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The 2024 Swiss Indoors Basel is set to run from October 21-27, with several ttop stars scheduled to compete at the popular tournament.
An ATP 500 event, the Basel Open was won by Roger Federer on a record 10 occasions. With the Swiss Maestro hanging up his racket, a new slew of stars are hoping to make their mark at the event.
This season sees Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud lead the way in terms of the field alongside Ben Shelton. Felix Auger-Aliassime won't defend his title due to humanitarian work. He won the last two editions beating Hubert Hurkacz last year. Roger Federer used to dominate this tournament winning it ten times.
Novak Djokovic, John McEnroe, Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic have also won it so whoever does comes from good stock. It has gone up in terms of prize money this year too.
The Basel Open will offer a stunning €2, 385,100 in total prize money, with the winner taking home €466,045 as well as 500 crucial ranking points. Below is the full breakdown.
Points | Prize Money | |
Winner | 500 points | €446,045 |
Finalist | 330 points | €239,990 |
Semi-finalists | 200 points | €127,900 |
Quarter-finalists | 100 points | €65,345 |
2nd round | 50 points | €34,880 |
1st round | 0 points | €18,605 |
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