On Saturday, the final battle of the 2025 Australian Open in women’s singles will take at the Rod Laver Arena. It’s going to be World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka against the first-time AO finalist Madison Keys. The stakes will be high as the Belarusian will look to repeat a 26-year-old record(since Martina Hingis in 1999). For that, she will have to complete a three-peat in Melbourne. On the other hand, Keys will try to just win her maiden major trophy. But hey, there’s more to win as well – forgot the cash prize?

The overall prize purse of this year’s Australian Open is $96.5 million (AUD). Which translates to $59.9 million (USD). It’s been increased by 12 percent, compared to last year, according to the tournament’s official website. Even the championship winner’s cash prize has received a significant boost of 11 percent from the previous season. But how much will it be for Sabalenka or Keys in case one of them takes the place on the podium?

The winner of 2025 Australian Open in women’s singles final will take home $3.5 million of cash prize. Not to forget 2000 ranking points! The amount is in Australian Dollars, which converts to $2.2 million in US Dollars. Still a huge amount, though, right? Of course it is! Between Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys, even the loser will pocket a good amount.

By reaching the final, they both have already assured themselves an impressive figure of $1.9 million (AUD), which equals to $1.2 million in US currency. Combine that up with 1,300 ranking points for the runner-up.

Keys has won $170,815 this season in prize money according to WTA’s official website. If she wins the final at Rod Laver, her total in 2025 will escalate to $2,370,815. On the other hand, Sabalenka has amassed $192,475 of prize money in 2025 so far. In case she manages to defend her Australian Open title, the total will move to $2,392,475. But there’s more for her to earn this time.

It’s a rare milestone by WTA icon Martina Hingis. The Tiger is on the brink of repeating it on January 25.

Aryna Sabalenka on the verge of replicating Martina Hingis’ Australian Open record

Legendary player Martina Hingis earned a rare distinction between 1997 and 1999. In three successive seasons, she went on to clinch back-to-back three Australian Open titles. She was the last WTA player to achieve this feat. In almost thirty years, no other player has been able to replicate this record. However, Aryna Sabalenka is now just a win away from pulling off this magnificent milestone. She has already won the Australian Open in 2023 and 2024. But guess what? The three-time Major winner wasn’t even aware of this record a few weeks back.

Only in late December she got to know that there was such a record she’s got the chance to repeat in the Happy Slam. Ahead of starting her new season, with the Brisbane International, she revealed, “Honestly, I didn’t know about that till probably few days ago when I saw, I don’t know how we say, Twitter tweet. Someone posted, whatever, saying that it’s been a while since someone won three Australian Opens in a row. I mean, it’s a little bit cool to achieve such an incredible goal, dream of so many young players.”

Now it’s just her and the trophy, but in between is a hurdle called Madison Keys. The former World No.7 will have only one single target in her mind – to upset Sabalenka and clinch her first-ever major. Who will succeed at the Rod Laver Arena on Saturday? What’s your prediction? Let us know in the comments below.