French Open 2015 Prize Money: Complete Purse and Earnings from Roland Garros
The pinnacle of clay-court tennis returns as Roland Garros hosts the 2015 French Open—one of the game's four Grand Slam events each season.
The tournament—considered the most gruelling of tests for the world's best players—has grown in popularity over the years, offering a different take compared to hard and grass-court tennis.
And the competition's status has guaranteed yet another bumper purse for 2015, with the winners of the men's and women's events receiving €1.8 million in prize money.
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Read on to view the full earnings breakdown for Roland Garros, with complete earnings for the first round losers, to the bigger prizes:
| Winners | €1.80m | €1.80m | €500,000 | €500,000 | €140,000 | €40,000 |
| Runnerups | €900,000 | €825,000 | €250,000 | €250,000 | €70 500 | €28,000 |
| Semi-Finalists | €450,000 | €450,000 | €125,000 | €125,000 | €35,750 | €22,000 |
| Quarter-Finalists | €245,000 | €245,000 | €72,000 | €72,000 | €17,000 | €18,000 |
| 4th Round | €125,000 | €125,000 | €40,000 | €40,000 | €8,500 | |
| 3rd Round | €72,000 | €72,000 | €20,000 | €20,000 | €4,500 | |
| 2nd Round | €42,000 | €42,000 | €10,500 | €10,500 | ||
| 1st Round | €24,000 | €24,000 | ||||
| TOTAL | €9.21m | €9.21m | €1.81m | €1.81m | €397,000 | €452 500 |
The total prize money will top €28 million this year, with the entrants in the earlier rounds receiving a 20 percent boost in their purses, per BBC Sport.
However, when compared to the other four Grand Slams, the French Open is the least rewarding of the set. The €1.8 million (£1.2 million) winner's cheque trails behind the championship purses of Wimbledon, the US Open and Australian Open.
The British Grand Slam offers a £1.7 million top prize, with the Aussie competition rewarding £1.56 million. The American Grand Slam offers the biggest payday to its champions—coming in at just over £2 million, per BBC Sport.
But the French Open organisers have attempted to make prize money more accessible to all of the professionals on show in 2015, with French Tennis Federation managing director Gilbert Ysern confirming, per Reuters: "Players eliminated in the first week will be the principal beneficiaries."
The big hitters of the game will all be present in Paris, with Britain's Andy Murray carrying his best ever form on clay into the tournament. The two-time Grand Slam winner has a perfect record in 2015, as highlighted by Sky Sports:
French Open legend Rafael Nadal finds himself as sixth seed this year, per RolandGarros.com. This makes his journey to the final fraught with danger. The Spaniard is due to crash directly into Novak Djokovic at the quarter-final stage, making his chances of regaining the title for a sixth consecutive year highly unlikely.
Women's champions Maria Sharapova will have to overcome the brilliance of No. 1 seed Serena Williams, who has had varying success in Paris.
The top women's player has crashed out early twice in the past three years, but surely the legendary Williams will be motivated to succeed in the Grand Slam she has struggled with the most during her illustrious career.
However, if Williams once again sinks, the 28-year-old Russian will be in pole position to regain her crown she earned 12 months ago.
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