Alexander Zverev and Jannik Sinner met in the Australian Open final twelve months \u2014 though they just fell short of a 2026 rematch, following two extraordinary men\u2019s singles semi-finals in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Zverev rallied from two sets down and ultimately served for the match in the Australian Open\u2019s longest-ever semi-final, but fell 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7(4), 7-5 to world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz in an enthralling contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Sinner was a warm favourite to beat fourth seed Novak Djokovic in the second semi-final, but saw his 19-match Australian Open winning streak come to an end in an extraordinary 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 defeat to the tennis icon<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here, we look at the prize money and ranking points both Zverev<\/a> and Sinner<\/a> take home from their campaigns.<\/p>\n Significant ranking points are on offer at the Australian Open, with a staggering 2,000 ranking points on offer for whoever lifts the men\u2019s singles title on Sunday.<\/p>\n After falling at the semi-final stage, both Zverev and Sinner will take home 800 ranking points.<\/p>\n Zverev earned 1,300 points for finishing as the tournament runner-up twelve months ago, meaning he will drop 500 ranking points when the rankings update post-tournament.<\/p>\n The German will drop to 4,605 points and, as a result, will fall one place to world No 4 when the rankings update next Monday.<\/p>\n Alexander Zverev asked about Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s \u2018cramping\u2019 medical time out after Australian Open epic<\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz fires back at Alexander Zverev\u2019s \u2018bulls***\u2019 criticism after being accused of being \u2018protected\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile, having lifted the title twelve months ago, Sinner will drop a not-insignificant 1,200 points from his ranking \u2014 falling from 11,500 to 10,300 points.<\/p>\n The Italian will remain as the world No 2, but has lost ground to world No 1 and leading rival Alcaraz in the rankings.<\/p>\n Alcaraz currently has 12,950 points in the ATP Live Rankings, but will move to 13,650 points if he prevails in Sunday\u2019s final versus Djokovic.<\/p>\n Record prize money is on offer at the Australian Open this year<\/a>, with both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles champions set to take home a staggering A$4,150,000 in winnings.<\/p>\n For reaching the semi-final stage of the tournament, both Zverev and Sinner will take home a total of A$1,250,000 in winnings, the approximate equivalent of US$880,656 and \u00a3638,218.<\/p>\n Had they reached the final, they would have guaranteed themselves a minimum payout of A$2,150,000.<\/p>\n In 2025, Sinner earned A$3,500,000 for lifting the title, while Zverev earned A$1,900,000 for his runner-up finish.<\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>: Carlos Alcaraz breaks 32-year-old record with historic run to Australian Open final<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev\u2019s Australian Open prize money & ranking points revealed<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alexander Zverev and Jannik Sinner met in the Australian Open final twelve months \u2014 though they just fell short of a 2026 rematch, following two extraordinary men\u2019s singles semi-finals in Melbourne. Zverev rallied from two sets down and ultimately served for the match in the Australian Open\u2019s longest-ever semi-final, but fell 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7(4), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What ranking points did Zverev and Sinner earn?<\/h2>\n
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