ATP 500 + WTA 1000 Beijing
China Open Prize Money 2026: The Beijing Breakdown Per Round, Both Tours
One autumn fortnight in Beijing, two very different purses. The men play an ATP 500 in the first week; the women play a two-week WTA 1000 worth more than twice as much. Here is what every round paid in 2026, how the money has moved since the event came back, and who has won it.
- Women 2026
- $9.42M$9,415,725, WTA 1000, champion $1,151,380
- Men 2026
- $4.09M$4,089,385, ATP 500, champion $764,750
- Next edition
- 2027ATP September 29 - October 5, 2027
Next edition
When is the next China Open?
In shortThe next edition, with dates from the tours' published calendar and a file for your own calendar app.
The next China Open
WTAWTA 1000
In 329 days
September 27 to October 10, 2027
Beijing, China
Add to calendarATPATP 500
In 331 days
September 29 to October 5, 2027
Beijing, China
Add to calendar
Dates are the tours' published calendar, checked every week. See the full season calendar.
Prize money per round
China Open prize money breakdown per round
In shortThe 2026 women's champion in Beijing took $1,151,380 and the men's champion $764,750. A first-round loser earned $24,335 in the women's draw and $31,895 in the men's.
China Open prize money is paid in US dollars, per player, for the furthest round reached. Lose in the quarterfinals and you receive the quarterfinal amount, not the sum of every round before it. The women's 96-player draw has eight rounds, and the 32 seeds skip the first one, so the first-round line is earned only by unseeded players, qualifiers and wild cards. The men's draw of 32 has six rounds.
China Open prize money per round
Singles, per player, 2026 edition, in USD. Bars follow the WTA figures
| Round reached | Share of the champion's cheque | WTA | ATP | WTA / ATP pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | $1,151,380 | $764,750 | 1,000 / 500 | |
| Runner-up | $612,340 | $411,480 | 650 / 330 | |
| Semifinal | $340,190 | $219,925 | 390 / 200 | |
| Quarterfinal | $193,645 | $112,035 | 215 / 100 | |
| Round of 16 | $105,720 | $59,805 | 120 / 50 | |
| Round of 32 | $61,865 | $31,895 | 65 / 0 | |
| Round of 64 | $36,110 | - | 35 / - | |
| First round | $24,335 | - | 10 / - |
A dash in the men's column means the round does not exist in a 32-player draw. Read across the rows that do exist and the gap is wide. The women's champion earns roughly one and a half times the men's, and a women's quarterfinalist, at $193,645, earns more than a men's semifinalist. The tiers explain it, a 1000-level event against a 500-level one, and say nothing about who deserves what.
Prize money by year
China Open prize money by year
In shortThe women's total rose from $7,639,890 in 2019 to $9,415,725 in 2026. The men's prize money went from $3,633,875 in 2023 to $4,089,385.
Beijing women's purse by year, US dollars
| Year | WTA total (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $7,639,890 |
| 2024 | $8,955,619 |
| 2025 | $8,963,700 |
| 2026 | $9,415,725 |
WTA figures as listed on each edition's official WTA page. The tournament was not held from 2020 to 2022, so the chart jumps from 2019 to 2024; the 2023 total is left out because the WTA page for that year gives no comparable figure.
The purse in context
Compared with the 35 event rows in the prize-money ledger, by total purse in US dollars.
- WTAWTA 1000, 2026
- $9,415,725Total purse
- No. 14Of 35 events by purse
- +5.0%Against the year before
- 12.2%Champion's share of the purse
Each row of the ledger is one tour's edition, so a combined event appears once per tour. See the full ledger.
The chart has a hole in the middle because the tournament did. After 2019 the event disappeared from the calendar for three seasons, and when it came back in 2023 the purse picked up roughly where the pre-pandemic one would have been heading. Between 2024 and 2025 the women's total barely moved, by about $8,000; the step to $9,415,725 in 2026 was the larger one.
The men's side is shorter on official history. The ATP lists $3,633,875 in total prize money for 2023 and $4,089,385 for 2026, a rise of about 12 percent in three editions. The champion's cheque moved from $679,550 in 2023 to $764,750.
Two tiers in one city
Why the China Open purses differ so much
In shortBeijing hosts two separate events: a WTA 1000 for the women and an ATP 500 for the men. The women's event matches the men's Masters 1000 in Shanghai almost to the dollar.
Here is the detail that surprises most readers. In 2026 the women's per-round amounts in Beijing were the same as the men's amounts at the Shanghai Masters the following week, from the champion's $1,151,380 down to the round of 64. Only the first-round figure differed, and only by a few hundred dollars. For China Open prize money, then, the useful comparison is tier against tier, not men against women in Beijing.
For the men, Beijing is one of the strongest 500s of the season, and it often draws top-ten players who are in Asia for Shanghai anyway. The catch is the ranking points, since a 500 title is worth half of a Masters and a first-round loss earns nothing. For the women, Beijing opens a run of two WTA 1000 events in China, with Wuhan straight after it, so the late-season race to the WTA Finals often turns on these three weeks. The men have a choice in the same week, because the ATP calendar also lists the Japan Open in Tokyo, another 500.
