Russian tennis players took away €3 million in prize money from Roland Garros – Kommersant
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Today, June 7, Russian tennis players Veronika Kudermetova and Lyudmila Samsonova dropped out of the quarterfinals of the French Open (Roland Garros) in doubles. Thus, all Russian athletes dropped out of the tournament with a prize fund of €49.6 million. Despite this, it is estimated Forbesthe Russians received €3 million in prize money at the tournament.
In 2023, the second tournament of the Roland Garros Grand Slam season increased prize pool by 12.3% compared to last season. For participation in the qualification and for the first three rounds of the main draw, tennis players began to receive 11-13% more.
A total of 31 Russian tennis players took part in the tournament, while 27 of them took part in singles. Seven of them are also in the doubles tournament, four more are only in the doubles. In total, Russian tennis players took €3.156 million (before taxes) from Roland Garros. This is just over 6% of the prize pool.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova received the most among the Russians – € 400 thousand. She became the lowest-rated tennis player who reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. The athlete takes 333rd place in the WTA rankings.
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