prize money for french open announced

The men’s and women’s singles champions at the French Open will each receive $1.7 million, up from about $1.4 million last year. Organizers said the total prize money for the tournament, which runs May 22 to June 5, would increase to $25 million from about $20.7 million in 2010.

Wimbledon announced a day earlier that its singles champions would each receive $1.8 million and that total prize money would be $23.8 million.