FLUSHING, N.Y. – August 18, 2022 – The USTA introduced that the 2022 US Open will award greater than $60 million in complete participant compensation for the primary time. This quantity tops the $57.5 million variety of 2021.
The participant compensation has been allotted after enter from the WTA and ATP Participant Councils, with a purpose of accelerating prize cash within the earlier rounds of the primary draw, in addition to the US Open Qualifying Event Prize cash. Consequently, principal draw payouts are actually set at $80,000 for the primary spherical and $121,000 for the second spherical, an 85% and 57% improve since 2016, respectively. Whole prize cash for the US Open Qualifying Event has now reached $6.26 million, a rise of 223% from $1.94 million in 2016. Last spherical prize cash for the US Open Qualifying Event shall be $44,000.
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