| Round | Payout |
|---|---|
Champion Largest winner's cheque in tennis history | $5,500,000 |
Runner-up | $2,800,000 |
Semifinalist | $1,450,000 |
Quarterfinalist | $780,000 |
Round of 16 | $480,000 |
Third round | $290,000 |
Second round | $190,000 |
First round +27% on 2025 — the highest first-round payout in Grand Slam history | $140,000 |
Men's and women's singles pay identically at every round.
| Round | Payout |
|---|---|
Final qualifying round | $66,000 |
Second qualifying round | $48,000 |
First qualifying round +16% on 2025 | $32,000 |
| Round | Payout |
|---|---|
Champions | $1,000,000 |
Runners-up | $500,000 |
Semifinalists | $250,000 |
Quarterfinalists | $125,000 |
Third round | $80,000 |
Second round | $50,000 |
First round | $35,000 |
| Round | Payout |
|---|---|
Champions | $1,000,000 |
Runners-up | $500,000 |
Semifinalists | $250,000 |
Quarterfinalists | $120,000 |
First round | $40,000 |
All doubles figures are per team. Men's and women's doubles pay identically; the mixed doubles draw is 16 teams, so it has two fewer rounds.
Totals are quoted in each event's own currency, so conversions move with exchange rates.
The 2026 US Open is paying a record $108 million in total player compensation — the first time any Grand Slam has passed $100 million. That is a 20% increase on the $90 million paid in 2025, and a 44% increase over two years.
Each singles champion earns $5,500,000 — the largest winner's cheque in tennis history. The men's and women's champions are paid equally, as they have been at the US Open since 1973, when it became the first Grand Slam to offer equal prize money.
A first-round loss in the singles main draw pays $140,000, up 27% on 2025 and the highest first-round payout in Grand Slam history. Losing in the first qualifying round pays $32,000.
Yes. Singles, doubles and mixed doubles all pay identically across the men's and women's draws. The US Open was the first Grand Slam to award equal prize money, in 1973.
Each winning doubles pair takes home $1,000,000, and the mixed doubles champions earn $1,000,000 per pair as well. Runners-up in all three doubles events receive $500,000 per team and semifinalists $250,000. A first-round loss pays $35,000 per team in men's and women's doubles and $40,000 in mixed doubles.
Not quite. The US Open reports total player compensation, which is larger than the prize pool alone — it also covers player expense support (about $5 million in 2025) and, for 2026, $2 million held in escrow for a new Player Support Program. Figures quoted as pure prize money will be somewhat lower.
The US Open is comfortably the richest. Its $108 million sits roughly $21 million ahead of Wimbledon's £64.2 million, while the Australian Open paid a record A$111.5 million (about $75 million) and Roland Garros €61.7 million.