The French Open singles champions will win $3.3M (all figures US) this year, up from $3M in 2025. Total prize money has increased by 9.5% compared to last year. Losers in the first round of singles qualifying will receive $28,000, while players will get around $102,000 for reaching the main draw. The prize money on offer for the French Open is “larger than at the Australian Open, but smaller than” Wimbledon and the US Open. The tournament in Paris gets underway on May 24 (LE MONDE, 4/16).
Meanwhile, players for the first time can “wear data-collecting portable devices on court in order to gain information on their physical performances” during the French Open (AP, 4/16). The trial will “permit players to use wearable technology to record biometric information related to their physical performance, which can then be used to inform recovery.” Players at Wimbledon and the US Open will also be “allowed to wear devices.” At the Australian Open, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka among other players were “forced to remove wrist fitness devices that the tournament had placed on its ‘banned list’” (London TIMES, 4/16).
