The prize money for the French Open tennis tournament has been increased to over €28 million (£20.2m), the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has announced.
This is an increase of €3m from the previous year.
That is 150,000 euros more than last year's champions Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova earned and an overall increase of three million euros.
The biggest increases have come for those losing in the early rounds.
Players beaten in the second and third rounds, and the quarter-finals, will win 20% more prize money than in 2014.
The French Open remains the least financially rewarding of the grand slams to the players.
Singles champions at this year's Australian Open received £1.56m while at Wimbledon last year it was £1.7m. Last year's US Open offered £2.03 million for singles champions.
The French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, starts at Roland Garros in Paris on 19 May.
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