New record
US Open prize money rises to 75 million dollars
New record prize money awaits the world's best tennis players at this year's US Open!
As the U.S. Tennis Association announced on Wednesday, the prize money has increased by 15 percent and now amounts to a whopping 75 million dollars (68.7 million euros). No other tennis tournament has ever paid out so much money. The winners of the singles competitions will receive 3.6 million dollars, an increase of 20 percent compared to the previous year.
Those who make it into the main draw of the US Open, which takes place from August 26 to September 8, are already guaranteed a 100,000 dollar check. This year, Wimbledon was endowed with the equivalent of almost 58 million euros and the French Open with more than 53 million.
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