Which Grand Slam has highest prize money?

Top tennis stars eagerly await the four major tournaments every year. The 4 Grand Slams not only brings out the best tennis action but also showers the most amount of money on the tennis players. Every year, the Grand Slam season starts with the Australian Open.

US Open 2021 to offer 57.5 Million USD in prize money

Needless to say, all these tournaments offer a lot of prize money to the players who make the main round. Not only the winners, but all the main round players also take home a hefty amount of money. This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the prize money of a lot of tournaments was affected.

At the French Open, the total prize money offered was around 40.39 Million USD. The winner in men’s, as well as women’s singles took home 1.69 Million USD. After French Open, the most amount of prize money in the Grand Slam was offered in Wimbledon 2021.

At the grass-court Grand Slam, a total of 48.04 Million USD was offered as prize money out of which, the men’s and women’s singles champions took home 2.4 Million USD. In addition to this, the second-highest prize money at Grand Slams is offered at the Australian Open.

At the 2021 Australian Open, a total of 51.9 Million USD was given in prize money. As far as the prize money for the winners is concerned, the Australian Open singles champions took home 2.13 Million USD. The Grand Slam which will offer the most money in the 2021 season is the US Open.

The final Grand Slam of the season will shower the most amount of money on the winners. At the US Open, a total of 57.5 Million USD will be spent on the winners. The men’s and women’s singles winners will take home a whopping 2.5 Million USD each.