2025 Australian Open: How many points will Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic defend?
Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will fight for the title at the 2025 Australian Open, but how many points will the ATP stars be defending from the 2024 edition?
World No 1 Jannik Sinner will be defending the 2,000 points he earned for winning his maiden major title at Melbourne Park last year.
Daniil Medvedev (5), who fell to Sinner in the five-set championship match, will defend 1,300 points.
Alexander Zverev, the current world No 2 and a two-time major runner-up, and Djokovic, a 24-time major winner, will each defend 800 points after their runs to the semi-finals a year ago.
Four-time Grand Slam champion and world No 3 Carlos Alcaraz will be defending 400 points having exited at the quarter-final stage in 2024.
Taylor Fritz (4), Andrey Rublev (9) and Hubert Hurkacz (18) were the other men to lose in the last eight.
Alex de Minaur and Stefanos Tsitsipas, who will be seeded eighth and 11th respectively, will both be defending 200 points after reaching the fourth round last year.
Casper Ruud (6), Grigor Dimitrov (10), Tommy Paul (12) and Ugo Humbert (14) are all set to defend 100 points following their third round exits.
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Players who fell in the second round, like Holger Rune (13), Jack Draper (15) and Lorenzo Musetti (17), will defend just 50 points, while first round losers are only dropping 10 points.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who is set to be seeded 30th, will defend 16 points as he lost in the final round of qualifying for the 2024 Australian Open.
Projected 2025 Australian Open men’s singles seeds – points to defend from 2024
1. Jannik Sinner, Italy – 2,000
2. Alexander Zverev, Germany – 800
3. Carlos Alcaraz, Spain – 400
4. Taylor Fritz, United States – 400
5. Daniil Medvedev – 1,300
6. Casper Ruud, Norway – 100
7. Novak Djokovic, Serbia – 800
8. Alex de Minaur, Australia – 200
9. Andrey Rublev – 400
10. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria – 100
11. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece – 200
12. Tommy Paul, United States – 100
13. Holger Rune, Denmark – 50
14. Ugo Humbert, France – 100
15. Jack Draper, Great Britain – 50
16. Lorenzo Musetti, Italy – 50
17. Frances Tiafoe, United States – 50
18. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland – 400
19. Karen Khachanov – 200
20. Arthur Fils, France – 50
21. Ben Shelton, United States – 100
22. Sebastian Korda, United States – 100
23. Alejandro Tabilo, Chile – 10
24. Jiri Lehecka, Czech Republic – 50
25. Alexei Popyrin, Australia – 50
26. Tomas Machac, Czech Republic – 100
27. Jordan Thompson, Australia – 50
28. Sebastian Baez, Argentina – 100
29. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada – 100
30. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, France – 16
31. Francisco Cerundolo, Argentina – 50
32. Flavio Cobolli, Italy – 130
Australian Open men’s points breakdown
Champion: 2,000
Runner-up: 1,300
Semi-finalists: 800
Quarter-finalists: 400
Fourth round: 200
Third round: 100
Second round: 50
First round: 10
Qualifying:
Qualified: 30
Third round: 16
Second round: 8
First round: 0
