This year’s French Open will see a 14% increase in Prize money compared to 2015 with a total prize money pool of EUR 32,017,500.
The biggest increase will be for players who lose in rounds two, three or four, with increases nearing to 20%. Meanwhile, the winners of the championships will take home a 2 million euro prize packet for the first time in the tournament’s history.
Since 2010, the total prize money of the tournament has increased by a staggering 15,210,100 euros. Tournament director, Guy Forget, stressed that the increases will not just benefit the elite players in the sport.
“This noticeable increase in prize money at Roland-Garros is the final raise mentioned in the four-year plan drawn up for 2013 to 2016,” Forget said in as press release.
“In total, the tournament’s prize money will have increased by an historic 70% during this four-year period, with a particular focus on those players who are eliminated in the first week, who have seen their earnings double.”
The prize money total will be the same for both men and women, continuing the tournaments equal pay policy that has been in place since 2007.
Roland Garros’ hike in pay will still not make them the highest paying Grand Slam in the world. Last year Wimbledon had a prize money total of 33.5 million EUR, which was exceeded by the US Open’s tally of 37.5 million EUR.
2016 French Open prize money (main draw)
Winner : EUR 2,000,000 (+EUR 200,000 vs 2015)
Runner-up : EUR 1,000,000 (+EUR 100,000 vs 2015)
Semi-finalist : EUR 500,000 (+EUR 50,000 vs 2015)
Quarter-finalist : EUR 294,000 (+EUR 44,000 vs 2015)
Round of 16 : EUR 173,000 (+EUR 28,000 vs 2015)
Third round : EUR 102,000 (+EUR 17,000 vs 2015)
Second round : EUR 60,000 EUR (+EUR 10,000 vs 2015)
First round : EUR 30,000 EUR (+EUR 3,000 vs 2015)
Qualifying prize money
Loss in third round : EUR 14,000 (+EUR 2,000 vs 2015)
Loss in second round : EUR 7,000 (+EUR 1,000 vs 2015)
Loss in first round : EUR 3,500 (+EUR 500 vs 2015)
