The boosted prize money at this year’s Monte Carlo Masters has been revealed, with the winner on Sunday set to pick up a bumper cash windfall.
With prize money rising at a rapid rate on the ATP Tour, the billionaire’s playground that is Monte Carlo was always certain to boost their cash prizes and it won’t be long before the champion at the first Masters 1000 clay court season will break through the €1m barrier for the winner.
Andrey Rublev was handed prize money of €892,590 when he won the Monte Carlo Masters in 2023 and Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed €919,075 when he picked up the big prize last year.
This year’s Monte Carlo will get a bumper €946,610, with the runner-up on Sunday handed €516,925 to compensate for the disappointment of defeat.
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The lavish sums available to the sport’s biggest names put some perspective on the challenges players lower down the ranks experience as they desperately try to fund their tennis careers.
Novak Djokovic has led the calls for players to collect more prize money, with the 24-time Grand Slam champion a vocal presence in that ongoing debate.
The top 20 players from the men’s and women’s tour sent a letter to the organisers of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open in a bid to be given a bigger slice of the financial pie in tennis last week.
Last year’s singles champions at Wimbledon took home £2.7m each while the overall pot was £50million, double the amount the All England Club awarded in 2014.
Yet overall revenues have also increased and players frequently cite comparisons to other sports, particularly basketball’s NBA, to show they are missing out.
“I think generally the sentiment is that the players feel that we should get it, when it comes to prize money at the Grand Slams, as close to the percentage of the prize money that we are getting on the [ATP] Tour on average,” said Djokovic.
“That’s something that I think would be fair because logically and rationally thinking about it, that’s probably the best case scenario. But that’s not going to happen overnight, if it happens, so it’s a long term play.
“Hopefully the Grand Slams will respond positively and want to have the players in the room and sit down and talk about the revenue shares, about not just that, but also I think players feel that they need to have counsel with Grand Slam committees and management when they are making some big changes or decisions.
“It’s important because it affects us. [On] rule changes or whatever it is, I think we need to be advised. We need to be part of the conversation.”
The prize money on offer in Monte Carlo confirms the cash at the top of the men’s game is lavish, but that does not disguise a less glamorous reality players at the lower end of the game.
The prize money debate will continue to rumble on, with the drive for players to take more from the sport now gathering real momentum.
Prize money for 2025 Monte Carlo Masters
Champion: €946,610
Finalist: €516,925
Semi-finalist: €282,650
Quarter-finalist: €154,170
Round of 16: €82,465
Round of 32: €44,220
Round of 64: €24,500
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