Singles prize money: round by round<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s and women\u2019s draws pay identical amounts at every stage. Even a first-round exit guarantees $110,000 \u2014 more than many ATP 250 tournament winners receive<\/p>\n
Round Prize money<\/p>\n
Winner $5,000,000<\/p>\n
Runner-up $2,500,000<\/p>\n
Semi-finalist $1,260,000<\/p>\n
Quarter-finalist $660,000<\/p>\n
Round of 16 $400,000<\/p>\n
Round of 32 $237,000<\/p>\n
Round of 64 $154,000<\/p>\n
Round of 128 $110,000<\/p>\n
The total singles prize pool across both men\u2019s and women\u2019s draws is approximately $63.2 million, roughly two-thirds of the entire tournament purse.<\/p>\n
Doubles prize money<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s and women\u2019s doubles champions each receive $1 million per team, with equal pay across both draws.<\/p>\n
Round Prize money (per team)<\/p>\n
Winners $1,000,000<\/p>\n
Runners-up $500,000<\/p>\n
Semi-finalists $250,000<\/p>\n
Quarter-finalists $125,000<\/p>\n
Third round $75,000<\/p>\n
Second round $45,000<\/p>\n
First round $30,000<\/p>\n
Mixed doubles prize money<\/p>\n
The Mixed Doubles Championship has been transformed into a marquee event during Fan Week, with a $1 million winner\u2019s prize per team, by far the largest mixed doubles purse in tennis. This represents a dramatic increase from 2024, when the winning team received $163,000.<\/p>\n
Round Prize money (per team)<\/p>\n
Winners $1,000,000<\/p>\n
Runners-up $400,000<\/p>\n
Semi-finalists $200,000<\/p>\n
Quarter-finalists $100,000<\/p>\n
Round of 16 $20,000<\/p>\n
The 16-team mixed doubles main draw is played during Fan Week (August 25\u201326), with the semi-finals and final under the lights on Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n
How does the US Open compare to other Grand Slams?<\/p>\n
The US Open pays significantly more than any other Grand Slam, both in total prize money and in singles champion earnings. Here is how the four majors compare in 2026 (approximate USD conversions in parentheses):<\/p>\n
Tournament Total purse Singles winner First-round loser<\/p>\n
2026 Grand Slam prize money comparison (USD)<\/p>\n
Wimbledon<\/p>\n
\u00a364.2M<\/p>\n
\u2248 $83M<\/p>\n
Australian Open<\/p>\n
A$112M<\/p>\n
\u2248 $75M<\/p>\n
Roland-Garros<\/p>\n
\u20ac61.7M<\/p>\n
\u2248 $68M<\/p>\n
\n Singles winner
Runner-up
First-round loser\n <\/p>\n
Approximate mid-2026 exchange rates: \u00a31 \u2248 $1.30, \u20ac1 \u2248 $1.10, A$1 \u2248 $0.67. Equal prize money for men\u2019s and women\u2019s draws at all four Grand Slams.<\/p>\n
The gap is striking: the US Open singles champion earns nearly 80% more than the Australian Open winner and over 60% more than the Roland-Garros champion in dollar terms. Only Wimbledon\u2019s winner prize comes within range, at roughly $4.7 million equivalent.<\/p>\n
All four Grand Slams increased their prize money for 2026. Wimbledon made the largest percentage jump (+20%), same as the US Open, while the Australian Open increased its total pool by 16% and Roland-Garros by roughly 10%.<\/p>\n
US Open Prize money history<\/p>\n
The US Open\u2019s prize money has grown rapidly over the past decade, more than doubling since 2015:<\/p>\n
Year Total prize money<\/p>\n
2026 ~$95,000,000<\/p>\n
2025 $90,000,000<\/p>\n
2024 $78,000,000<\/p>\n
2023 $75,000,000<\/p>\n
2022 $60,100,000<\/p>\n
2021 $57,442,000<\/p>\n
2020 $53,452,000<\/p>\n
2019 $57,268,700<\/p>\n
2018 $53,000,000<\/p>\n
2017 $50,400,000<\/p>\n
2016 $46,300,000<\/p>\n
2015 $42,300,000<\/p>\n
The 2025 jump from $78 million to $90 million \u2013 a 15% increase \u2013 was the largest single-year rise in tournament history, coinciding with the first year of ESPN\u2019s landmark 12-year, $2.04 billion television deal. The 2026 increase to an estimated $95 million continues that upward trajectory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singles prize money: round by round The men\u2019s and women\u2019s draws pay identical amounts at every stage. Even…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-868934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}