THE Wash Cup It has become one of the most iconic tournaments on the current tennis scene, thanks to the mix of camaraderie and individual competition between two teams, Europe and the Rest of the worldwho participate each year in an official tournament and, although they do not distribute points ATPmanages to have big stars in its cast. Carlos Alcaraz He was the most outstanding tennis player of the edition of 2024as a guide and hero of the European team towards a title that also brings a lot of money to the champions.
Alcaraz won eight of the 13 points of the European team in the Wash Cup 2024 and was the architect of the decisive point against Taylor Fritzin a match he won by 6-2, 7-5 to give his team the last three points. With Carlos’ victory, the European team completed its comeback against Rest of the world and regained the title of Wash Cupwho in 2022 and 2023 went to his big rival.
One of the main doubts regarding Wash Cup These are the benefits for its participants, and although the money generated by the tournament is relevant, we are not talking about a competition that stands out for the awarding of excessive prizes, but rather that values teamwork within a unique competition in men’s tennis. which now reaches its seventh edition, always in the format of duels between Europe and the Rest of the world.
He prize money total of Wash Cup Looking ahead to the 2024 edition, it is $2.25 milliona little over two million euros. Knowing that this is a call for six tennis players for the team of Europechampion since last Sunday, and six others for that of Rest of the world, The resulting money after the prize money distribution is not too much, compared to other major tournaments.
The Laver Cup doesn’t stand out for money
Europe, champion of Wash Cup 2024distributes to each of the six tennis players in its squad an amount of $250,000in a fair division in which variables such as the number of wins or points each tennis player has won do not enter. Therefore, Carlos Alcarazbig star of the European team with eight points and three victories during the competition weekend at Berlinhe gets the same result as his five other teammates, Dimitrov, Zverev, Medvedev, Tstitsipas and Ruud.
For its part, the team of Rest of the worldformed by Tiafoe, Shelton, Cerundolo, Tabilo, Fritz and Kokkinakispockets $125,000 per tennis player, half of the champion’s prize money, which has already been agreed by the organizer and which allows to add some money to the world team, despite the defeat against the team of Europe. The total amount broken down does not even take into account the captains of each team, in this edition John McEnroe (Rest of the World) and Bjorn Borg (Europe) nor the replacements, of which only Europe had in 2024 with Jan-Lennard Struff and Flavio Cobolli.
