FA Cup fourth round: How much is winning worth? How its prize money compares to the Champions League and Premier League January 30, 2016 In football's modern landscape of multi-billion pound TV deals, prawn sandwiches and sponsored stadiums it's often taken as a given that cold hard cash rules all. Yet if there's one counter point to that cynicism it's surely the FA Cup, which remains one of English football's most prized assets despite a relatively paltry economic reward for [...]
Australian Open 2016: How much has Jamie Murray made in prize money from his doubles career? January 29, 2016 Andy Murray and Johanna Konta have dominated British-themed headlines from the Australian Open this week – but Jamie Murray has been equally impressive in reaching a third consecutive grand slam final. Jamie Murray and Brazilian partner Bruno Soares comfortably won their semi-final in straight sets and will now face Canadian-Czech pairing Daniel Nestor and Radek [...]
Johanna Konta earnings: Australian Open prize money doubles career total in six months and past $1m mark January 27, 2016 British tennis sensation Jo Konta has increased her career earnings by more than 50 per cent after beating China's Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-1 in the Australian Open quarter-final. The win earns Konta the biggest payday of her career, and the $563,240 prize money she has banked for reaching the semi-finals of a grand slam – the [...]
Australian Open 2016 prize money: £2m earnings boost on offer for ATP Tour competitors January 16, 2016 The tennis season's first big payday arrives at the Australian Open next week – and more money is on offer in Melbourne than ever before. This year's men and women's singles winners will earn the major tournament's biggest ever reward of AUS$3.4m (£1.7m) after it increased its prize money pool by AUS$4m to AUS$44m. Should world [...]
Euro 2016 prize money: Eventual winners could earn £18m from Uefa December 12, 2015 The winners of next year's Euro 2016 tournament could earn over £18m after Uefa decided to increase the amount of cash it allocates for prize money. A perfect Championship-winning tournament, featuring three victories in the group stage, would be worth the equivalent of £18.1m. Meanwhile a disastrous campaign with no wins and no draws would still see a team make [...]
Kyle Edmund wins $250,000 and doubles his season’s prize money in the space of three hours December 6, 2015 British youngster Kyle Edmund’s landmark week culminated in lucrative fashion on Saturday night when he more than doubled his 2015 earnings with victory at the inaugural Tie Break Tens event in London. The 20-year-old, part of Great Britain’s historic Davis Cup triumph in Belgium just six days earlier, beat team-mate Andy Murray in the final [...]
Rory McIlroy bags Race To Dubai and DP World Tour Championship double to take 2015 prize money past £7m November 22, 2015 World No3 Rory McIlroy saluted his happy knack of rising to the occasion after he won the season-ending DP World Tour Championship yesterday to clinch his third Race To Dubai title in four years. McIlroy had to overhaul Andy Sullivan on the back nine to claim his second victory at the tournament, carding a 66 [...]
Andy Murray finishes 2015 ATP Tour season with the highest prize money earnings and most wins of his career to date November 21, 2015 Andy Murray once again suffered an early exit from the ATP World Tour Finals last night, a competition in which he has struggled to turn home advantage into success. A 7-6, 6-4 to Stan Wawrinka, on the back of another straight sets defeat to Rafael Nadal, ended Murray's chances of winning the ATP's curtain call [...]
Race to Dubai prize money: Rory McIlroy will take 2015 earnings to £7.8m with win at DP World Tour Championships November 18, 2015 If Rory McIlroy triumphs at the DP World Tour Championships in Dubai this weekend he will not only earn £980,000 in prize money but also an additional £1.2m bonus for winning the the Race to Dubai, the European Tour's order of merit. The world No3 is currently in pole position to top the Tour's money [...]
ATP World Tour Finals 2015 prize money: £1.5m earnings boost on offer for Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and others at O2 Arena November 13, 2015 Up to £1.5m in prize money is on offer for the eight best mens' tennis players at the ATP World Tour Finals at this year. The ATP Tour's curtain call event in London is the most lucrative of the year outside the four Grand Slams with a $2.28m (£1.5m) cash prize awarded to an undefeated [...]