By: AP | White Plains |
Updated: July 18, 2017 9:32 pm
The previous winners of the final Grand Slam tournament of the season Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber earned .5 million. (Source: File)
Total player compensation at the U.S. Open will top $50 million for the first time this year, with a record $3.7 million going to each of the singles champions.
The U.S. Tennis Association announced Tuesday that the total purse for the tournament will be $50.4 million, a nearly 9 percent increase from last year.
The previous winners of the final Grand Slam tournament of the season Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber earned $3.5 million.
Runners-up will get $1.825 million, up from $1.75 million. Both the men’s and women’s doubles champions will earn $675,000, the highest in U.S. Open history.
A player who loses in the first round of singles at Queens’ Flushing Meadows will make $50,000, an increase of $6,700. The U.S. Open starts on Aug. 28.
