Indian Wells boosts top prize to $1m

Next year’s Indian Wells tournament will be the first combined ATP and WTA event to offer a top prize of $1 million to its men and women’s singles winners, officials said. Steve Simon, tournament director of the tennis event in the California desert,...

Next year’s Indian Wells tournament will be the first combined ATP and WTA event to offer a top prize of $1 million to its men and women’s singles winners, officials said.

Steve Simon, tournament director of the tennis event in the California desert, said the hardcourt tournament which runs from March 5-18 will boost its total prize money to $11 million with increases for all rounds.

Simon called the landmark money offering “a testament to the growth and success of the event for more than 35 years”.

Only three years ago, the event gave men and women equal prize money and the total purse has nearly doubled from the $5.83 million on offer in 2008.

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