A general view inside the stadium ahead of the 2024 US Open women’s singes final between Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka. PHOTO: REUTERS
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The four Grand Slams offer a trophy and place in the history books as well as significant prize money. Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at the U.S. Open 2025, the fourth and final major of the year:
The hardcourt tournament will run from August 24 to September 7.
The U.S. Open announced that $90 million in prize money will be on offer, the largest purse in tennis history, up 20% from 2024.
How much will the men’s and women’s singles players earn?
Round of 128: $110,000
Round of 64: $154,000
Round of 32: $237,000
Round of 16: $400,000
Quarter-finals: $660,000
Semi-finals: $1,260,000
Runner-up: $2,500,000
Champion: $5,000,000
How does the prize money compare to the 2024 US Open?
The winners of the men’s and women’s singles in 2024, Italian Jannik Sinner and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, received $3.6 million each in prize money.
What about the other Grand Slams in 2024 and 2025?
Australian Open 2025 singles champions, Sinner and American Madison Keys, received A$3.5 million ($2.28 million)each in prize money. * French Open 2025 singles champions, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and American Coco Gauff, took home 2.55 million euros ($3 million) each. * Wimbledon 2025 singles champions, Sinner and Pole Iga Swiatek, received 3 million pounds ($4 million). Significant pay hikes at the Grand Slams were central to the demands of the world’s top players in their letter to the four majors this year.
What is the prize money on offer in men’s and women’s doubles?
First round: $30,000
Second round: $45,000
Third round: $75,000
Quarter-finals: $125,000
Semi-finals: $250,000
Runners-up: $500,000
Champions: $1,000,000
What is the prize money on offer in mixed doubles?
The competition will take place a week before the singles main draw during the tournament’s “Fan Week”.
Alcaraz has paired up with Emma Raducanu while Sinner has teamed up with Emma Navarro, with other high-ranked singles players also set to take part. The matches will be best of three sets, with short sets to four games, no-advantage scoring, tiebreakers at four-all and a 10-point tiebreak in lieu of a third set.
The final will be a best-of-three set match to six games.
The new format has come in for criticism from renowned doubles players, with reigning champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori saying it was a “profound injustice” that disrespect’s doubles players, describing the new event as a “pseudo-exhibition focused only on entertainment and show”.
Round of 16: $20,000
Quarter-finals: $100,000
Semi-finals: $200,000
Runners-up: $400,000
Champion: $1,000,000
Badosa withdraws from U.S. Open as injury woes continue
Spaniard Paula Badosa has withdrawn from the U.S. Open as she recovers from a back injury, tournament organisers announced on Friday. World number 12 Badosa has suffered a string of injuries, including a chronic lower back issue that even had her considering retirement.
Last month, the former world number two announced she would be sidelined for a few weeks due to yet another back injury. Badosa last played at Wimbledon, where she suffered a first-round defeat.
She then revealed she had suffered a tear in her psoas, the muscle which connects the lower back to the top of the leg.
With Badosa’s withdrawal, Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann will move into the main draw of the US Open, where singles action begins on August 24.
Badosa has also had to withdraw from the tournament’s new mixed doubles event, in which she had been expected to partner Britain’s Jack Draper. REUTERS