 "US Open announces largest prize money pool in tennis history: Here's how other Grand Slams compare in 2025")
The US Open has announced the largest prize pool in tennis history, as a whopping $90 million will be up for grabs in the 2025 tournament, up by 20% from 2024. The US Open prize pool is up from $75 million in 2024, the previous highest-ever purse. Men’s and women’s singles winners will earn $5 million each, up from $3.6 million last year.
The prize money rise have come at a time when top players in the ATP and WTA called for more equitable distribution of revenue at the four Grand Slams this year, as those at the top of the game are able to benefit from increased prize money while players at the lower levels often struggle.
“I’m just going to state a fact,” Novak Djokovic said earlier this year in Australia. “The pie split between the governing bodies in major sports, all major American sports like NFL, NBA, baseball, NHL, is 50 percent. Maybe more, maybe less, but around 50 percent. Ours is way lower than that.”
The tournament will also see double-digit percentage increases across all rounds in all events, after “years of a strategic focus on redistribution to the early rounds and qualifying tournament,” organisers said.
Singles action at the US Open has been expanded to 15 days, amid booming attendance, and will take place from August 24 to September 7.
A new format in the mixed doubles is being introduced this year, with the event featuring many big-name singles players as it will be taking place over two days in the week before the main competition kicks off at Flushing Meadows.
US Open attendance topped one million fans for the first time in 2024.
Prize pool at three other Grand Slams
Total prize pool of other Grand Slams:
Australian Open 2025: $62.77 million, up 12% from 2024.
French Open 2025: $65.66 million, up 5.21% from 2024.
Wimbledon 2025: $73 million, up by 7% from 2024.
Singles prize money at all four Slams in 2025:
US Open: $5 million
Wimbledon: $4.01 million
French Open: $2.97 million
Australian Open: $2.26 million
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