The prize cash for this yr’s French Open will whole €49.6 million ($54.6 million), up 12.3% on 2022, organisers of the claycourt Grand Slam introduced on May 12.
The quantity supplied for the Roland Garros singles attracts might be raised by 9.1% on 2022, with organisers saying in a press release that they had “significantly increased” the prize pot to make sure a extra even distribution between gamers.
Losing gamers within the opening three rounds of the singles draw stand to obtain between 11% and 13% extra this yr, with organisers additionally growing prize cash for the three rounds of the qualifying competitors by a mean of 11.8%.
The males’s and ladies’s champions will obtain €2.3 million every.
The prize cash for the lads’s and ladies’s doubles occasions have additionally gone up by 4%, organisers added.
The allocation for the wheelchair and quad competitors is €810,000, equating to a 40% improve on 2022.
The French Open takes place from May 28-June 11.