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Prize money ledger As of October 21, 2026

Tennis Prize Money 2026: What the ATP and WTA Tournaments Pay, Round by Round

Tennis tournament prize money in one sortable ledger, with ATP prize money beside the WTA's for the biggest events of the season: the four Grand Slams, every ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000, the season finals and the 500s we cover, each with its total purse, the winner's cheque, the source and the date we checked it.

US Open champion, 2026
$5.5M$5,500,000, the biggest singles cheque in tennis
Wimbledon champion, 2026
£3.6M£3,600,000, equal for men and women
Events in the ledger
35each with source and as-of date

At a glance

Tennis prize money at a glance

Short answerTennis prize money peaks at the Grand Slams, where the 2026 US Open paid each singles champion $5,500,000. A Masters 1000 or WTA 1000 champion earns roughly $665,000 to $1.15 million, and a 250 champion a small fraction of that.

Tennis prize money is paid by tournaments, not by the tours, and every event publishes its own figures. That is why the numbers are so scattered. Wimbledon pays in pounds, Roland Garros and the European clay events in euros, the Australian Open in Australian dollars and almost everything else in US dollars. This page brings the tennis tournament prize money of the biggest events into one place, each in the currency it actually pays, and checks every figure against the official release.

Three numbers frame the season. The 2026 US Open champion's cheque of $5,500,000 is the largest single payout in the sport. The Masters 1000 standard in 2026, at Cincinnati, Indian Wells, Miami and Shanghai, was $1,151,380 for the champion. And at the bottom of the tour, a WTA 250 title in Seoul paid $37,390. Everything else falls in between.

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The champion's cheque, tier by tier

The biggest verified US-dollar singles cheque in each tier of the ledger.

  1. Grand Slam$5.5MUS Open, 2026$5,500,000
  2. Season finals$5.24MWTA Finals, 2025$5,235,000
  3. Masters 1000$1.15MNational Bank Open (ATP), 2026$1,151,420
  4. WTA 1000$1.15MIndian Wells (WTA), 2026$1,151,380
  5. ATP 500$619KDubai Tennis Championships (ATP), 2026$619,160
  6. WTA 500$294KQueen's Club Championships (WTA), 2026$294,445
  7. WTA 250$37KKorea Open, 2026$37,390

The ledger

Tennis tournaments by prize money: every Grand Slam and 1000 event

Short answerThe ledger lists 35 tournaments with their latest verified total purse and winner's cheque. Sort by any column, or filter to the Slams, the ATP or the WTA.

