{"id":385881,"date":"2026-01-02T01:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/385881\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T01:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T01:58:08","slug":"united-cup-2026-prize-money-how-much-players-earn-total-pool-winnings-and-rankings-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/385881\/","title":{"rendered":"United Cup 2026 prize money: How much players earn, total pool, winnings and rankings points"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United Cup is a unique ATP\/WTA event involving 18 nations across six groups in Australian cities Sydney and Perth.<\/p>\n

With it being a team event, it also has a unique way of awarding prize money and rankings points.<\/p>\n

How much money will the players earn and how will it affect rankings?<\/p>\n

The Sporting News explains everything you need to know about the United Cup structure.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0United Cup LIVE: Scores, results, updates, standings from 2026 tennis tournament in Sydney and Perth<\/a><\/p>\n

United Cup 2026 prize money: Winnings breakdown<\/p>\n

The prizemoney will be split into three categories: participation fee, per team wins and prize money.<\/p>\n

The split of the prizemoney is yet to be confirmed but will be listed below.<\/p>\n

You can see the 2025 United Cup prizemoney split here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Minimum overall prizemoney:\u00a0USD$11,806,190<\/p>\n

ATP minimum prizemoney: USD$5,903,345<\/p>\n

ATP minimum prizemoney: USD$5,903,345<\/p>\n

United Cup 2026 rankings points: How are they allocated?<\/p>\n

Both WTA and ATP players will be eligible for rankings points.<\/p>\n

The amount of points earned from a win will be determined by an opponent’s current ranking.<\/p>\n

Opponent’s ranking1-1011-2021-3031-5051-100101-250251+Final win18014012090604035Semi-final win1301059060403525Quarter-final win80655540352520Group win55454035252015Max points500400345260185140110How to watch the United Cup in AustraliaTV Channel<\/p>\n

You can watch the United Cup on free-to-air via Channel 9,\u00a09HD, 9Gem and 9GemHD<\/p>\n

Coverage starts at 1pm (AEDT) on Friday, January 2 and at 10:30am (AEDT) on the Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

Live Stream<\/p>\n

You can live stream every match of the United Cup for free on Channel 9’s streaming service 9NOW.<\/p>\n

Every match is also available to stream on Stan Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Cup is a unique ATP\/WTA event involving 18 nations across six groups in Australian cities Sydney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-385881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}