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

Rafa Nadal made history this Sunday after winning the Australian Open by beating Russian Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 after more than five hours of play. 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 enter 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 the 117,122,000 euros of Roger Federer and the 138,792,000 euros of Novak Djokovic.

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 the 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.

Network reactions

Personalities from all walks of life have taken to social media to congratulate Nadal on his historic achievement, which also means his 90th ATP title.

The Royal House has applauded the tennis player’s victory: “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 account from Twitter.

Rafa, we are running out of qualifications. There are no obstacles for those who have no limits. The best tennis in the world, you represent it.

— House of SM the King (@CasaReal)

The Government of Spain has also celebrated Nadal’s triumph. “You are the greatest, Rafa Nadal!”, The president, Pedro Sánchez, has written in a publication on his Twitter profile that has been accompanied by a video of the tennis player’s celebration and the hashtag #VamosRafa. Other members of the Cabinet, such as Miquel Iceta, Isabel Rodríguez, Yolanda Díaz, José Luis Escrivá or María Jesús Montero have also published their congratulations.

The president of the Popular Party, Pablo Casado, has done the same: “The best tennis player of all time is called Rafa Nadal and he is Spanish. We are all proud of your courage, humility and ability to overcome!” Casado has pointed out, who has been joined by other members of the party such as Teodoro García Egea, Isabel Díaz Ayuso or José Luis Martínez Almeida.