U.S. Open To Pay Players $90 Million, The Highest Total In Tennis

Jannik Sinner of Italy beat American Taylor Fritz in the U.S. Open men’s final in 2024, earning $3.6 million.

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The USTA on Monday announced that the 2025 U.S. Open will once again offer the largest purse in tennis history, becoming 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%. Men’s and Women’s Singles Champions will earn $5 million, up 39% from the $3.6 million in 2024, making it the largest winning payout in the sport.

In addition to the increase for the champions in the Singles Main Draw, finalists ($2.5 million, an increase of 39%), semi-finalists ($1.26 million, an increase of 26%), quarterfinalists ($660,000, an increase of 25%) and Round of 16 competitors ($400,000, an increase of 23%) 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% 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% 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.

Here’s a breakdown of the payouts: