Overview
- SCP Auctions confirmed the $540,000 price includes the buyer’s premium and establishes a new high for tennis memorabilia.
- Resolution Photomatching linked the racket to the decisive moment of the 2012 final as well as Djokovic’s quarterfinal and semifinal matches.
- The result more than tripled the previous record of $173,066 set by Carlos Alcaraz’s 2023 Wimbledon racket.
- SCP Auctions reports Djokovic handed the racket to the consignor shortly after beating Rafael Nadal in the 5-hour, 53-minute final.
- The sale posted as Djokovic was set to face Alcaraz in the 2026 Australian Open final, with a victory projected to deliver his 25th Grand Slam title.