What Is the Prize Money For the 2025 French Open?

Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz will enter this year's Roland Garros as defending champions in their respective categories.

What Is the Prize Money For the 2025 French Open?

Aryna Sabalenka, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek (Image via X/The Tennis Letter, #AusOpen, We Are Tennis)

The European clay court events below the 1000 category were concluded on Saturday. Sunday (May 25) marks the start of the 124th edition of the French Open, the second Major of the season. The qualifying rounds started on May 19. The final will be held on June 8.

Carlos Alcaraz is considered the heavy favorite to win this year’s French Open, for he not only played two consecutive five-setters en route to his first title on the Parisian clay, but his clay-court titles tally is 10. Before the French Open, the young Spaniard reached the final of the three clay-court tournaments he played, winning two, the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo and Rome, losing in Barcelona to Holger Rune.

World No.1 Jannik Sinner, for sure will not be less favorite. Even though his clay-court title tally is just one (he won the 2022 Umag Open by beating Alcaraz), it was him who Alcaraz defeated last year in the semifinals. It was he, who, despite not playing tennis for nearly four months, reached the Italian Open final last week.

And who can forget Novak Djokovic? Even though he won’t be entering the Roland Garros as the heavy favorite, it’s tough to judge the old fox, especially in Grand Slam events.

When the tennis world had perhaps given up the hope to see the Serb lift his 100th title, just before the French Open, he ended the clay-court ATP 250 Geneva Open held on Saturday (May 24), in his favor. Last year, an injury forced him to withdraw from the French Open quarterfinal match in the tournament.

Alexander Zverev too has a chance to grab his first Grand Slam. He came close to the title last year by reaching the final. Even though he was inconsistent this season, it is difficult to write him off in these big tournaments. Earlier this month, Casper Ruud became the Madrid Open champion (his 12th title on the red dirt) and he is also a two-time French Open finalist (losing in 2022 to Rafael Nadal and in 2023 to Djokovic).

Prize money for the 2025 French Open

The total prize pool for this year’s French Open is $64 million. From this, both the Men’s and Women’s winners will take $2.8 million approximately.

Jasmine Paolini, Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek
Jasmine Paolini, Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek (Image via X/Jasmine Paolini, We Are Tennis, The Tennis Letter, Relevant Tennis)
First round$88,686.75
Second round$133,023.15
Third round$191,007.60
Round of 16$301,291.75
Quarterfinals$500,284.25
Semifinals$784,269.15
Runner-up$1,449,228.75
Champion$2,897,947.50

What about Iga Swiatek? She will be entering the tournament as a three-time defending champion and a four-time winner. No one in recent years has tasted more success at Roland Garros than her. But this season, she definitely is not the heavy favorite, given that she has not yet reached a final since last year’s Roland Garros.

Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff have produced consistent performances on clay this year, both reaching two back-to-back finals. Sabalenka lost the Stuttgart Open final to Jelena Ostapenko and won the Madrid Open, while Gauff was defeated in the Madrid Open final by the Belarusian and by Jasmine Paolini (last year’s runner-up) in the Italian Open final.

Even though Rafael Nadal hung up his racket last year at the Davis Cup, he will be present on Court Philippe-Chatrier and the famous announcer Marc Maury will introduce the 14-time French Open champion for the last time. Nadal will be receiving a grand tribute which the French Open didn’t organize last year because of the Spaniard’s uncertainty about his retirement.

Because of Nadal’s retirement, has Roland Garros become more open? Does anyone have a chance to win the clay-court Major or will there be another undisputed champion like Nadal? Only time will tell.

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