Us Open To Offer 'largest Purse In Tennis History'

The US Open men's and women's singles winners will get $5m (£3.7m) each arsenic portion of a full cookware of $90m (67.4m) successful prize money, which nan tourney says is "the largest purse successful tennis history".

The magnitude for nan eventual singles champions is simply a 39% summation connected 2024 erstwhile it was $3.6m (£2.8m), while nan full purse has gone up 20% from nan $75m (£57.8m) awarded past year.

In comparison, nan full prize money astatine Wimbledon this twelvemonth was £53.5m, pinch nan men's and women's singles winners getting £3m apiece.

Players who are knocked retired successful nan first information astatine nan US Open will get $110,000 (£82,400), which is an summation of 10%.

Earlier this year, nan apical 20 men's and women's players sent a letter to nan 4 Grand Slams asking for a greater stock of nan gross generated by nan awesome tournaments.

"The US Open has made a deliberate and concerted effort to guarantee double-digit percent increases from 2024 successful each rounds of each events for each players, while astatine nan aforesaid clip importantly expanding nan percent of prize money for athletes playing heavy into nan singles draws," said a statement, external from nan tourney organisers.

The cookware of money connected connection successful men's and women's doubles astatine nan US Open this twelvemonth will beryllium $4.78m (£3.6m) - an summation of 23% from 2024.

The tourney said that "for nan first clip ever" nan winners of nan men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles would get $1m (£749,000) successful prize money per team.

The US Open will besides beryllium providing $5m (£3.7m) successful support for costs, including recreation and expenses, for players successful nan main draw, while nan prize money for nan men's and women's qualifying tournaments will emergence by 10% to $8m (£6m).

The 2025 US Open astatine Flushing Meadows runs from 24 August until 7 September.