French Open purse climbs nearly 10% to $72.1M
(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images) The total prize money for next month's French Open is climbing nearly 10 percent to $72.1 million, tournament organizers announced on Thursday. The men's and women's champions for the May 24-June 7 clay-court grand slam at Roland Garros will each pocket $3.25 million, with the runners-up in Paris each taking home $1.6 million. Losers of first-round matches will ear