Australian Open 2025 Doubles Prize Money: How Much Did Bolelli and Vavassori Earn?
The dream of the slam fades away once again for the Italians who settle for second place. For the winning pair Heliovaara-Patten a loot that almost reaches half a million euros
Simone Bolelli (right) and Andrea Vavassori - Ansa Photo
Melbourne, January 25, 2025 – A loot of 810 thousand Australian euros. Approximately 446mila euros. The Finnish Harri Heliovaara and the British Henry Patten, who won the Australian Open 2025, category doppio male, beating the Italian duo formed by Simon Bolelli e Andrea Vavassori for 2 sets to 1. They will have to share them because the jackpot since doppio is to be understood as a couple. It is not the 2 million euros and more put up for grabs in the singles slam (male and female), but the nest egg is considerable. The Azzurri – in red today in Melbourne – must settle for 440 thousand Australian dollars, about 264 thousand euros, always to be shared, bitter consolation for the third slam disappointment. For the record, it should be said that the same figures are made available for women while in mixed doubles the figures are lower: 175 thousand Australian dollars (about 105 thousand euros) for the winning pair and 97.750 Australian dollars (about 58 thousand euros) for the finalists. In total, the Australian tournament this year offers a record chest of 96,5 million Australian dollars - just over 58 million euros: a good 10 million more than the total prize money of 2024.
The slam dream fades away
Who knows if they were thinking about the loot on the pitch? Bolelli Vavassori: It was no secret that the Italian national team's hot pair were aiming for their first slam victory and first place in the ranking. From semi-unknowns to it was quite a leap. Twelve months ago the Bologna, born in 1985, and the Turin (10 years younger than his teammate) had come close to success by surprisingly reaching the final in Melbourne, a prelude to a second Slam final, to the Top 10, to qualification for the Finals, to finish the year in the Davis Cup: "We were the underdogs, then those victories and that result changed the season". To get to the final of Australian Open 2025 Our team beat the Germans Frantzen/Jebens 2-0 (6-3, 6-4) in the first round, Hidalgo/Darderi 2-0 (7-6, 7-6) in the second, Munar/Martinez 2-0 (6-3, 7-6) in the third, Borges/Cabral 2-0 (6-4, 7-6) in the quarter-finals and finally Goransson/Verbeek 2-1 (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the semifinals, the latter being the only pair that managed to take Simone and Andrea to the third set. The last wall to climb today was insurmountable. The trophy went to the Finn and the British. But the season has just begun: there will be time to make up for lost time.
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