ATP Masters 1000 + WTA 1000 May 6 - 17, 2026

Italian Open Prize Money 2026: The Internazionali BNL d'Italia Breakdown Per Round

Rome's clay fortnight at the Foro Italico, the last big stop before Roland Garros. In 2026 the women's champion was paid more than the men's for the first time, and the WTA announced that the totals become equal from 2027. Here is what every round paid, and how fast the women's purse has grown.

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Women's champion: €1.06M€1,055,285, Elina Svitolina, 2026
Men's champion: €1.01M€1,007,165, Jannik Sinner, 2026
Men 2026: €8.24M€8,235,540, total prize money, ATP

Next edition

When is the next Italian Open?

In shortThe next edition, with dates from the tours' published calendar and a file for your own calendar app.

The next Italian Open

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In 184 days
May 5 to May 16, 2027
Rome, Italy
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Dates are the tours' published calendar, checked every week. See the full season calendar.

Prize money per round

Italian Open prize money breakdown per round

In shortIn 2026 the women's champion took €1,055,285 and the men's €1,007,165. A first-round loser earned €21,285 in the men's draw and €15,815 in the women's.

Italian Open prize money is paid in euros, per player, for the last round reached. Both singles draws have 96 players and eight rounds, with the 32 seeds starting in the second round. The two tours set their own tables, so the columns below differ round by round, and that difference is the story of Rome's prize money this year.

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Italian Open prize money per round

Singles, per player, 2026 edition, in EUR. Bars follow the ATP figures

Round reached	ATP	WTA	ATP / WTA pts
Champion	€1,007,165	€1,055,285	1,000 / 1,000
Runner-up	€535,585	€549,335	650 / 650
Semifinal	€297,550	€289,115	400 / 390
Quarterfinal	€169,375	€150,000	200 / 215
Round of 16	€92,470	€79,510	100 / 120
Round of 32	€54,110	€46,080	50 / 65
Round of 64	€31,585	€25,515	30 / 35
First round	€21,285	€15,815	10 / 10

Look at the top and the bottom. The women's champion earned €1,055,285 and the men's champion €1,007,165. From the semifinals down, the men's figure is higher in every round, and a men's first-round loser took €21,285 against €15,815 for a woman. The women's table is steeper at the top; the men's spreads more money into the early rounds. The men's table is also identical to the one used in Madrid two weeks earlier, down to the euro.

Equal pay in Rome

Italian Open prize money and equal pay

In shortIn 2026 the women's champion was paid more than the men's for the first time, but the totals were not equal. The WTA says Rome will pay equal total prize money from 2027.

The Rome organizers first pledged equal pay in 2023, with a target of 2025. That date passed without it. In 2026 the gap was still clear in the totals, at about $9.6 million for the men against $8.3 million for the women, according to an AP report on the WTA's announcement. On October 1, 2026 the WTA said the Italian Open would award the same total prize money to both draws from 2027.

The champion's cheque had already flipped. Elina Svitolina's €1,055,285 was the first time a women's winner in Rome out-earned the men's, as the Italian business daily Il Sole 24 Ore noted. For a fuller picture of where each event stands, our tennis prize money ledger marks which tournaments pay equally and which do not.

Prize money by year

Italian Open prize money by year

In shortThe women's total financial commitment grew from $1,835,490 in 2021 to $8,312,293 in 2026, more than four times as much. The men's prize money rose from €7,705,780 in 2023 to €8,235,540.

Rome women's purse by year, US dollars

Rome women's purse by year, US dollars
Year	WTA total (USD)
2019	$3,151,788
2020	$2,098,290
2021	$1,835,490
2022	$2,527,250
2023	$3,572,618
2024	$5,509,771
2025	$6,911,032
2026	$8,312,293

WTA total financial commitment as listed on each year's official WTA tournament page, in US dollars. 2020 was played in September after the pandemic break; 2022 was a one-week, 56-player event.

The purse in context

Compared with the 35 event rows in the prize-money ledger, by total purse in US dollars.

ATPMasters 1000, 2026
€8,235,540Total purse
No. 16Of 35 events by purse
+2.2%Against the year before
12.2%Champion's share of the purse

WTAWTA 1000, 2026
€7,228,080Total purse
No. 18Of 35 events by purse
+4.6%Against the year before
14.6%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.

