US Open announces largest prize money in tennis history – Tennis – Sports

According to a press release from USTA Public Relations, the prize pool for the 2025 US Open will rise from $75 million in 2024 to $90 million in 2025 as Grand Slams continue to increase payouts.

This puts the U.S. Open far ahead of three other tennis grand slams, including Wimbledon ($71 million), the French Open ($65.5 million), and the Australian Open ($63 million).

Winners will also see a boost. 2024 champions Jannick Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka would be in line to earn $5 million for lifting the tournament’s trophy, up from $3.6 million last year.

Here are the round-by-round prizes for both the men’s and women’s singles: Runner up $2.5 million, Semifinals $1.26 million, Quarterfinals $660,000, Round of 16 $400,000, Round of 32 $237,000, Round of 64 $154,000, and the Round of 128 $110,000.

The new-look mixed doubles tournament, set to be held in mid-to-late August before singles competitions kick off, will feature a $1 million prize for the winner — the same quantity given to the winners of both the men’s and women’s doubles.

These financial improvements come amid a Mach 2025 lawsuit filed by the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTSA) against tennis’s largest governing bodies. Certain members of the association, which was founded by Novak Djokovic and includes Nick Kyrgios, have been vocal critics of the disproportionate Grand Slam prize money.

The tour is ridiculous compared to any other sport,” Kyrgios said in the buildup to the 2025 Australian Open. “It’s absurd, really, the amount of travel we do, considering we don’t even get paid what we are supposed to get paid, as well, which is a joke.”

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Djokovic agreed. “What Nick [Kyrgios] said is true. If you look at the percentage that players get from the overall revenue of the sport, it is much lower than most other global sports, especially American ones like the NBA, NHL, and NFL,” he argued.

“The system often creates conflicts of interest between players and tournaments, where players advocate for increased prize money while tournaments resist those demands.”