NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 08: Jannik Sinner (R) of Italy and Taylor Fritz of the United States pose for a photo following Sinner’s Men’s Singles Final victory on Day Fourteen of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 08, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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The United States Tennis Association announced that the 2025 U.S. Open will offer the largest purse in tennis history, being the first tennis event to reach $90 million in total player compensation.
This amount tops the total $75 million in 2024, the previous highest purse in tennis history, an increase of 20 percent. Men’s and women’s singles champions at the 2025 U.S. Open will earn $5 million, up 39 percent from the $3.6 million in 2024, making it the largest winning payout in the sport.
The Open runs Aug. 18-Sept. 7.
In addition to the increase for the champions in the singles Main Draw, finalists ($2.5 million, an increase of 39 percent), semifinalists ($1.26 million, an increase of 26 percent), quarterfinalists ($660,000, an increase of 25 percent) and Round of 16 competitors ($400,000, an increase of 23 percent) will all see substantial growth. This follows years of a strategic focus on redistribution to the early rounds and Qualifying Tournament to provide meaningful payouts to all players.
Men’s and women’s doubles purses also are significantly increased in an effort to support the players competing in these championships, up 23 percent to $4.78 million from $3.89 million in 2024. For the first time ever, the winning teams from the Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Championships will earn $1 million in prize money.
The Men’s and Women’s Qualifying tournaments’ prize money will increase to a record $8 million, up 10 percent for this year.
In addition to prize money, as has been the case in recent years, the US Open has made an effort to help reduce out-of-pocket expenses for all competitors in all professional Main Draw and Qualifying events. All players will receive a travel stipend of $1,000, as well as two hotel rooms in the official player hotel (or $600 per day if the player chooses to lodge at another accommodation), resulting in $5 million in overall support. In addition, players will receive free racquet stringing of up to five racquets per round.
Novak Djokovic, who has career earnings of nearly $200 million and works with the PTPA to advocate for players, said in 2023:
“I’m fine for this life and many other lives. We all definitely want to see a change at the base level because the 150th player on the planet struggles and often has to travel without a coach. People don’t realize how expensive this sport is.”
The full breakdown of US Open prize money is below:
Men’s & Women’s Singles Main Draw
- Champion: $5,000,000
- Runner-Up: $2,500,000
- Semifinalists: $1,260,000
- Quarterfinalists: $660,000
- Round of 16: $400,000
- Round of 32: $237,000
- Round of 64: $154,000
- Round of 128: $110,000
Men’s & Women’s Doubles Main Draw (per team)
- Champions: $1,000,000
- Runners-Up: $500,000
- Semifinalists: $250,000
- Quarterfinalists: $125,000
- Round of 16: $75,000
- Round of 32: $45,000
- Round of 64: $30,000
Mixed Doubles (per team)
- Champions: $1,000,000
- Runners-Up: $400,000
- Semifinalists: $200,000
- Quarterfinalists: $100,000
- Round of 16: $20,000
Men’s & Women’s Singles Qualifying
- Round of 32: $57,200
- Round of 64: $41,800
- Round of 128: $27,500
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2025/08/06/us-open-announces-highest-player-compensation-in-tennis-history/