Good tennis players can earn the respect of folks at a local tennis club, but great tennis players earn more than just pats on the back from friends. They cash in millions of dollars – or in this case at the French Open, euros. Let’s now look at the breakdown of prizes in the upcoming tennis wars at Roland Garros.
Total Purse and Prize Money Breakdown for the 2018 French Open of Tennis
Tournament Finish
No. of Players
Payout Amount per Player
Winner
1
€2,200,000 ($2,613,490)
Runner-up
1
€1,120,000 ($1,330,504)
Semi-finalists
2
€560,000 ($665,252)
Quarter-finalists
4
€380,000 ($451,421)
Round of 16 losers
8
€222,000 ($263,724.90)
Round of 32 losers
16
€130,000 ($154,433.50)
Round of 64 losers
32
€79,000 ($93,848.05)
Round of 128 losers
64
€40,000 ($47,518.00)
TOTAL
128
€13,000,000 ($15,443,350)
The total pot in this year’s ATP French Open gets a boost, as it’s larger than last year’s total prize pool worth €13,560,000 ($15,180,000). This time, the total is set at €13,000,000 or $15,443,350.00 USD. The player who will be the last man/woman standing in the tournament will inject his/her bank account with a rich sum of €2,200,000. The runner-up can wipe his/her tears with a bill from a total winning of €1,120,000.
Reaching the semifinals would be guaranteed of €560,000. Quarterfinalists, meanwhile, are going to be assured of €380,000.
Even a player who plays one game in the qualifier will not go home empty-handed. Qualifier 1 players stand to get €6,000, Qualifier 2 players have €11,000, while Qualifier 3 competitors will pocket €21,000.
The total being handed over by the ATP at the 2018 French Open, which includes men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, mixed doubles, and wheelchair, is a whopping €39 million, or $48 million USD.
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