The Australian Open has expanded prize cash to record levels for 2017, with the emphasis on those players beaten in the early adjusts of the competition.
The aggregate prize reserve is up 14% on 2016 at 50m Australian dollars (£29.4m), with the singles champions to each get A$3.7m (£2.2m).
In the first place round washouts will gain A$50,000 (£29,360), up 39%, while prize cash crosswise over qualifying is up 39%.
The expansion is a piece of a bundle of measures to attempt to handle defilement.
The primary Grand Slam competition of 2017 gets going in Melbourne on 16 January, with Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber shielding the singles titles.
It was amid a year ago’s Australian Open that a BBC and BuzzFeed News examination revealed suspected unlawful wagering, with 16 players purportedly hailed over suspicious matches.
The lower levels of tennis are viewed as more helpless against wagering related defilement as players battle to bring home the bacon through prize cash.
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said: “It was especially important for us to increase the compensation for players in the early rounds and qualifying and this year we have made some real gains.
“Our aim is to shift the break-even point for professional players, to ensure that tennis is a viable career option for the best male and female athletes in the world.”
The 2017 competition will see the arrival to Grand Slam activity of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams after harm lay offs.
Be that as it may, world number 11 Petra Kvitova will be missing after she was the casualty of a blade assault on Tuesday, two-time champion Victoria Azarenka brought forth a child in December, while Juan Martin del Potro is a noteworthy uncertainty following quite a while of damage issues.
“There’s a fortnight to the Australia Open and I’m unlikely to make that objective,” said the Argentine.
“We’re looking at what the priority is. If tennis waited for me for two years, Australia can wait for me for one more.”
