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Recreational competitors are getting an opportunity to earn a seven-figure prize when they take on elite players - featuring leading player the Spanish champion - in a one-point battle before January's Australian Open

Event planners of the Melbourne major have revealed the Seven-Figure Quick-Fire Competition, which will match everyday competitors against 22 professionals in a knockout tournament at the Australian Open venue

The Unique Event Will Work

Participants must play 'the classic hand game' to determine who takes the serve or return position, and the player who wins the point will move forward to the next round

The victor of the event will earn approximately half a million pounds

By comparison, players who advanced to the semi-finals of the primary tournaments in the previous year's tournament won over a million Australian dollars

Earlier Similar Events

The US Open staged a restructured, independent combined gender tournament in the eighth month which motivated top singles players to participate, with the champions receiving one million US dollars

The year's first major held its inaugural quick-fire event this year, but the cash prize was sixty thousand Australian dollars and it received minimal attention

One top competitor was the sole elite competitor involved, and his progress finished when he directed the sole serving chance granted into the mesh in his penultimate round

Competition Details

Planners have not specified precisely how the event will work, but it is anticipated to mirror a comparable structure to this year's edition

The elite players will be allowed to make one service and the non-professionals on two occasions - as is the usual procedure in standard play

While it is uncertain how the bracket will work, there will be five knockout rounds and the site will be the primary court rather than the secondary venue

The concluding rounds will occur in a nighttime schedule instead of early afternoon

Entry Details

Domestic competitors - or international players who have enrolled with the national federation - can compete in 'single-point competition' tournaments at their local tennis clubs

The victors of the community events will then go into a draw, with one amateur player from every geographic division chosen to take part in the 'final competition' in a night session on the specified date

There will also be a entry tournament in the final month which non-professionals, aspiring competitors, celebrities and sports personalities can participate in

It starts on early January and the two winners will go into the following day's 'championship match' with the additional everyday players and elite competitors

"No matter your experience, the overall victor will receive the award. Entries will open soon at clubs across the country"

Event organizers said there were "further celebrities to be unveiled imminently", while the event portal said "famous personalities" would be taking part