US Open 2026 Prize Money: Zverev and Rybakina Bank $5.5M

Alexander Zverev and Elena Rybakina each left New York with a cheque for $5,500,000, the largest payday in Grand Slam history. Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday for his second major of the year, a day after Rybakina beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday to win her first US Open.

Both losing finalists took $2,800,000. US Open 2026 prize money closed at a record $108 million in total player compensation, and now that every match has been played, the ladder below is a receipt rather than a projection.

US Open 2026 Prize Money: What Zverev and Rybakina Banked

Three numbers define the fortnight, and all three are records.

1. $108,000,000 in total player compensation, per the official US Open prize money table. That is a 20 percent rise on 2025 and, per CBS Sports, a 44 percent jump since 2024. 2. $5,500,000 to each singles champion. Zverev and Rybakina banked identical sums, the biggest winnings ever paid at a major. 3. $140,000 for simply reaching the 128-player singles draw, which CBS Sports calls a record for a tennis event.

The semi-final tier paid $1,450,000 apiece, which went to Frances Tiafoe and Karen Khachanov on the men's side and Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff on the women's, per CBS Sports. Carlos Alcaraz, the defending champion, lost a five-set quarter-final to Shelton and collected $780,000.

For scale on Rybakina's payday: her undefeated run at the 2025 WTA Finals earned $5.235 million, which the WTA called the largest prize-money payout in women's sports history at the time. One fortnight in New York just beat it.

The Numbers: Round by Round Singles Payouts

Here is the full 2026 singles ladder, identical for the men's and women's draws, from the tournament's published table.

Champion: $5,500,000

Runner-up: $2,800,000

Semi-finalist: $1,450,000

Quarter-finalist: $780,000

Round of 16: $480,000

Round of 32: $290,000

Round of 64: $190,000

Round of 128: $140,000

Qualifying round of 32: $66,000

Qualifying round of 64: $48,000

Qualifying round of 128: $32,000

Read the gaps, not the totals. Fourth round to quarter-final is a $300,000 step. Quarter-final to semi-final is $670,000. Semi-final to final is $1.35 million, and the last match is worth another $2.7 million. That back-loading is why Shelton's five-set win over Alcaraz, which finished at 3:33 a.m. ET per CBS Sports, was worth more than his whole first week.

The qualifying tier matters too. Winning a single qualifying match paid $48,000 and the last qualifying round paid $66,000, real money for players outside the top 100 who never reached the main draw.

Doubles, Mixed and the Rest of the $108 Million

Singles accounts for $37,840,000 of the US Open 2026 prize money pool. Doubles adds $5,060,000 and mixed doubles $2,880,000, with wheelchair events at $2,309,200.

Doubles pays $1,000,000 per winning team and $500,000 to the runners-up, then $250,000 for a semi-final, $125,000 for a quarter-final, $80,000 for the third round, $50,000 for the second and $35,000 for the first. Mixed doubles matches the top two tiers at $1,000,000 and $500,000.

Betting and DFS Impact After the Final

The purse is settled, so the live angle now is the two year-end races it just reshaped.

ATP year-end No. 1. Zverev's title moved him 700 points clear of Jannik Sinner atop the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin, per the ATP Tour, though he remains 1,810 points behind Sinner in the Live Rankings. He is 25-2 at majors this year with only two titles, both of them Slams.

WTA No. 1. Rybakina takes the top ranking on Monday, ending Sabalenka's reign there. The WTA's own count has Sabalenka at 107 weeks atop the rankings since October 2024, the 10th most of all time. Rybakina is the 30th woman to hold it and the first player of either gender from Kazakhstan.

Fresh prices. Shelton rises to a career-high No. 4 on Monday, per the ATP Tour, which will reprice him in every autumn outright market.

No dated DraftKings or FanDuel price for any year-end No. 1 or autumn outright market was obtainable at the time of writing, so this post does not print one. Chad AI tracks every match on the slate inside the StatSniper app: the daily model card lives on the AI sports picks hub, and you can put a specific matchup to Chad directly.

What to Watch Next

Monday's ranking release is the first checkpoint, and it is where Rybakina's No. 1 and Shelton's No. 4 become official rather than projected.

After that the season points at two finals. The WTA Finals run 8 to 15 November in Indian Wells, and the Nitto ATP Finals follow in Turin from 15 to 22 November, where Zverev and Sinner have both already qualified, per the ATP Tour. Our US Open schedule and format guide covers how this draw was built.

For the official purse page and any revisions, the US Open prize money table is the source of record.

FAQ

How much did the US Open 2026 winner get? $5,500,000 each. Alexander Zverev won the men's title over Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2, and Elena Rybakina beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 for the women's.

How much did the runners-up earn at the 2026 US Open? $2,800,000 each for Shelton and Sabalenka.

How much is US Open 2026 prize money in total? A record $108 million in total player compensation, a 20 percent rise on 2025 and 44 percent more than 2024, per CBS Sports.

What did losing in the first round pay in 2026? $140,000 for reaching the 128-player singles main draw, a record for a tennis event.

How much is US Open 2026 doubles prize money? Winning teams in men's, women's and mixed doubles take $1,000,000 per team, with $500,000 to the runners-up.

What did the semi-finalists earn? $1,450,000 apiece, paid to Tiafoe, Khachanov, Pegula and Gauff.

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