US Open 2025: A Tournament with Record Prizes
This year’s US Open promises to be historic, not only for the competition on the court, but also for the large sum of money that will be distributed among the participants. The tournament, which will be held in Flushing Meadows, New York, has announced a significant increase in prizes for all categories. The US Open prize money will amount to almost $85 million across all competitions. This includes a record $5 million for the individual champions, both in the women’s and men’s categories. In addition, the total compensation for the players increases by 20%, reaching $90 million, the highest figure in the history of tennis. The tournament, which begins on August 19th with the new mixed doubles event, where the winning team will take home $1 million, will kick off the individual competition on Sunday, August 24th, for the first time, extending the brackets from 14 to 15 days.These prize increases come at a time when the most prominent tennis players have been negotiating with the four Grand Slam tournaments to obtain a larger percentage of the revenue. Players like Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, and Jannik Sinner, signed a letter in March requesting more money and greater influence in the decisions that directly affect them.
Finalists will also benefit from this increase, receiving $2.5 million each, an increase of the same percentage. Semi-finalists will earn $1.26 million, 26% more than in the previous edition. In Wimbledon, which concluded last month, the prize money increased by approximately 7%, with a total purse of around $73 million. The individual champions received approximately $4 million each. In the US Open, the winning women’s and men’s doubles teams will receive $1 million, a new record for these events. In addition, the total prize money for the qualifying phase will increase to $8 million, a 10% increase. The $85 million in prize money for the 2025 US Open covers the singles, doubles, qualifying, and wheelchair events. This announcement comes after the USTA revealed in May that Arthur Ashe Stadium, the tournament’s main arena, will be renovated as part of an $800 million project, considered the “largest single investment” in US Open history.The prize for the individual champions of this year’s US Open is $5 million, which represents a 39% increase compared to last year’s $3.6 million.
