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 Openโone of the game's four Grand Slam events each season.
The tournamentโconsidered the most gruelling of tests for the world's best playersโhas 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 receivingย โฌ1.8 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 | โฌ1.80m | โฌ1.80m | โฌ500,000 | โฌ500,000 | โฌ140,000 | โฌ40,000 |
| Runnerups | โฌ900,000 | โฌ825,000 | โฌ250,000 | โฌ250,000 | โฌ70 500 | โฌ28,000 |
| Semi-Finalists | โฌ450,000 | โฌ450,000 | โฌ125,000 | โฌ125,000 | โฌ35,750 | โฌ22,000 |
| Quarter-Finalists | โฌ245,000 | โฌ245,000 | โฌ72,000 | โฌ72,000 | โฌ17,000 | โฌ18,000 |
| 4th Round | โฌ125,000 | โฌ125,000 | โฌ40,000 | โฌ40,000 | โฌ8,500 | |
| 3rd Round | โฌ72,000 | โฌ72,000 | โฌ20,000 | โฌ20,000 | โฌ4,500 | |
| 2nd Round | โฌ42,000 | โฌ42,000 | โฌ10,500 | โฌ10,500 | ||
| 1st Round | โฌ24,000 | โฌ24,000 | ||||
| TOTAL | โฌ9.21m | โฌ9.21m | โฌ1.81m | โฌ1.81m | โฌ397,000 | โฌ452 500 |
The total prize money will topย โฌ28 million this year, with theย entrantsย in the earlier roundsย receivingย aย 20 percent boost in their purses, perย BBC Sport.ย
However, when compared to the other four Grand Slams, the French Open is the least rewarding of the set. The โฌ1.8 million (ยฃ1.2 million) winner's cheque trails behind the championship purses of Wimbledon, the US Open andย Australianย Open.
The British Grand Slam offers a ยฃ1.7 million top prize, with the Aussie competition rewarding ยฃ1.56 million. The American Grand Slam offers the biggest payday to its championsโcoming in at just over ยฃ2 million, per BBC Sport.ย
But the French Open organisers have attempted to make prize money more accessible to all of theย professionalsย on showย in 2015, with French Tennis Federation managing director Gilbert Ysern confirming, perย Reuters:ย "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 theย 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.ย
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 hasย 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.ย
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