Prize Money Bonanza in World Tour
The New Year brings happy tidings for players on BWF’s new-look World Tour, with significant increase in prize money across all levels of tournaments.
· DEV SUKUMAR
Levels 1 and 2 have seen a record-shattering increase of prize money. The season-ending World Tour Finals 2018 (Level 1) will have US$1.5 million up for grabs, with singles winners standing to take home eight percent of the total prize money – or US$120,000 - each and doubles winners US$126,000 (8.40 percent). Runners-up in both singles and doubles will make US$60,000.
It is not just the winners and runners-up who will be striking it rich – even the fourth-placed players and pairs of the respective groups will return home will substantial purses. Fourth-placed singles players will make US$9,000 each and doubles pairs US$10,500 each.
For Levels 2 and 3, singles and doubles winners will be rewarded 7 percent and 7.40 percent of the total prize purse respectively.