US Open will distribute 57 million dollars in the next edition

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The US Open announced an increase in awards for the new edition of the last Grand Slam of the year, which will begin on August 26 and end on September 8. The organizers will deliver 8% more than in 2018. In total, the tournament will distribute 57 million dollars in prizes.

In the last four years, US Open has increased the prizes to be distributed among the players by about 47%. Those eliminated in the first round will receive $ 100,000. The doubles champions will get $ 740,000 each. On the part of the winners in the individual format, both male and female, a prize of 3.8 million dollars will be credited.

"The US Open is proud to offer the best tennis players in the world the biggest economic prize in our sport," said the president of the United States Tennis Association (Usta), Patrick Galbraith, after the new ones were announced Prize values for players participating in the next edition in New York.

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