WTA 1000 + ATP 500 Dubai, late February
Dubai Tennis Championships Prize Money 2026: Breakdown Per Round, by Year and for Both Tours
Two back-to-back weeks in the Gulf, with the women playing a WTA 1000 first and the men then taking over for an ATP 500 on the same courts. Here is what every round pays on both tours, how the purse has grown, and who has lifted the trophy.
- WTA champion, 2026
- $665,000plus 1,000 ranking points
- ATP champion, 2026
- $619,160plus 500 ranking points
- Next edition
- Feb 15WTA February 15 to 21, 2027; ATP February 22 to 27, 2027
Next edition
When is the next Dubai Tennis Championships?
In shortThe next edition, with dates from the tours' published calendar and a file for your own calendar app.
The next Dubai Tennis Championships
WTAWTA 1000
In 105 days
February 15 to February 21, 2027
Dubai, UAE
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In 112 days
February 22 to February 27, 2027
Dubai, UAE
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Dates are the tours' published calendar, checked every week. See the full season calendar.
Prize money per round
Dubai Tennis Championships prize money breakdown per round
In shortThe 2026 WTA 1000 paid $4,088,211 in total and $665,000 to its champion. The ATP 500 a week later paid $3,311,005, with $619,160 for the men's champion.
Dubai Tennis Championships prize money is paid in US dollars, per player, for the furthest round reached. A quarterfinalist collects the quarterfinal amount and nothing on top for the rounds she or he won on the way. The ladder below sets the two singles draws of the 2026 edition side by side, with the ranking points that go with each round.
Dubai prize money per round, both tours
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 | $665,000 | $619,160 | 1,000 / 500 | |
| Runner-up | $385,001 | $333,160 | 650 / 330 | |
| Semifinal | $197,000 | $177,555 | 390 / 200 | |
| Quarterfinal | $98,500 | $90,710 | 215 / 100 | |
| Round of 16 | $49,250 | $48,420 | 120 / 50 | |
| Round of 32 | $26,000 | $25,825 | 65 / 0 | |
| First round | $18,300 | - | 10 / - |
Sources: WTA tournament preview for the women's event and the ATP prize money release for the men's. The women's first round is the round of 56; the top eight seeds start with a bye.
The columns do not line up row for row. The women's event has 56 players and seven rounds, the men's 32 players and six. A WTA player who loses her opening match still took $18,300; an ATP player beaten in the first round took $25,825. At the top, the gap is smaller than the category difference suggests, at $665,000 against $619,160.
Points follow the category. The women's champion banks 1,000 ranking points, the same as at Indian Wells or Rome, while the men's champion earns 500. For a player outside the top 20, a semifinal in the women's week (390 points) can be worth more to her ranking than a small title elsewhere.
Two tours, two weeks
Why the women's Dubai purse is bigger than the men's
In shortThe women play a WTA 1000 and the men an ATP 500. In 2026 that put $4,088,211 on the women's side and $3,311,005 on the men's.
Dubai is one of the few places on the calendar where the women's purse is clearly the larger one. The difference reflects category, not equal pay. The WTA ranks its events as 1000, 500 and 250, and Dubai sits in the top tier with a 56-player draw and a full week of play. The men's tournament is a 500, the middle tier, with a 32-player draw.
The two events have also traded places over the years. The WTA describes Dubai as a tournament that used to alternate between 500 and 1000 status with Doha, which hosts the week before; since 2023 Dubai has stayed a 1000, and since 2025 Doha has been one too. Players who go deep in both weeks can leave the Gulf with two 1000-level results before the North American spring swing starts.
The men's 500 is no small event either. Its $3,311,005 purse is among the larger ones in its category, and the field usually includes several top-ten players fresh from the Middle East and Latin American weeks. Our Qatar Open guide covers the week before in Doha, where the same structure applies.
Purse by year
Dubai Tennis Championships prize money by year
In shortThe women's purse rose from $3,211,715 in 2024 to $4,088,211 in 2026. The men's total went from $2,941,785 to $3,311,005 over the same three editions.
Dubai total purse by year, in US dollars
WTAATP| Year | WTA total (USD) | ATP total (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,211,715 | $2,941,785 |
| 2025 | $3,654,963 | $3,237,670 |
| 2026 | $4,088,211 | $3,311,005 |
WTA: total prize money from the WTA's tournament preview notes for each year. ATP: prize money from the ATP's release for each edition. Only years confirmed in those documents appear.
The purse in context
Compared with the 35 event rows in the prize-money ledger, by total purse in US dollars.
- WTAWTA 1000, 2026
- $4,088,211Total purse
- No. 23Of 35 events by purse
- +11.9%Against the year before
- 16.3%Champion's share of the purse
- ATPATP 500, 2026
- $3,311,005Total purse
- No. 26Of 35 events by purse
- +2.3%Against the year before
- 18.7%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 women's total grew faster. From $3,211,715 in 2024 it climbed to $3,654,963 in 2025 and $4,088,211 in 2026, an increase of about 27 percent in two years. The champion's cheque moved with it, from $523,485 to $665,000. Doha, the WTA 1000 a week earlier, paid exactly the same totals in 2025 and 2026, so the two Gulf events move in step.
