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French Open officials on Tuesday upped the ante for players at this year’s upcoming clay-court grand slam, offering an increased prize package of €25 million ($34.5 million).
The decision follows that of the four majors in 2013, who hiked their payouts by a large percentage to see off any talk of player boycotts over prize money dissatisfaction. For 2014, Roland Garros is offering up an additional three million euros.
Singles winners on both the men’s and women’s sides will each receive €1.65 million at the edition starting May 25.
Paris is also keeping up with its three other rivals.
In 2013, Wimbledon offered the equivalent of $34 million, a rise of nearly $10 million. The US Open paid out $33.6 million, while January’s Australian Open offered the equivalent of $33 million.
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