2024 US Open prize money will be largest purse in tennis history

This year's tournament will offer a total of $75 million in player compensation, with the sum representing a 15% increase from 2023.

All rounds played this year in Queens will see an increase in the prize money awarded from last year, which was the 50th year of equal prize money for men and women at the US Open. The men's and women's singles champions will see a 20% bump from $3 million to $3.6 million, while first-round main-draw losers in both men's and women's singles will also pocket $100,000 for the first time - a 23% increase from 12 months ago.

Over the last five years, first-round main draw US Open prize money has increased by 72% ($58,000 in 2019). Prize money for final-round qualifying losers has also increased by 63% ($32,000 in 2019) over that same time period to reach $52,000, which is 16% higher than 2023.

Total prize money for men's and women's doubles will increase 9% from 2023, while total prize money for mixed doubles is increasing by 18%.

In addition, with no US Open Wheelchair Championships is being staged in 2024 due to the Paralympic Games, the USTA has made the decision to provide the players that would have been entered into the US Open via direct acceptance with a player grant to ensure that these players are receiving the equivalent of prize money as compensation.

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