Big Boost for Wheelchair and Quad, First-Round Singles and Qualifying

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday May 12, 2023

Prize money is on the rise at Roland-Garros.

The tournament announced on Friday that first-round losers, qualifiers, wheelchair and quad participants will take home a greater percentage of the pie.

Prize money for this year’s Roland-Garros will total EUR 49.6m, up 12.3 per cent on 2022. With the aim of ensuring a more even distribution between players, the tournament organisers have significantly increased the prize money for first-round losers in the women’s and men’s… pic.twitter.com/3HC75KlnIP

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 12, 2023

Overall prize money will rise 12.3 percent, with singles participants seeing an overall boost of 9.1 percent, doubles will rise 4 percent and wheelchair and quad will jump a booming 40 percent.

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