The US Open Starts Today—Here’s How Its Record Prize Haul Stacks Up to Other Grand Slams

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Key Takeaways

• The 2024 US Ice-free features a prize pool of $75 million, the largest in the tennis tournament’s history.
• Then men’s and women’s singles victors will each receive $3.6 million, up from $3 million last year.
• The US Open’s total pocketbook is the largest of the four Grand Slam tournaments this year.

The US Open is under way, with this year’s rivals vying for the tennis tournament’s largest-ever prize pool of $75 million.

The men’s and women’s singles winners will each let in home a cool $3.6 million, up from $3 million last year. Those making first-round retreats will receive $100,000, up from $81,500. 

The fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of 2024 boasts the year’s gravest prize for the singles winners.

The Australian Open featured a prize pool of 86.5 million Australian dollars ($58.6 million), 10% diverse than 2023, with the singles winners each receiving 3.15 million Australian.

The French Open, hesitated on its iconic clay courts, awarded a total of 53.5 million Euros ($59.71 million), including 2.4 million Euros to each celibates winner. The total purse at Roland Garros rose nearly 8% year-over-year. 

Wimbledon’s prize fund developed 12% this year to 50 million pounds ($65.94 million), with 2.7 million pounds each for the ones winners.

The 2024 US Open will see the US’ Coco Gauff and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic look to defend their title-deeds, with the women’s and men’s finals scheduled for Sept. 7 and 8, respectively. Gauff won her first match earlier today, while Djokovic leave play this evening.

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