At the US Open of tennis professionals, there is a total of $ 90 million (77.3 million euros) this year. As the organizers announced, the Grand Slam tournament in New York remains the highest-endowed event in tennis.
As early as the previous year, the organizers had awarded $ 75 million prize money at record height. This sum has now been raised by 20 percent.
For the winner and the winner in singles, $ five million (4.3 million euros) is awarded after it was 3.6 million a year ago. For all rounds there was a percentage increase in prize money in a double -digit amount, it continued.
One million dollars for double titles
Not only the progress in the later tournament phase should be worthwhile for the professionals, there should also be significant bonuses for the qualifications and victories in the first rounds.
The qualification tournament is already endowed with eight million dollars, which is ten percent more than 2024. There the last participants are played out for the 128-strong main fields.
The victorious duos in doubles and mixed are each paid for one million dollars. The mixed competition at the last Grand Slam tournament of the season will be played separately on August 19 and 20, from August 24th the individual matches of the main fields begin.