The men's purse rose in smaller steps: $2,941,785 in 2024, $3,237,670 in 2025 and $3,311,005 in 2026. The men's champion earned $550,140 two years ago and $619,160 now. For a full comparison with the other big events of the season, see our tennis prize money ledger.
Dates and venue
Dubai Tennis Championships dates and venue
In shortThe tournament is played in late February at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre, on outdoor hard courts. The next women's event runs February 15 to 21, 2027, the men's February 22 to 27, 2027.
Both weeks share one stadium, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium inside the Aviation Club Tennis Centre. The 2026 women's event ran February 15 - 21, 2026; the men followed February 23 - 28, 2026. The ATP's tournament page dates the men's event to 1993, and the women's tournament was added in 2001.
The order of the weeks shapes each trip. The women arrive straight from Doha, so the two WTA 1000s form a back-to-back swing; the men come from Doha, Rotterdam or the South American clay and leave for Indian Wells in early March. Sessions start in the afternoon and run into the evening, when the desert air cools and the stadium fills.
- Category
- WTA 1000 (women) and ATP 500 (men)
- Draws
- 56 singles players (women), 32 (men)
- Surface
- Outdoor hard
- Venue
- Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai
Champions and records
Recent Dubai champions and tournament records
In shortJessica Pegula and Daniil Medvedev won in 2026. Roger Federer holds the men's record with 8 titles.
Most titles in the data
Counted from the verified finals 2021 to 2026; earlier editions are not in this count.
2titles
Daniil Medvedev
2023, 2026
Dubai Tennis Championships singles finals
Champion first, runner-up and score under the name.
Men
Women
The 2026 men's final never happened. Tallon Griekspoor injured his left hamstring in the semifinal against Andrey Rublev and was ruled unfit after scans, so Daniil Medvedev took the title by walkover. The ATP noted it was the first time Medvedev had won the same tournament twice, having also won Dubai in 2023. In the women's final, Jessica Pegula beat Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4 for her fourth WTA 1000 title.
The women's list is a who's who of the last decade. Mirra Andreeva won in 2025 at 17, which the WTA records as the youngest WTA 1000 champion ever; Jasmine Paolini and Barbora Krejcikova won the two years before. On the men's side, Aslan Karatsev's 2021 title and Ugo Humbert's win over Alexander Bublik in 2024 show how open the ATP 500 can be.
Most titles and wins
Singles titles
- 1
- 2
Match wins
- 1
Oldest and youngest champions
Oldest
- 1
Youngest
- 1
Source: ATP Tour tournament records, as of the 2026 edition.
How to watch
How to watch the Dubai Tennis Championships in the US
In shortTennis TV streams the ATP matches. Tennis Channel holds the US rights to the WTA Tour from 2026 to 2032, which covers the women's event in Dubai.
- Men's event
- Tennis TV, the ATP's subscription service, streams every ATP 500 match live and on demand.
- Women's event
- Tennis Channel and its streaming service carry WTA events played outside the US under a deal that runs through 2032.
- Time zone
- Dubai is nine hours ahead of New York in February, so the evening session starts around late morning on the East Coast.
For where the two Dubai weeks sit in the season, see the tennis calendar, or compare them with the other big events in our guide to the tour's tournaments.
FAQ
Dubai Tennis Championships prize money: questions and answers
In shortShort answers on the Dubai purse, the payouts per round and the tournament itself, taken from the tables on this page.
How much prize money does the Dubai Tennis Championships winner get?
In 2026 the women's singles champion received $665,000 and 1,000 ranking points; the men's champion received $619,160 and 500 points. Both figures are per player, before tax, in US dollars.
What is the Dubai Tennis Championships prize money breakdown per round?
WTA 1000 in 2026: champion $665,000, runner-up $385,001, semifinal $197,000, quarterfinal $98,500, round of 16 $49,250, round of 32 $26,000, first round $18,300. ATP 500: champion $619,160, runner-up $333,160, semifinal $177,555, quarterfinal $90,710, round of 16 $48,420, first round $25,825.
What is the total prize money in Dubai?
The 2026 WTA 1000 offered $4,088,211 and the ATP 500 $3,311,005, according to the WTA and ATP releases. Both totals include doubles and qualifying.
Why do women earn more than men in Dubai?
Because the two events sit in different categories. The women's tournament is a WTA 1000 with a 56-player draw; the men's is an ATP 500 with 32 players. The bigger category carries more prize money and more ranking points.
Is Dubai a WTA 1000 or a WTA 500?
It is a WTA 1000. The WTA says Dubai used to alternate between WTA 500 and WTA 1000 status with Doha but has stayed a WTA 1000 since 2023.
When is the Dubai Tennis Championships?
In late February. The next women's event runs February 15 to 21, 2027 and the men's event follows February 22 to 27, 2027, per the WTA and ATP calendars.
Where is the Dubai Tennis Championships played?
At the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in the Aviation Club Tennis Centre, on outdoor hard courts.
Who won the Dubai Tennis Championships in 2026?
Jessica Pegula won the women's title, beating Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4. Daniil Medvedev won the men's title when Tallon Griekspoor withdrew from the final with a hamstring injury.
Who has won the most titles in Dubai?
Roger Federer, with 8 men's titles and 53 match wins, both tournament records per the ATP.