No other number on this page moves like the women's line. The pandemic editions sank to $2,098,290 in 2020 and $1,835,490 in 2021. Then the WTA's move to longer, bigger combined events at the 1000 level arrived, and the commitment climbed every year, reaching $3.6 million in 2023, $5.5 million in 2024, $6.9 million in 2025 and $8,312,293 in 2026.

The men's series is steadier and in a different currency. The ATP lists €7,705,780 in prize money for 2023, €7,877,020 for 2024, €8,055,385 for 2025 and €8,235,540 for 2026. Because the WTA publishes a commitment in dollars and the ATP prize money in euros, the two lines cannot be laid on one chart without mixing measures.

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Records

Italian Open records

In shortRafael Nadal holds the men's record with 10 titles; Chris Evert the women's with 5. The tournament dates to 1930.

The home column took half a century to fill. After Adriano Panatta's win in 1976, no Italian man won Rome again until Jannik Sinner in 2026; the day before Carlos Alcaraz beat him in the 2025 final, Jasmine Paolini had ended a 40-year wait for the women. Felix Mantilla, ranked No. 47 in 2003, is still the lowest-ranked men's champion.

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Champions

Recent Italian Open champions

In shortJannik Sinner beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4, and Elina Svitolina beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2, in the 2026 finals.

Most titles in the data
Counted from the verified finals 2014 to 2026; earlier editions are not in this count.

Italian Open singles finals
Champion first, runner-up and score under the name.

Iga Swiatek's run between 2021 and 2024 is the women's high point of the recent list: three titles in four years, including a 6-0, 6-0 final against Karolina Pliskova in 2021. Elina Svitolina's 2026 win was her third in Rome and the 20th title of her career, a first for a Ukrainian player.

Dates and how to watch

Italian Open dates, venue and how to watch in the US

In shortThe 2026 men's event ran May 6 - 17, 2026 at the Foro Italico. The next edition runs May 5 - 16, 2027. In the US, Tennis Channel carries both draws.

Venue: Foro Italico, Rome. Outdoor clay.
2026 dates: Men May 6 - 17, 2026; women May 5 - 17, 2026
Next edition: May 5 - 16, 2027 (ATP calendar)
Television: Tennis Channel holds US rights to the ATP Masters 1000s and is the exclusive US home of WTA events outside the United States.
Time zone: Rome is six hours ahead of New York in May.

Rome follows the Madrid Open and leads into Roland Garros; the tennis calendar shows the full clay swing week by week.

FAQ

Italian Open prize money: questions and answers

In shortShort answers on the Rome purse, the breakdown per round, equal pay and the tournament, taken from the official figures on this page.

How much prize money does the Italian Open winner get?

In 2026 Elina Svitolina received €1,055,285 for the women's title and Jannik Sinner €1,007,165 for the men's, each with 1,000 ranking points.

What is the Italian Open prize money breakdown per round?

Women (2026): champion €1,055,285, runner-up €549,335, semifinal €289,115, quarterfinal €150,000, round of 16 €79,510, round of 32 €46,080, round of 64 €25,515, first round €15,815. Men: champion €1,007,165, runner-up €535,585, semifinal €297,550, quarterfinal €169,375, round of 16 €92,470, round of 32 €54,110, round of 64 €31,585, first round €21,285.

Does the Italian Open have equal prize money?

Not in 2026. The women's champion earned more than the men's, but the men's total and most of the early rounds were higher. The WTA announced on October 1, 2026 that Rome will pay equal total prize money from 2027.

What is the total Italian Open prize money?

The ATP lists €8,235,540 for the men's event in 2026. The WTA lists a total financial commitment of $8,312,293 for the women's, a broader measure published in US dollars.

What is the official name of the Italian Open?

Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Italian Open), after its title sponsor. It is played at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Who has won the Italian Open the most?

Rafael Nadal, with 10 men's titles and 70 match wins. Chris Evert holds the women's record with 5.

When was the last Italian champion in Rome?

Jannik Sinner in 2026, the first Italian men's champion since Adriano Panatta in 1976. Jasmine Paolini won the women's title in 2025, the first Italian woman to do so since 1985.

When is the Italian Open?

The 2026 men's event ran May 6 - 17, 2026. The ATP calendar lists May 5 - 16, 2027 for 2027.

Is the Italian Open a Grand Slam?

No. It is an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000, the tier below the four Slams, worth 1,000 ranking points to each champion.