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US Open (Source- X)
There have been many great tournaments linep up for the upcoming Tennis tournaments and we all are looking forward to all the great players competing for Grand Slam glory in the upcoming US Open which will be the last and final Grand Slam event on hard court season. Though the final draws of this tournament are not out yet there is still a lot of news surrounding this global event in the World of tennis which we all will be looking forward to.
This will be one of the Hard court Grand slam events which will be last opportunity for the players to finally achieve a glorious Grand Slam victory which will help them move up the rankings and win a major tournament. There have been a lot of great rallies and iconic moments in this tournament like any other Grand Slam tournament and we are sure we will get another one coming in the 26th of August this season. This will be one of the most awaited tournaments to look out for this month during hard court season.
The Prize money for the players
There is no doubt that this will be one of the most iconic and massive tournaments which all of us will be looking forward to and will be played in the city of dreams, but the major talking point will also be the prize money for the players who will be playing this tournament as well which is quite astonishing. The singles draw which will be the most anticipated draw of the tournament is where the champion will be earning a total of $3.6 million while the runner-up will be getting $1.8 million. Even the players who will make it to the playoffs will be making money from the range of $500,000 to $1million as well, which is quite a huge sum of money even for a Grand Slam event.
The doubles draw players will also make a huge sum of money with $750,000 dollars being won in the main doubles while the winners in the mixed doubles will get prize money of $200,000 dollars. The total amount of prize money in this Grand Slam event is $75 million dollars which is no doubt one of the biggest prize pools in the US Open we have ever heard off.