NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: (L-R) Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain airs pursuing their Men's Singles Final lucifer connected Day Fifteen of the 2025 US Open astatine USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center connected September 07, 2025 successful New York City. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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The United States Tennis Association connected Thursday announced the largest subordinate compensation package successful master tennis history, reaching $108 cardinal astatine the 2026 U.S. Open.
This represents a 20 percent summation from the erstwhile grounds group astatine the 2025 U.S. Open ($90 million) - the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth of a 20 percent summation and a 44 percent summation successful full compensation complete 2 years. Players crossed the arena will bask important increases, including the largest Grand Slam payments successful history for Main Draw Singles Champions astatine $5.5 cardinal and first-round singles payout astatine $140,000. The compensation package besides includes a caller Player Support Program seeded pinch an first $2 cardinal committedness successful 2026, arsenic divided betwixt men and women players.
“This is simply a important first measurement successful a multi-year finance successful athletes arsenic the U.S. Open continues to beryllium the champion economical opportunity for players and the astir valuable level successful tennis for players, fans and partners," tourney head Craig Tiley said. "We are proud to present record-setting prize money and expanded subordinate benefits arsenic good arsenic providing a caller level to activity together pinch players.”
The U.S. Open main tie runs Aug. 30-Sept 13.
New U.S. Open Player Support Program and Grand Slam Player Council
The 4 Grand Slams are aligned connected the value of supporting players passim and aft their playing careers. The U.S. Open will go the first Grand Slam to found a Player Support Program. As portion of the full 2026 compensation, the US Open committed an first $2 million, arsenic divided betwixt men and women players, which will beryllium held successful an escrow relationship pending the finalization of specifications of the caller program, pinch guidance and input from the recently formed Grand Slam Player Council. Designed to complement existing end-of-career pension funds, this caller US Open programme will bring a scope of benefits for mid-career life events and status transitions. It will beryllium built upon a elemental meaning of subordinate eligibility without reliance connected ranking tiers, making the programme disposable to US Open main tie singles and doubles competitors.
Additionally, successful a abstracted Grand Slam announcement today, the US Open joined the Australian Open, Roland-Garros, and Wimbledon to shape a caller Grand Slam Player Council to springiness players a sound successful on-court and in-tournament issues. The Player Council will besides supply recommendations to the US Open to guideline really the caller US Open Player Support Program will beryllium deployed.
“The US Open has a agelong history of listening to players, and this subordinate support programme and Council builds connected that commitment. We look guardant to moving straight pinch players to amended understand the opportunities and challenges they face, and to proceed uncovering meaningful ways to support them some connected and disconnected the court,” said Brian Vahaly, Chairman of the Board and President of the USTA.
More specifications connected the programs will beryllium forthcoming pursuing further consultation pinch players.
Significant Increases Across All Rounds
Players passim the tourney will spot important increases successful payouts successful 2026.
Champions of Women’s and Men’s Singles will gain $5.5 million, the highest-ever Champions prize for immoderate tennis event
Main Draw Singles first-round payout will summation 27 percent to $140,000, the highest successful Grand Slam history
Men’s and Women’s Qualifying first information payout will summation 16 percent to $32,000
Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed Doubles Champions to triumph $1,000,000 per team
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