US Open 2025 sets prize money record

The 2025 US Open tennis tournament will officially start the main round today (August 24).

Djokovic is expected to have a tournament to break the dominance of Alcaraz and Sinner - Photo: REUTERS

The final Grand Slam tournament of the year, the 2025 US Open promises to bring top-notch and dramatic matches when gathering the world's top tennis players.

Record Bonus

The 2025 US Open has set a historic milestone in Grand Slam prize money with a total value of up to 90 million USD (up 20% compared to 2024).

Accordingly, the champions in the men's and women's singles will receive a huge prize of 5 million USD each. The runner-up will also take home 2.5 million USD.

This attractive prize level shows the strong investment of the organizing committee in this year's tournament, even the players who stop in the first round will receive 110,000 USD.

Djokovic and Alcaraz battle early

The draw has put the top two players, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, in the same bracket, meaning they could face each other in the semi-finals if they both perform well.

Djokovic will begin his journey with a first-round match against Vietnamese-American Learner Tien. Djokovic's draw is considered quite difficult with potential opponents such as Alex Michelsen, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz in the next rounds.

Alcaraz determined to win the 2025 US Open after defeat at Wimbledon - Photo: REUTERS

Second seed Carlos Alcaraz also won't have an easy road as he could face "serving machine" Reilly Opelka in the first round and Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals.

Jannik Sinner, the defending champion and top seed, is considered to have a more favorable draw. He will begin his title defense against Vit Kopriva. However, Sinner could face a challenge in the second round when he faces Alexei Popyrin, who surprised Djokovic in the third round last year.

Round one also witnessed many other promising confrontations such as Holger Rune meeting Botic Van de Zandschulp, or the competition between Alexander Bublik and Marin Cilic.

Venus Williams in trouble

In the women's singles, top seed Aryna Sabalenka will begin her journey against Rebeka Masarova. She will be in the same quarterfinal bracket as Jasmine Paolini and the semi-final bracket as Jessica Pegula.

Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek is likely to meet her Wimbledon finalist, Amanda Anisimova, again if they both reach the quarter-finals.

Host nation USA hopes Coco Gauff and Madison Keys could be set for a quarter-final clash.

Notably, tennis player Venus Williams will mark her return at the US Open 2025 with a first-round match against 11th seed Karolina Muchova. This is expected to be a tough match for the 45-year-old American legend.

THANH DINH

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/us-open-2025-thiet-lap-ky-luc-tien-thuong-20250824090123781.htm