Tennis prize money ledger Latest verified edition per event, singles winner's cheque, in the currency each tournament pays. Sorting compares figures in their own currency.
Winner share
Australian OpenATP + WTA 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Grand Slam A$111,500,000 A$4,150,000 3.7% of purse -Equal pay
US OpenATP + WTA 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Grand Slam $108,000,000 $5,500,000 5.1% of purse -Equal pay
WimbledonATP + WTA 2026lta.org.uk, as of Oct 21, 2026 Grand Slam £64,200,000 £3,600,000 5.6% of purse +20.0%Equal pay
Roland GarrosATP + WTA 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Grand Slam €61,723,000 €2,800,000 4.5% of purse -Equal pay
ATP FinalsATP, Turin 2025atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Season finals $15,500,000 $5,071,000 Jannik Sinner 32.7% of purse -
WTA FinalsWTA, Riyadh 2025wtafiles.wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Season finals $15,500,000 $5,235,000 Elena Rybakina 33.8% of purse -
National Bank Open (ATP)ATP, Montreal 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 $9,415,725 $1,151,420 Ben Shelton 12.2% of purse +2.4%Not equal
Cincinnati Open (ATP)ATP, Mason, Ohio 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 $9,415,725 $1,151,380 Arthur Fils 12.2% of purse +2.4%Not equal
Indian Wells (ATP)ATP, Indian Wells 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 $9,415,725 $1,151,380 Jannik Sinner 12.2% of purse -2.9%Equal pay
Miami Open (ATP)ATP, Miami Gardens 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 $9,415,725 $1,151,380 Jannik Sinner 12.2% of purse +2.4%Equal pay
Shanghai MastersATP, Shanghai 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 $9,415,725 $1,151,380 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 12.2% of purse +2.4%
Indian Wells (WTA)WTA, Indian Wells 2026wtafiles.wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 1000 $9,415,725 $1,151,380 Aryna Sabalenka 12.2% of purse +5.0%Equal pay
Miami Open (WTA)WTA, Miami Gardens 2026wtafiles.wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 1000 $9,415,725 $1,151,380 Aryna Sabalenka 12.2% of purse +5.0%Equal pay
China OpenWTA, Beijing 2026wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 1000 $9,415,725 $1,151,380 Zheng Qinwen 12.2% of purse +5.0%
Madrid Open (ATP)ATP, Madrid 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 €8,235,540 €1,007,165 Jannik Sinner 12.2% of purse +2.2%Not equal
Italian Open (ATP)ATP, Rome 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 €8,235,540 €1,007,165 Jannik Sinner 12.2% of purse +2.2%
Madrid Open (WTA)WTA, Madrid 2026wtafiles.wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 1000 €8,029,650 €1,007,165 Marta Kostyuk 12.5% of purse +2.2%Not equal
National Bank Open (WTA)WTA, Toronto 2026wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 1000 $7,433,076 $1,085,220 Iga Swiatek 14.6% of purse +44.3%Not equal
Cincinnati Open (WTA)WTA, Mason, Ohio 2026wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 1000 $7,433,076 $1,085,220 Coco Gauff 14.6% of purse +44.3%Not equal
Italian Open (WTA)WTA, Rome 2026wtafiles.wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 1000 €7,228,080 €1,055,285 Elina Svitolina 14.6% of purse +4.6%
Monte-Carlo MastersATP, Monte-Carlo 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 €6,309,095 €974,370 Jannik Sinner 15.4% of purse +2.9%
Paris MastersATP 2025atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 Masters 1000 €6,128,940 €946,610 Jannik Sinner 15.4% of purse +3.0%
Dubai Tennis Championships (WTA)WTA 2026wtatennis.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 WTA 1000 $4,088,211 $665,000 Jessica Pegula 16.3% of purse +11.9%Not equal
Qatar Open (WTA)WTA 2026wtafiles.wtatennis.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 WTA 1000 $4,088,211 $665,000 Karolina Muchova 16.3% of purse +11.9%Not equal
Wuhan OpenWTA, Wuhan 2026wtafiles.wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 1000 $4,088,211 $665,000 Maja Chwalinska 16.3% of purse +11.9%
Dubai Tennis Championships (ATP)ATP 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 ATP 500 $3,311,005 $619,160 Daniil Medvedev 18.7% of purse +2.3%Not equal
Qatar Open (ATP)ATP 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 ATP 500 $2,833,335 $529,945 Carlos Alcaraz 18.7% of purse +2.7%Not equal
Vienna OpenATP 2025atptour.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 ATP 500 €2,736,875 €511,835 Jannik Sinner 18.7% of purse +10.8%
Queen's Club Championships (ATP)ATP, London 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 ATP 500 €2,583,330 €483,145 Francisco Cerundolo 18.7% of purse +2.4%
Swiss Indoors BaselATP 2025atptour.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 ATP 500 €2,523,045 €471,825 Joao Fonseca 18.7% of purse +5.8%
Mubadala Citi DC Open (ATP)ATP 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 ATP 500 $2,469,450 $461,835 Taylor Fritz 18.7% of purse +3.1%Not equal
Queen's Club Championships (WTA)WTA, London 2026wtatennis.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 WTA 500 $1,915,000 $294,445 Donna Vekic 15.4% of purse +35.3%
Mubadala Citi DC Open (WTA)WTA 2026wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 500 $1,637,982 $252,000 Alexandra Eala 15.4% of purse +27.7%Not equal
Stockholm OpenATP 2026atptour.com, as of Oct 22, 2026 ATP 250 €723,435 €110,055 15.2% of purse -
Korea OpenWTA 2026wtatennis.com, as of Oct 21, 2026 WTA 250 $283,347 $37,390 Kimberly Birrell 13.2% of purse -73.4%was WTA 500

A few notes on reading it. "Total purse" is the figure each tour or tournament publishes. The ATP reports total prize money, the WTA often a total financial commitment that can include more than the prize pool, and the Slams their full purse including doubles and qualifying. Where an event plays both draws on one site, the men's and women's rows sit apart, and the equal-pay column compares them. A dash means the figure is not yet verified, never that it is zero.

