• Being the biggest and richest tennis tournaments, the prize money for US Open Tennis keeps increasing every year to form new records.


• US Open Tennis Tournament officially came into being in 1968.


• The total prize money in the beginning was $17 million.


• In 2007, a bonus amount of $ 1.1 million was added to the base purse of $18.5 million.


• 2007 saw the highest single-year increase in the prize money in the history of tennis.


• Currently, the base prize money is set at US$19,600,000.


• The potential pay-out for bonus prize money is $2.6 million.


• The bonus prize money is offered by the USTA to the top three players in the men’s and women’s singles category.


• The total potential pay-out therefore sums up to $22.2 million.


• Since the last 35 years, men and women players competing in the US Open have been receiving equal amounts.


• All participating players are offered monetary compensation for accommodation and other expenses.

US Open Tennis Total Prize Money

The following table enlists the totals of the expenditure:

	Prize Money
Total Championship Events	$ 18,196,000
Total for Champions Invitational/Wheelchair Events	$ 435,000
Player per diem	$ 1,022,000
Total Player Compensation	$ 19,653,000

US Open Tennis Total Prize Money for Mens and Women's Singles:

The prize money and compensation for players in the single’s category is distributed at various levels as follows:

PLAYER	BASE PRIZE MONEY	POTENTIAL PAYOUT WITH BONUS
Winners	$ 1,200,000	$ 2,200,000
Runners-Up	$ 600,000	$1,100,000
Semifinalists	$ 280,000	$ 530,000
Quarterfinalists	$ 140,000	$ 265,000
Round of 16	$ 72,000	$ 142,000
Third Round	$ 42,000	$ 82,000
Second Round	$ 26,500	$ 51,500
First Round	$ 16,500	$ 31,500
TOTAL	$ 12,144,000	$ 14,769,000

US Open Tennis Total Prize Money for Mens and Women's Doubles:

The prize money for each winning double’s team is:

TEAM	Prize Momey
Winners	$ 400,000
Runners-Up	$ 200,000
Semifinalists	$ 100,000
Quarterfinalists	$ 50,000
Round of 16	$ 25,000
Second Round	$ 15,000
First Round	$ 10,000
TOTAL	$ 3,520,000

US Open Tennis Total Prize Money Mixed Doubles:

The prize amount for each winning mixed doubles team is:

TEAM	Prize Money
Winners	$ 150,000
Runners-Up	$ 70,000
Semifinalists	$ 30,000
Quarterfinalists	$ 15,000
Second Round	$ 10,000
First Round	$ 5,000
TOTAL	$ 50,000

US Open Tennis Total Prize Money Men and Women's Qualifying:

TEAM	Prize Money
Third Round Losers (16)	$8,000
Second Round Losers (32)	$5,625
TOTAL	$ 500,000 ($1,000,000)

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