve but could not convert their two break-point opportunities. They made sure that they kept their hopes alive by forcing a tie-breaker.

In the tie-breaker, once Schoolkate and Walton took an early lead, they did not give their opponents a chance to stage a comeback.