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Everyday tennis enthusiasts will have the possibility to win one million Australian dollars when they face tennis' top professionals - featuring leading player the Spanish champion - in a winner-takes-all point leading up to the year's first major

Event planners of the year's first Grand Slam have unveiled the Million Dollar One Point Slam, which will pair a dozen non-professionals against elite athletes in a elimination competition at the tournament grounds

How the Competition Operates

Participants must play 'the classic hand game' to establish who serves or receives, and the player who wins the point will move forward to the subsequent phase

The champion of the event will take home £490,000

By comparison, players who reached the final four of the primary tournaments in the 2025 Australian Open won A$1.1m

Past Related Competitions

The American Grand Slam organized a redesigned, standalone mixed doubles tournament in the eighth month which motivated top singles players to take part, with the champions receiving one million US dollars

The Melbourne tournament held its inaugural single-point competition earlier this year, but the total purse was sixty thousand Australian dollars and it generated little publicity

The Russian player was the sole elite competitor competing, and his progress concluded when he put the one and only serve permitted into the mesh in his last eight match

Event Information

Organizers have not detailed exactly how the event will function, but it is expected to mirror a akin setup to the previous version

The professionals will be allowed to make one service and the amateurs on two occasions - as is the norm in conventional tennis

While it is not certain how the pairings will work, there will be multiple elimination stages and the venue will be the Rod Laver Arena rather than the alternative court

The last matches will be held in a nighttime schedule instead of 1pm local time

Participation Information

Local players - or overseas competitors who have registered with Tennis Australia - can compete in 'quick-match event' events at their local tennis clubs

The winners of the grassroots tournaments will then go into a random pairing, with an everyday competitor from every region and area selected to take part in the 'grand finale' in a evening match on the specified date

There will also be a preliminary competition in December which everyday players, developing professionals, famous personalities and athletic celebrities can enter

It commences on Monday, 12 January and the pair of champions will go into the following day's 'final showdown' with the additional everyday players and top-ranked athletes

"No matter your experience, the overall victor will claim the award. Entries will begin shortly at venues across the country"

Competition planners stated there were "additional stars to be announced soon", while the tournament site said "famous personalities" would be taking part