US Open singles champ to get record $2.88m

The 2013 US Open singles champions will earn $A2.88m for a win at this year's tournament.

Andy Murray Triumphs at Wimbledon:It was a long time between drinks for the British public at the All England Club. The pressure was enormous, the expectation almost crushing, but that made mde the victory of Andy Murray all the more special. The first British male in seventy seven years to reign supreme, donned in all white of course.

The 2013 US Open singles champions will earn a record $US2.6 million ($A2.88 million) apiece this year.

A player who loses in the first round of singles at Flushing Meadows will make $US32,000 ($A35,473), a jump of 39 percent from last year's $US23,000. ($A25,496)

Players who exit in the second round will get $US53,000 ($A58,752), a rise of 43 percent.

Last year's singles champions, Serena Williams and Andy Murray, won $US1.9 million ($A2.11 million) each.

The total payout, including per diems for players, will be $US34.3 million ($A38.02 million), up from $US25.5 million ($A28.27 million) in 2012.

Play starts at the US Open on August 26.