Grand Slam ladders

Grand Slam prize money, round by round

Short answerEach major pays its singles champions the most and halves roughly with every round below. All four pay men and women the same amount in every round.

Australian Open

2026, singles, AUD

  1. WA$4.15M
  2. FA$2.15M
  3. SFA$1.25M
  4. QFA$750K
  5. R16A$480K
  6. R32A$328K
  7. R64A$225K
  8. R128A$150K

Roland Garros

2026, singles, EUR

  1. W€2.8M
  2. F€1.4M
  3. SF€750K
  4. QF€470K
  5. R16€285K
  6. R32€187K
  7. R64€130K
  8. R128€87K

Wimbledon

2026, singles, GBP

  1. W£3.6M
  2. F£1.8M
  3. SF£900K
  4. QF£480K
  5. R16£300K
  6. R32£185K
  7. R64£126K
  8. R128£80K

US Open

2026, singles, USD

  1. W$5.5M
  2. F$2.8M
  3. SF$1.45M
  4. QF$780K
  5. R16$480K
  6. R32$290K
  7. R64$190K
  8. R128$140K

The four ladders look alike because the majors follow the same logic, with a champion's cheque that roughly doubles the runner-up's, then a steady step down to the first round, which still pays more than many tour titles. The differences are in the scale and the currency. For each Slam's full table, dates and history, see the guides to the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open.

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The number on the cheque is decided months before the first ball, by the tournament, the tour minimums and the sponsors behind them.

ATP prize money

ATP prize money: the Masters 1000s and the ATP Finals

Short answerIn 2026 the ATP's 12-day Masters 1000 events in Cincinnati, Indian Wells, Miami and Shanghai each paid $9,415,725, with $1,151,380 to the champion. The 2025 ATP Finals paid $15.5 million in total, up to $5,071,000 to an unbeaten champion.

ATP prize money is remarkably uniform at the top. The Masters 1000s that run twelve days with 96-player draws use the same scale: $9,415,725 in total and $1,151,380 for the champion at Cincinnati, Indian Wells, Miami and Shanghai in 2026, with the Canadian event in Montreal paying its champion $40 more. The European clay events pay in euros on a parallel scale, €8,235,540 in Madrid and Rome with €1,007,165 to the champion, and the one-week events in Monte-Carlo and Paris pay less, with Monte-Carlo at €6,309,095 in 2026. The Madrid, Rome and Shanghai figures come from the Madrid Open, Italian Open and Shanghai Masters guides.

The ATP Finals sit apart. The 2025 edition in Turin paid $15.5 million in total, and the structure rewards winning every match, and an undefeated champion could take $5,071,000. Below the 1000s, the ATP 500 events pay roughly a quarter as much. Washington's 2026 champion, for example, received $461,835, as our Citi Open prize money guide shows; the same scale applies at the Queen's Club Championships, Qatar Open, Dubai, Basel and Vienna, with the 250-level Stockholm Open lower still.

For individual events with full per-round tables, see the guides to the Paris Masters, the National Bank Open, the Cincinnati Open, the Washington Open and, for a WTA 250 week, the Korea Open in Seoul.

Aerial view of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, with the stadium and the outside courts
Photo: Vision360media, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

WTA prize money

WTA prize money and the road to equal pay

Short answerAt the biggest combined WTA 1000 events, Indian Wells, Miami and Beijing, the women's champion received $1,151,380 in 2026, the same as the men. Elsewhere the WTA scale is lower: $665,000 for the champion in Dubai, Doha and Wuhan.

WTA prize money is in the middle of a change. In June 2023 the WTA set out a pathway to equal pay, with equal prize money at the 1000 and 500 events played together with the men by 2027, and at single-week events by 2033. The ledger shows where things stand. Indian Wells and Miami already pay the women's and men's draws the same total, $9,415,725 in 2026, and Beijing paid its women's champion the same $1,151,380 (China Open guide). Madrid paid both champions the same €1,007,165 in 2026, and its WTA total, €8,029,650, sat a little below the ATP's €8,235,540.

