Fernando Gonzalez.
The rising Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open.
A$1,050,000
Llyeton Hewitt
1,100,000 pound
It was Andy Murry.Rodger Federer won
Men - Jo-Wilfried TsongaWomen - Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic was the runner up for women and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga for men.
The 1st runner up of the Miss Universe 2007 pageant was Natalia Guimaraes from Brazil.
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530,000 Euros
England was the runner-up of the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
According to the Australian Open official website (refer to the link, below), the runners-up (i.e., both men and women) for the 2009 event earned AUS $1 million (approximately US $787,277 and EURO 566,761 as of June 8, 2009).