Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros - Taro Daniel of Japan vs Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland - Paris, France - 25/05/16. Stan Wawrinka serves the ball. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - French Open organisers have increased the grand slam tournament's prize money by 12 percent to 36 million euros (30.70 million pounds) while narrowing the gap between the earnings of the winners and the first-round losers.
The winners will pocket 2.1 million euros each, a 100,000-euro increase from 2016, with first-round losers earning 35,000 euros, tournament director Guy Forget told a news conference on Wednesday.
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