The end of May heralds the start of the second major tennis tournament of the season as the French Open gets under way at Roland Garros.
Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray in the final last year to win his first ever French Open title, netting €2 million in prize money in the process.
This year’s prize pool across the whole tournament has increased from €32 million last year to €36 million.
According to Telegraph Sport, that's an increase of 12.5 per cent over the total purse for 2016.
Both the men’s and women’s winners will earn €2.1 million (£1.8 million, $2.3 million) apiece. For the full purse and prize money breakdown:
French Open 2017 prize money
Stage      Men's      Women's
Winner      €2.1m      €2.1m
Runner-up      €1m      €1m
Semi-final      € 500,000      € 500,000
Quarter-final  € 300,000      € 300,000
4th round      € 175,000      € 175,000
3rd round      € 120,000      € 120,000
2nd round     € 60,000       € 60,000
1st round      € 35,000      € 35,000
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Source: The Financial Express