The US Open will pay out a record prize money of more than 60 million US dollars (about 58.95 million euros) to the participating tennis professionals this year.
This was announced by the organisers of the last Grand Slam tournament of the year (29 August to 11 September) on 18 August. Last year, the total prize money was 57.5 million US dollars.
The winners of the women’s and men’s singles titles will each be rewarded with 2.6 million US dollars. The finalists will receive 1.3 million dollars. The winners in the doubles will receive 688,000 dollars as a team.
