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Australian Open increases overall purse to US$36.2m
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AUSTRALIAN Open organizers say they will offer 50 million Australian dollars (US$36.2 million) in prize money for the 2017 tennis tournament, including A$3.7 million each to the men’s and women’s singles champions.
It is a 14 percent increase in prize money from 2016, and offers A$50,000 to a first-round loser in the tournament which begins in Melbourne on January 16. Tournament director Craig Tiley said: “We are committed to further improving the pay and conditions on the international tennis tour to ensure every professional tennis player is properly compensated.” The US Open has the largest prize money for a grand slam tournament, a purse of US$46. 3 million and US$3.5 million for each of the singles champions.
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