WHITE PLAINS: Total player compensation at the US Open will top $50 million for the first time this year, with a record $3.7 million going to each of the singles champions.
The US Tennis Association announced on Tuesday that the total purse for the tournament will be $50.4 million, a nearly nine percent increase from last year. The previous winners of the final Grand Slam tournament of the season Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber earned $3.5 million.
Runners-up will get $1.825 million, up from $1.75 million.
Both the men's and women's doubles champions will earn $675000, the highest in US Open history. A player who loses in the first round of singles at Queens' Flushing Meadows will make $50,000, an increase of $6,700.-AP
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