The price of tickets for the US Open has had a vertical increase in the last days and this Friday, ten days before the start of the tournament, the cheapest ticket to attend the finals on September 11 costs more than $360.
The best seats at the Arthur Ashe for the day of the men’s and women’s finals cost more than 4 thousand dollarstaxes excluded, and confirm the great expectation to attend this year’s tournament.
One of the factors that contributed to the increased demand for tickets to the US Open was the recent announcement of retirement of the American Serena Williamswho suggested in a letter published by Vogue magazine that he will leave tennis after this tournament.
Her announcement, which arrived on August 9, has turned her last matches into an opportunity for the American public to show the champion of 23 Major all your love and thanks.
It was already seen this week in Cincinnati, where she was champion in 2014 and 2015, when Serena received a long ovation after losing in the first round against the British Emma Raducanu.
Getting a seat at Arthur Ashe, the center court of the US Open, in the first round costs at least $109 on the official Ticketmaster ticket sales platform.
Tickets for the women’s final, scheduled for September 11, are currently priced an average of 1,289 thousand dollars and increased vertically in recent days, according to data from the “CNBC” network.
The 2022 edition of the US Open will be particularly rich also in terms of prizes for players.
The United States Tennis Federation (USTA) reported that it will distribute more than $60 million in prize money for the first time in its history, with an increase of 2.5 million dollars compared to last year.
The tournament champions in the men’s and women’s categories will win $2.6 million each, while the finalists will take home 1.3 million dollars.
However, the most significant increase is registered in the prizes of the first rounds, which will be 80 thousand dollars for the first for the main draw and 121 thousand for the second.
These numbers improve respectively 85 percent and 57 percent the prizes that were distributed in 2016, according to data provided by the USTA.
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