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Beijing News (Reporter Sun Haiguang) The US Tennis Association today announced the total prize money and distribution plan for this year’s US Open. The total prize money of 53.4 million US dollars has been reduced by 5% from last year, and the men’s and women’s singles champion prize money is also US$850,000 less than last year. , But the first round of bonuses increased by 5% compared to last year.
This year's US Open will start on August 31. Many players, including the women's world No. 1 Batty and men's world No. 2 Nadal, chose to retire for safety reasons. However, this did not affect the preparations for the US Open. Following the announcement of the entry list yesterday, the US Tennis Association announced the bonus details today.
"We are very happy to provide players with nearly 95% of the bonuses last year." US Tennis Association CEO Mike Daws revealed that this year's US Open bonus is the result of joint discussions between the US Tennis Association, ATP and WTA. "In this unprecedented period This is also our commitment to provide financial support to the players."
decided to open the U.S. Open early this year, which cost them huge financial losses, but the U.S. Tennis Association still decided to allocate a total of $53.4 million in bonuses to the players. Although this was only 95% of last year's total bonus.
Judging from the US Open bonus distribution plan, the first round of bonuses has increased significantly. Even if the player is out of the first round, he can get a bonus of $61,000, which is a 5% increase from last year.
At the same time, the US Open has drastically reduced the prize money for men's and women's singles champions. This year's singles champion can only get $3 million, which is $850,000 less than last year. In addition to providing 53.4 million US dollars in tournament prizes, the US Tennis Association has previously invested 7.6 million US dollars to fund players whose income is reduced due to the suspension of the tour. Of the 7.6 million US dollars, 1 million US dollars were provided to the player assistance programs set up by major organizations, and the other 6.6 million US dollars were subsidies provided due to the cancellation of qualifying matches at the US Open and the reduction of doubles draws.
This year's US Open bonus details
singles
champion: $3 million
runner-up: $1.5 million
4 top: $800,000
8 top: $425,000
round four: $250,000
round three: $163,000
Round 2: USD 100,000
Round 1: USD 61,000
Doubles
Champion: USD 400,000
Runner-up: USD 240,000
Top 4: USD 130,000
Top 8: USD 91,000
Round 2: USD 50,000
Round 1: $30,000
Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang
editor Han Shuangming proofreading Wei Zhuo
Source: Beijing News
