French Open 2017 prize money: how much will Roland Garros winners earn?
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 €32m last year to €36m.
Full prize money breakdown
Which players are favourites to win the pot?
Men
Rafa Nadal has been in imperious form in the lead-up to Roland Garros and has begun to revive aura of invincibility that he once held playing on clay. The world No. 4 has dominated the clay season so far this year, winning three of the four major ATP tournaments on his favourite surface, including a record-breaking 10th title at Monte Carlo.
Although injuries have meant that the World No4 has been without a Grand Slam win since his victory in Paris three years ago, Nadal the clay season so far this year, winning three of the four major ATP tournaments on his favourite surface, including a record-breaking 10th title at Monte Carlo.
Although the Spaniard can expect a harder draw than rivals Murray and Djokovic, their recent struggles, combined with Nadal's return to form, have seen the nine-times French Open Champion emerge as the clear favourite to triumph in Paris and to earn his long-awaited 'Decima'.
Novak Djokovic returns to Roland Garros this year as defending Champion after ending his long wait for a French Open title by defeating Andy Murray in last year's final. Although he is certainly one of the favourites to take the trophy this season, the Serbian player has not been in the best of form in recent times, not winning a tournament since January.
His performances on clay so far this season have also not offered much comfort for the 12-time Grand Slam winner. In his three previous clay-court appearances this year, Djokovic has reached just one final, where he was defeated in straight sets by Alexander Zverev.
Although much of the attention in the Men's competition will be focused on the veterans, many people are expecting the greatest challenge to Nadal to come from one of Dominic Thiem or Alexander Zverev.
After making to the semi-finals of last year's competition, Austrian Thiem is currently ranked seventh in the world and has enjoyed a solid clay season so far, reaching the finals in both Madrid and Barcelona, only to be defeated by Nadal. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Zverev has rapidly moved up the world rankings this year, and victory in Rome has seen the German enter the French Open as a top ten player.
Women
Like Nadal in the men's competition, Simona Halep will - if fit enough to compete - enter this year's French open as the clear favourite in the women's half of the tournament, with the Romanian looking to capitalise on the absence of three-time champion Serena Williams.
But as it stands she is only rated 50/50 to start. Currently ranked 4th in the world, the 2014 finalist has excelled on the clay circuit this year, winning in Madrid and making the final at last week's Rome Open, only to lose to Elina Svetolina in three sets. The 22-year-old Ukranian's form ahead of the year's second Grand Slam has also seen her emerge as a favourite for the trophy.
Despite suffering from a string of inconsistent displays, defending champion Garbine Muguruza is still considered as one of the front runners in this year's competition.
The 23-year-old's victory over Serena Williams in last year's final secured her first Grand Slam after she lost to the American in the Wimbledon final the year before. Since then Murguruza has struggled to find consistency. Although the Spaniard reached the semi-final of the Rome Open, she has failed to make it past the Round of 16 in any of the other clay tournaments this year.