Other events are further away. At Cincinnati the 2026 women's champion received $1,085,220 against $1,151,380 for the men, and in Washington the gap at the top was larger, $252,000 against $461,835 for the men. The WTA Finals are the women's biggest single payday (see the WTA Finals prize money guide). The 2025 edition in Riyadh had a purse of $15.5 million, and Elena Rybakina took $5,235,000 as champion. The old complaint that women earn the same at the majors for fewer sets is a separate question, covered in why women play three sets.

A WTA champion lifting the Citi Open trophy on court in Washington
Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Men's and women's champion, same event

Singles cheque at the events where both tours play together. Each pair is in one currency; the label compares the women's cheque with the men's.

  • Mubadala Citi DC OpenWomen 45% lower

    Taylor Fritz $462K
    Alexandra Eala $252K

  • National Bank OpenWomen 6% lower

    Ben Shelton $1.15M
    Iga Swiatek $1.09M

  • Cincinnati OpenWomen 6% lower

    Arthur Fils $1.15M
    Coco Gauff $1.09M

  • Indian WellsEqual

    Jannik Sinner $1.15M
    Aryna Sabalenka $1.15M

  • Miami OpenEqual

    Jannik Sinner $1.15M
    Aryna Sabalenka $1.15M

  • Madrid OpenEqual

    Jannik Sinner €1.01M
    Marta Kostyuk €1.01M

  • Italian OpenWomen 5% higher

    Jannik Sinner €1.01M
    Elina Svitolina €1.06M

  • Dubai Tennis ChampionshipsWomen 7% higher

    Daniil Medvedev $619K
    Jessica Pegula $665K

  • Qatar OpenWomen 25% higher

    Carlos Alcaraz $530K
    Karolina Muchova $665K

Growth by year

How fast tennis prize money is growing

Short answerMost purses rose between 2025 and 2026, many by 2 to 3 percent; the women's events grew fastest, some by more than 40 percent in a year as they move toward equal pay.

Year-over-year change in total purse

Change in total purse from the edition before, own currency; bars scale to 50 percent

  1. National Bank Open (WTA)2025 to 2026+44.3%
  2. Cincinnati Open (WTA)2025 to 2026+44.3%
  3. Queen's Club Championships (WTA)2025 to 2026+35.3%
  4. Mubadala Citi DC Open (WTA)2025 to 2026+27.7%
  5. Wimbledon2025 to 2026+20.0%
  6. Dubai Tennis Championships (WTA)2025 to 2026+11.9%
  7. Qatar Open (WTA)2025 to 2026+11.9%
  8. Wuhan Open2025 to 2026+11.9%
  9. Vienna Open2024 to 2025+10.8%
  10. Swiss Indoors Basel2024 to 2025+5.8%
  11. Indian Wells (WTA)2025 to 2026+5.0%
  12. Miami Open (WTA)2025 to 2026+5.0%
  13. China Open2025 to 2026+5.0%
  14. Italian Open (WTA)2025 to 2026+4.6%
  15. Mubadala Citi DC Open (ATP)2025 to 2026+3.1%
  16. Paris Masters2024 to 2025+3.0%
  17. Monte-Carlo Masters2025 to 2026+2.9%
  18. Qatar Open (ATP)2025 to 2026+2.7%
  19. Queen's Club Championships (ATP)2025 to 2026+2.4%
  20. National Bank Open (ATP)2025 to 2026+2.4%
  21. Cincinnati Open (ATP)2025 to 2026+2.4%
  22. Miami Open (ATP)2025 to 2026+2.4%
  23. Shanghai Masters2025 to 2026+2.4%
  24. Dubai Tennis Championships (ATP)2025 to 2026+2.3%
  25. Madrid Open (ATP)2025 to 2026+2.2%
  26. Italian Open (ATP)2025 to 2026+2.2%
  27. Madrid Open (WTA)2025 to 2026+2.2%
  28. Indian Wells (ATP)2025 to 2026-2.9%
  29. Korea Open2025 to 2026-73.4%

Growth only appears where we have verified two consecutive editions in the same currency, so the chart is shorter than the ledger. The pattern is still clear. The men's Masters 1000 purses mostly grew by 2 to 3 percent, and the men's total at Indian Wells was listed slightly lower in 2026 than in 2025, while several WTA events grew far faster, and the women's purses at the National Bank Open and Cincinnati rose by more than 40 percent from 2025 to 2026. The steepest falls belong to events that changed category, such as the Korea Open in Seoul, which dropped from WTA 500 to WTA 250 in 2026.

