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US Open prize fund bucks downturn
The winners of this year's US Open men's and women's singles titles will each receive a record £992,000 ($1.6m) - nearly 6% up on 2008.
Total prize money will be a record £13m ($21.6m), the third straight year the purse has seen a million-dollar rise.
The top three men and women in the US Open Series can also earn up to an extra £1.6m in bonus payments.
The series of 10 tournaments culminates with the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York from 31 August-13 September.
The bonus money, which encourages players to enter the designated events, has resulted in the largest paydays in tennis history.
Roger Federer won a combined £1.4m in 2007 and Kim Clijsters won £1.3m in 2005.
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