Dates and venue
China Open dates and venue
In shortThe 2026 men's event ran September 30 - October 6, 2026 and the women's September 30 - October 11, 2026. Both are played on outdoor hard courts at the National Tennis Center in Beijing.
- Category
- ATP 500 and WTA 1000
- Men 2026
- September 30 - October 6, 2026, 32-player draw
- Women 2026
- September 30 - October 11, 2026, 96-player draw
- Next edition
- ATP September 29 - October 5, 2027; WTA September 27 to October 10, 2027
- Venue
- National Tennis Center, Beijing
- Surface
- Outdoor hard
The two tours share one site but not one schedule. The men's week sits inside the women's fortnight, so for the first days the grounds carry both draws at once. Crowds in 2026 reached more than 450,000 across the event, a record according to Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, helped by a home women's final for the first time.
In the season the China Open sits between the US Open hard-court swing and the indoor events in Europe. The tennis calendar shows the exact weeks, and the Korea Open in Seoul runs the week before for women who start their Asian swing early.
History
A short history of the China Open
In shortThe men's event dates to 1993, the women's to 2004. The tournament was not held from 2020 to 2022 and returned in 2023.
- 1993
The men's event begins
The ATP lists Beijing as an ATP event since 1993.
- 2004
A women's draw arrives
The WTA event starts, with Serena Williams as its first champion.
- 2020 to 2022
Three missing years
No tournament is held during the pandemic seasons.
- 2023
The return
Both tours come back to the National Tennis Center; Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek win.
- 2026
A first home champion
Zheng Qinwen, a wild card, wins the women's title.
Champions
Recent China Open champions
In shortZheng Qinwen and Novak Djokovic won in 2026. Djokovic holds the men's record with 7 titles.
Most titles in the data
Counted from the verified finals 2018 to 2026; earlier editions are not in this count.
2titles
Jannik Sinner
2023, 2025
China Open singles finals
Champion first, runner-up and score under the name.
Men
Women
Djokovic's record in Beijing is one of the oddest streaks in the sport, with six titles between 2009 and 2015, a long absence, then a seventh title on his return in 2026, when Alex de Minaur retired after the first set of the final. He is unbeaten in 34 matches at the event. Rafael Nadal is the youngest men's champion, at 19 in 2005, and Nikoloz Basilashvili, ranked No. 34 in 2018, the lowest-ranked. On the women's side Zheng's title ended a long wait, since no Chinese woman had won the singles before.
How to watch
How to watch the China Open in the US
In shortTennis Channel is the exclusive US home of WTA events played outside the United States, Beijing included. Tennis TV streams the ATP matches.
- Women
- Tennis Channel and its streaming service carry the WTA 1000 under the WTA's US media deal, which runs through 2032.
- Men
- Tennis TV, the ATP's subscription service, streams the ATP 500 matches live and on demand.
- Time zone
- Beijing is 12 hours ahead of New York in early October, so the evening session lands in the US morning.
To see how Beijing compares with every other big event, open the tennis prize money ledger, or go back to the tournaments guide for the full tier system.
FAQ
China Open prize money: questions and answers
In shortShort answers on the Beijing purse, the breakdown per round and the tournament, taken from the official figures on this page.
How much prize money does the China Open winner get?
In 2026 the women's champion received $1,151,380 and 1,000 ranking points. The men's champion received $764,750 and 500 points, because the men's event is an ATP 500.
What is the China Open prize money breakdown per round?
Women (2026): champion $1,151,380, runner-up $612,340, semifinal $340,190, quarterfinal $193,645, round of 16 $105,720, round of 32 $61,865, round of 64 $36,110, first round $24,335. Men: champion $764,750, runner-up $411,480, semifinal $219,925, quarterfinal $112,035, round of 16 $59,805, first round $31,895.
What is the total China Open prize money?
$9,415,725 for the women's event and $4,089,385 for the men's in 2026, both in US dollars and including doubles.
Why is China Open prize money higher for women than for men?
Because the two events sit in different tiers. The women's draw is a WTA 1000 with 96 players over two weeks; the men's is a 32-player ATP 500 over one week. The gap comes from the category.
How many ranking points does the China Open champion get?
The WTA champion earns 1,000 points and the ATP champion 500. A men's first-round loser earns no points at all, while a women's first-round loser earns 10.
Where is the China Open played?
At the National Tennis Center in Beijing, on outdoor hard courts. Both tours use the same site, with the men's event inside the first week of the women's.
When is the China Open?
The 2026 men's event ran September 30 - October 6, 2026 and the women's September 30 - October 11, 2026. For 2027 the ATP calendar lists September 29 - October 5, 2027 and the WTA calendar September 27 to October 10, 2027.
Who has won the China Open the most?
Novak Djokovic, with 7 men's titles after his 2026 win, which stretched his unbeaten run at the event to 34 matches.
Was the China Open cancelled?
Yes. The tournament was not held from 2020 to 2022 and returned in 2023.
Do tennis players pay tax on China Open prize money?
Prize money is paid gross, and players are generally taxed both where they earn it and in their home country, so the figures on this page are before tax and before coaching and travel costs.