How it is paid

How tennis prize money is paid

Short answerPlayers are paid for the furthest round they reach, before tax, in the currency of the tournament. Doubles and qualifying have their own, smaller tables.

The rule is simple and often misunderstood. A player does not collect money per match won. Reach the quarterfinals and you receive the quarterfinal amount, nothing more for the rounds before. Lose in the first round and you still receive the first-round amount, which at a Grand Slam can cover a large part of a lower-ranked player's season. At the 96-draw Masters 1000 events the 32 seeds receive a bye, so their first match is in the second round and the money starts there.

None of it is take-home pay. Players are self-employed, so coaches, physios, travel and most accommodation come out of the same prize money, and many countries withhold tax before the money arrives. That is why a player ranked 120th can have a good-looking earnings line and a thin bank balance.

The Citi Open champion holding the trophy on court while staff and officials applaud
Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Where it comes from

Where tennis prize money comes from

Short answerFrom the tournaments. Each event funds its purse from its own revenue, chiefly ticketing, sponsorship and broadcast rights, and the tours set the minimum each category must offer.

Tournaments are owned by federations, private promoters or the tours' partners, and each one sets its own budget within the rules of its category. That is why two ATP 500s or two WTA 1000s can pay slightly different amounts, and why a tournament that wants to pay its women more, as the combined events moving toward equal pay do, has to find the money in its own budget.

For the bigger picture of what players earn over a career, including endorsements, see our ranking of the richest tennis players. For when each tournament is played, the ATP and WTA calendar has every week of the season.

Court 18 at Wimbledon, with the stands and the tower blocks beyond
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FAQ

Tennis prize money: questions and answers

Short answerTen questions readers ask about tennis prize money, answered from the ledger and ladders on this page.

How much prize money is there in tennis?

At the top, a lot. The 2026 US Open singles champion received $5,500,000, and the tournament's total was $108,000,000. A Masters 1000 or WTA 1000 title is worth between about $665,000 and $1.15 million, and a WTA 250 title such as Seoul paid $37,390 in 2026.

What is the Wimbledon prize money breakdown?

The 2026 singles champions each received £3,600,000, out of a total of £64,200,000. The ladder on this page shows every round, and the Wimbledon guide lists the full table in pounds.

What is the breakdown of the prize money for the 2026 US Open?

The 2026 US Open paid a total of $108,000,000, with $5,500,000 for each singles champion. The US Open ladder above shows how the amount falls with every round.

Do tennis players get paid for each round they win?

No. Tennis prize money is paid for the last round a player reaches, not per match won. Losing in the quarterfinals pays the quarterfinal amount only.

Is tennis prize money equal for men and women?

At all four Grand Slams, yes. At combined ATP and WTA events, the WTA's 2023 pathway sets 2027 as the target year for equal prize money; in 2026 Indian Wells, Miami and Beijing already paid both champions the same, while the National Bank Open, Cincinnati and Washington did not.

Which tennis tournament pays the most prize money?

Among the four majors, the US Open pays the biggest singles cheque, $5,500,000 in 2026. Outside the Slams, the season finals pay the most to a single player, and an unbeaten ATP Finals champion could earn $5,071,000 in 2025.

How much does the winner of a Masters 1000 get?

In 2026 the champion at Cincinnati, Indian Wells, Miami and Shanghai received $1,151,380, and in 2026 at Madrid and Rome €1,007,165. Monte-Carlo, a smaller event, paid €974,370 in 2026.

Where does ATP tour prize money come from?

From the tournaments themselves. Each event pays its purse out of its own revenue, mainly tickets, sponsorship and broadcast rights, and the ATP and WTA set the minimum each category must pay.

Is tennis prize money taxed?

Yes. Prize money is taxable income, usually in the country where it is earned and again at home, depending on tax treaties. The figures on this page are before tax.

How often is the tennis prize money ledger updated?

Whenever a tournament publishes its new breakdown, and in a full review every Monday during the season. Every row shows its source and the date we checked it.

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