How much money the Australian Open could offer for the One Point Slam next year has been reported by Sam Querrey

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The One Point Slam event at the Australian Open created a huge reaction this year.

Prior to the main tournament getting underway, the One Point Slam saw a total of 48 professionals, amateurs and celebrities compete over just one point, with the winner receiving $1millionAUD.

Despite featuring the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff, it was actually amateur Jordan Smith who won the $1millionAUD prize.

There has been a hugely positive reaction to the One Point Slam, and now former Wimbledon semifinalist Sam Querrey has revealed what he has heard about next year’s event.

Sam Querrey reveals what he has heard about the One Point Slam next year

Continuing the reaction to the One Point Slam event, former American tennis players Querrey, John Isner and Steve Johnson gave their verdicts on the Nothing Major Podcast.

Former top 30 player Johnson was also a big fan of the event, but suggested that there was too much time between the points, while Querrey and Isner questioned the effort of both Alcaraz and Sinner.

“It was electric…It was unbelievable, I mean it was awesome,” began Johnson. “I thought it was the perfect way for the Australian Open to combat what the US Open did with mixed doubles, like whatever they’re calling their fan week, qualies week, whatever, but it was awesome I thought they did a great job.

“I thought there was a little bit too much like dead time in between points, you know with the interviews and stuff, I thought they could try and keep it rolling a little bit faster, but that’s just from a total TV perspective for us watching, I’m sure being there obviously the atmosphere would have been totally different.

“I don’t know, I can’t believe Sinner double faulted like some of it felt like he didn’t want to be there. But, the guys were into it, like I thought you just roll one in and win from the baseline, but I love the fact that an amateur I guess we will call him, former college player and teacher won the million dollars. I thought it was awesome…It would have been cool to see Sinner and Alcaraz win.”

Querrey added, “Sinner and Alcaraz didn’t try that hard, they didn’t try that hard. I don’t think they wanted to win it.”

Isner said, “Yeah, I wonder what their motivation was.”

Johnson: “It felt like Alcaraz just wanted to be on the sidelines cheering, because he looked like he had a great time like watching the points.”

Querrey: “Yeah, he made a bad drop shot to [Maria] Sakkari, he could have just kept rolling the ball in. But any case, Jordan Smith he’s still rolling around the lounge this guy. Yeah, he was talking with [Roger] Federer the other day. Roger was here and he spoke with him for like 30 minutes…And why shouldn’t he.”

Johnson: “That’s better than winning a million dollars is talking to Rog.”

After reflecting on the event, Querrey, who is currently down under for the Australian Open, revealed that he has heard they are considering offering a huge $5millionAUD next year.

Querrey: “Rumour has it that they want to try and do it next year and give five million dollars.”

Will other Grand Slam tournaments copy the Australian Open?

With the Australian Open finding so much success with the One Point Slam, it has now created a discussion around what other major tournaments will do in reaction to this.

Last year, the US Open completely overhauled the mixed doubles event to make it take place in the week prior to the main draw.

This, as well as the $1million prize money, incentivised top players to compete and created teams including Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu, Casper Ruud and Swiatek, as well as Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula.

Despite featuring all these high-profile singles players, it was actually defending champions Andrea Vavassori and Sara Errani who went on to win the title.

The US Open has their alternative to the Australian Open, but there is now an expectation for the French Open and Wimbledon to follow suit.

While this is a real possibility for the French Open, it seems less likely for Wimbledon to introduce anything yet as they do not even have enough space on the main site to host qualifying yet and are the only Grand Slam tournament not to have a fan week.