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All prize money for the doubles competitions are distributed per team. The prize money for the wheelchair draw amounts to a total of $1,366,800, plus additional expenses, such as per diem and direct hotel payments of $4,656,420. [57] In 2012, the USTA agreed to increase the US Open prize money to $50.4 million by 2017.
Prize money was first awarded in 1968, the year that professional players were allowed to compete in the Championships for the first time. Total prize money was £26,150; the winner of the men's title earned £2,000 (equivalent to £43,800 in 2023) while the women's singles champion received £750 (equivalent to £16,400 in 2023) [ 125 ] .
From then on, Wimbledon would offer prize money. The first winners of the Open Era were Rod Laver (of Australia), who won £2,000, and Billie Jean King (of the U.S.), taking home just £750. (Both ...
Notably, this year marks the 50th anniversary of male and female players earning equal prize money at the tournament. U.S. Open winners earn more than Wimbledon champions, who each took home £2.7 ...
Prize money: US$ 12,498,004 ... Foretz Gacon to advance to the third round of Wimbledon for the first time, and beyond the second round of a major for the first time ...
Based on currency exchange figures at the times of the events, Wimbledon offered about $56.5 million in prizes, the French Open about $54 million and the Australian Open about $53 million.
A bonus pool of $1,000,000 is also to US Open champions who have clinched the first place of the US Open Series. [ 14 ] In the U.S. National Championships, Richard Sears (1881–1887), William Larned (1901–1902, 1907–1911) and Bill Tilden (1920–1925, 1929) hold the record for most titles in the men's singles, with seven victories each.
Of that total, a record $3.5 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions. This made the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging Wimbledon in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open qualifying tournament is also up 10 percent, to $1.9 million. [5] [6]