Win more money at Roland Garros in one day than in your entire life
Roland Garros He experienced a previous movement because the main world tennis players raised their voices asking for more money in prizes, a few percent higher than what the French tournament distributes from the benefits it generates with this annual Grand Slam tournament.
Amélie Mauremo, former tennis player and now sports director of the event, has meetings to do for the next edition. There is a threat of a boycott on the table.
The event of the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has distributed in this edition 61,723,000 euros9.53% more than in 2025. For the individual champions, 2,800,000 euros, the finalists receiving half (1,400,000)
Wimbledon and US Open will surely pay more in the next Grand Slam events, behind was the Australian Open, but exponentially it continues to make progress. Gave to Carlos Alcaraz a check of 4,150,000 Australian dollars, which at the exchange rate is about 2,400,000 euros. Less than Paris, but rising 19% compared to twelve months ago, according to what tennis players are demanding.
The truth is that the Polish Maja Chwalinska He earned more in one day than everything he had earned in his 24 years. He arrived in Paris with $864,030 in earnings, with financial problems because expenses are high and he lacked sponsors that he will now have. His account will no longer suffer as much, because he received a check for 1,400,000 euros, plus everything that will come as a finalist in Paris. If she had been the winner, she would have entered another universe.
The big jackpot went to a 19-year-old star, Mirra Andreeva, which added 2,800,000 euros to its previous earnings of 9,671,731 dollars. And it generates much more in relevant sponsors.
Two different worlds. The top Andreeva and the ‘human’ Chwalinska, who was 114th in the world, who had to go through the qualifying round. Roland Garros has confirmed Mirra as a great and has given a different life to the Pole.
