Now, French Open prize money more than $48m

Paris, March 21

Total prize money for the French Open will go up by around eight per cent this year, with the men’s and women’s champions winning ^2.2 million ($2.7 million) each, an increase of ^100,000. Roland Garros director Guy Forget says that the total prize money will reach ^39.197 million ($48 million), an increase of about ^3 million from last year. 

Forget slams ATP plans to reintroduce World Team Cup

Forget hit out at the ATP’s plans to restart the World Team Cup, saying it could hurt the fortunes of the historic Davis Cup.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced last month a plan to run the Davis Cup — traditionally played over four weekends spread across the season — over a single week in November from next year.

Separately, the ATP is hoping to revive the World Team Cup to be played for the first time in eight years in January 2020, possibly only two months after the Davis Cup. — Agencies