The US Open singles champions will obtain $2.6 million this yr, with complete participant compensation for the Grand Slam event surpassing $60 million for the primary time.
A bigger portion of that complete is being allotted to the sooner rounds, the US Tennis Affiliation mentioned on Thursday, following enter from the lads’s and ladies’s tour participant councils. Gamers will obtain $80,000 only for making the primary draw and $121,000 for reaching the second spherical.
In 2019, the final yr earlier than the coronavirus pandemic, the singles champions earned $3.9 million. A primary-round loser bought $58,000 and a participant eradicated within the second spherical earned $100,000.
Gamers will earn $445,000 for reaching the quarterfinals and $705,000 for being a semifinalist. The runner-up will get $1.3 million.
The doubles championship groups will earn $688,000
The $60.1 million complete surpasses final yr’s $57.5 million complete, which was already greater than the opposite three Grand Slam tournaments paid this yr. Complete prize cash for the US Open qualifying event has now reached $6.26 million, with final-round prize cash $44,000.
Primary draw play on the US Open begins on August 29 on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart.
