Summary
The singles champions will each receive $5.5 million, a 10% increase.
First‑round participants will now get $140,000, up 27% from last year.
Players had asked for a larger share of the tournament’s earnings, and the organizers agreed.
Key Points
4 points1
Total prize pool is $108 million, the biggest ever in tennis.
2
Men’s and women’s singles winners get $5.5 million each.
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First‑round losers receive $140,000, a 27% rise.
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Increase follows player demands for a fair share of earnings.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsprize pool
all the money that will be given out to players
increase
a rise in amount or size
share
the part of something that each person gets
earnings
the money made from an event
organizers
the people who plan and run the tournament
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