July 14, 2015 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Photo credit: Eric C. Peck
The USTA has announced that the total purse for the 2015 U.S. Open will increase by $4 million dollars, bringing the total purse for the tournament to a record $42.3 million and a 10.5 percent increase over the 2014 U.S. Open.
Both the men’s and women’s singles champions will earn $3.3 million, the largest payout in U.S. Open history. Each round of the singles competition will see double-digit percentage increases over last year’s record payouts, with the minimum increase of 10 percent for the champions and up to a 14.4 percent increase in the Round of 32. Both the men’s and women’s doubles champions will earn $570,000, the highest in U.S. Open history, and overall doubles prize money has been increased by 8.4 percent. The U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament will now offer more than $1.7 million in prize money, a 12 percent increase over 2014.
In the last three years, US Open main draw prize money has increased by 67 percent.
Round-by-round individual prize money for the U.S. Open is as follows:
Singles
Doubles (each team)
Winner: $3,300,000
Winners: $570,000
Runner-Up: $1,600,000
Runners-Up: $275,000
Semifinalist: $805,000
Semifinalist: $133,150
Quarterfinalist: $410,975
Quarterfinalist: $67,675
Round of 16: $213,575
Round of 16: $35,025
Round of 32: $120,200
Round of 32: $21,700
Round of 64: $68,600
Round of 64: $14,200
Round of 128: $39,500
“We continue our commitment to ensure that the US Open offers one of the most lucrative purses in all of sports,” said USTA Chairman of the Board and President Katrina Adams. “As we have stated, total player compensation at the US Open will reach $50 million by 2017.”
