What is the prize money for the 2025 BMW Open?
This season's BMW Open has been upgraded from ATP 250 to ATP 500, and this has led to an increase in the total prize pool.
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L-R: Alexander Zverev, Ben Shelton, Jakub Mensik (Image via X/The Tennis Letter, Tennis Channel)
While some players are participating in the Barcelona Open, others have landed in Munich for the BMW Open, the main draw of which started on Monday (April 14). The tournament, also known as the Bavarian International Tennis Championships, used to be a part of the ATP 250 series but this year, it has been upgraded to the 500 category.
The 56th edition of the BMW Open is underway on the outdoor hard courts of the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich. Qualifying rounds started on April 12. The final of the weeklong ATP 500 event will be played on Sunday (April 20).
Jan-Lennard Struff will enter the tournament as the defending champion and will kick-start his campaign against Francisco Cerundolo. World No.3 Alexander Zverev is the top seed. He was defeated by Cristian Garin in the quarterfinals last year.
He will be bidding for his first title since winning the Paris Masters last year. The three-time Grand Slam finalist has experienced a massive slump in form since losing this year’s Australian Open final to World No.1 Jannik Sinner as he failed to win more than two matches in the next six tournaments he played.
Zverev entered the tournament following his opening-round defeat against Matteo Berrettini in the Monte-Carlo Masters. Berrettini withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Mariano Navone.
The tournament features 32 players, out of which eight of them are the seeded ones. Apart from Zverev, the other seeded players are: Ben Shelton, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Ugo Humbert, Cerundolo, Jakub Mensik, Jiri Lehecka, and Denis Shapovalov.
Seventh-seeded Mensik will be chasing his career’s second title in the tournament, following his victory at the Miami Open this year. He outclassed 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the final. He has replaced last year’s runner-up Taylor Fritz as the 2024 US Open finalist pulled out of the tournament.
Prize money for the 2025 BMW Open
The total prize money for Bavarian International Tennis Championships this year is $2,851,662, which is way more than last year’s $743,798 as the tournament has been upgraded to the 500 category. Jan-Lennard Struff took home $95,700 after beating Taylor Fritz last year. The American, on the other hand, pocketed $55,818. This season, the winner will receive $518,561, while the runner-up will bag $279,039.
Check out the prize money:
| Round of 32 | $21,630 |
| Round of 16 | $40,554 |
| Quarterfinals | $75,973 |
| Semifinals | $148,712 |
| Runner-up | $279,039 |
| Champion | $518,561 |
Philipp Kohlschreiber holds the most titles in the BMW Open, lifting three; and he has also clinched the most number of victories (35). The youngest champion in the tournament is Guillermo Perez-Roldan, who lifted the trophy at the age of 17; while the oldest is Tommy Haas, as he lifted the title at the age of 35.
Jannik Sinner is not playing as he is serving his doping ban and will make his comeback at the Italian Open. Carlos Alcaraz, who lifted his second title of the season at the Monte Carlo Masters by beating Lorenzo Musetti, has been gearing up for the Barcelona Open. Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev have not signed up for the tournaments in Munich and Barcelona.
Both Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev will be fighting it out for the second position on the rankings table. Alcaraz, after claiming 1000 points by winning the Monte Carlo Masters, has 7,720 points. Zverev, who has 7,595 points, has the chance to remove him but for it, he has to win the BMW Open and Alcaraz will have to make early exits.
Following the conclusion of the Barcelona Open and the BMW Open, it will be the time for the second Masters 1000 of the season on clay- the Madrid Open. The tournament is scheduled to start on April 22.
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