The second Grand Slam in the tennis calendar has already begun. The French Open is famously known as Roland Garros. It is played on a clay surface. The tournament began on 22nd May, 2022 and will end on 5th of June, 2022. This tournament will be an exciting one because the tennis world will see the return of former world number one Novak Djokovic back into the tennis court after being not allowed to participate in the Australian Open due to the vaccination rules. People will be also eager to see whether the "King of Clay" Rafael Nadal will be able to lift this title for the fourteenth time in his career. We talked about the veterans enough, now it's time to highlight the most in form youngster, Carlos Alcarez. The Spanish is in red hot form at the moment. He is winning titles and titles by defeating big tennis players. His pace, stamina and baseline shots are truly lovable to watch. Many young players will emerge, many setbacks are to be witnessed, many underdogs will overcome several hurdles and achieve the impossible. This year will get all the tennis lovers hooked into their television set.
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French Open 2022 Prize money distribution
As it is a big tournament, a huge amount of money will come into factor. Every player has a dream to play in the Grand Slam. As tennis is an expensive game, it takes a lot of sacrifice for a player to reach that level and compete with top players around the world. As a result, they are rewarded with money for their achievement. The prize is distributed differently and let's look into it:
The total prize money for this year's tournament is about 43.6 million euros which is almost four times what it was last year. So, it is slowly indicating the fact that the game is getting back to normal after two years of COVID.
First, we will look at the men's/women's singles prize money distribution.
The winner of the tournament will receive 2,200,000 euros, the runner up will get 1,100,000 euros. The semi finalists will receive 600,000 euros and the quarter finalists will receive 380,000 euros. Ones who will qualify for the fourth round will receive 220,000 euros and the ones who will qualify for the third round will receive 125,800 euros. The ones who will qualify for the second round will receive 86,000 euros and the ones who qualify for the first round will receive 62,000 euros. Now, before the main tournament begins a qualifier round is being held where low ranked players get the opportunity to play each other to make a place in the main draw of the tournament. Players playing in the qualifiers are also being rewarded. The ones playing in the qualifier one gets 14,000 euros. Those who qualify for the second qualifier receive 20,000 euros and the ones who qualify for the third qualifier receive 31,000 euros.
Now, let's talk about the men's/women's doubles prize distribution. The winner will receive 580,000 euros and the runner up will receive 290,000 euros. The semi finalists and quarter finalists receive 146,000 euros and 79,500 euros respectively. The players playing in the first round will receive 15,500 euros, the ones who qualify for the second round will receive 25,000 euros and the ones who qualify for the third round will receive 42,000 euros.
Now, it's time to look at the prize distribution of mixed doubles.
The winner will receive 122,000 euros and the runner up will receive 61,000 euros. The semi finalists will receive 31,000 euros and the quarter finalists will receive 17,500 euros. The ones playing in the first round will receive 5,000 euros and the ones who qualify for the second round will receive 10,000 euros.
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