United Cup prize money, 2026
The United Cup put $11,806,190 up in 2026, and it pays like nothing else in tennis. Every player is handed a fee set by their ranking and their place in the team, then a separate figure for each singles win, each mixed doubles win and each tie the team wins, all added together. A team's No. 1 ranked in the world's top ten who won every match took $1,056,400.
Eighteen nations play in six groups of three across Perth and Sydney, and eight reach the quarter-finals. Every tie is a men's singles, a women's singles and a mixed doubles.
How $1,056,400 is built
A team's No. 1, ranked in the top ten, who wins every match of all five ties
| PAID FOR | PAID | RUNNING TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| The fee, a No. 1 ranked in the top ten | $250,000 | $250,000 |
| Five singles wins | $624,100 | $874,100 |
| Five mixed doubles wins | $117,400 | $991,500 |
| Five ties won | $64,900 | $1,056,400 |
Singles is $624,100 of it, 59.1%. The fee is worth less than winning the singles final, which pays $296,200, and more than the singles semi-final and quarter-final together, which pay $237,900.
What each win pays
Per player, per win, the same for the men and the women
| STAGE | SINGLES | MIXED DOUBLES | THE TIE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group tie x2 | $45,000 | $8,500 | $6,000 |
| Quarter-final | $82,000 | $15,400 | $9,500 |
| Semi-final | $155,900 | $29,200 | $16,100 |
| Final | $296,200 | $55,800 | $27,300 |
| Winning all five | $624,100 | $117,400 | $64,900 |
A singles win in the final is worth 6.6 times one in the group. A mixed doubles win pays between 18.7% and 18.9% of a singles win at every stage, and the tie money is paid to each player on the winning team.
The fee, by ranking
What a team's No. 1 is paid before a ball is hit, 2025 and 2026
| RANKING | 2025 | 2026 | CHANGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | $230,000 | $250,000 | +8.7% |
| 11 to 20 | $115,000 | $125,000 | +8.7% |
| 21 to 30 | $69,000 | $100,000 | +44.9% |
| 31 to 50 | $46,000 | $60,000 | +30.4% |
| 51 to 100 | $34,500 | $40,000 | +15.9% |
| 101 to 250 | $28,750 | $30,000 | +4.3% |
| 251 and below | $23,000 | $20,000 | -13.0% |
A No. 1 ranked in the top ten is paid $250,000, exactly twice what a No. 1 ranked 11 to 20 is paid. The fee rose in six of the seven bands in 2026, most of all in the 21 to 30 band, from $69,000 to $100,000. The bottom band, 251 and below, went the other way, from $23,000 to $20,000.
| STAGE | SINGLES 2025 | SINGLES 2026 | TIE 2025 | TIE 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group tie | $42,800 | $45,000 | $5,600 | $6,000 |
| Quarter-final | $77,600 | $82,000 | $8,950 | $9,500 |
| Semi-final | $147,500 | $155,900 | $15,250 | $16,100 |
| Final | $280,250 | $296,200 | $25,850 | $27,300 |
An unbeaten singles run was worth $590,950 in 2025 and $624,100 in 2026. The tie money for a champion's five wins went from $61,250 to $64,900.
What the finalists took
Poland against Switzerland, each player's fee and every win added up
| PLAYER | FEE | SINGLES | MIXED | TIES | TOOK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belinda Bencic Switzerland | $125,000 | $624,100 | $61,600 | $37,600 | $848,300 |
| Hubert Hurkacz Poland | $40,000 | $542,100 | - | $64,900 | $647,000 |
| Iga Swiatek Poland | $250,000 | $172,000 | - | $64,900 | $486,900 |
| Stan Wawrinka Switzerland | $30,000 | $45,000 | - | $37,600 | $112,600 |
Belinda Bencic won all five of her singles matches and took $848,300, the most of the four, on a fee of $125,000 and a losing final. Hubert Hurkacz took $647,000 on a fee of $40,000, more than Iga Swiatek's $486,900 on a fee of $250,000, because he won the singles in the semi-final and the final. The fee sets the floor. Winning sets the rest.
Poland won the 2026 title, beating Switzerland 2-1 in the final at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney on 11 January 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the United Cup winner get?
$1,056,400 for a team's No. 1 ranked in the top ten who wins every match: a $250,000 fee, $624,100 for five singles wins, $117,400 for five mixed doubles wins and $64,900 for five ties won.
How much is the United Cup prize money?
$11,806,190 in 2026, fees included, across eighteen national teams. The men and the women are paid the same at every stage.
What does a singles win pay at the United Cup?
$45,000 in the group, $82,000 in the quarter-final, $155,900 in the semi-final and $296,200 in the final.
How much do United Cup players get just for playing?
A team's No. 1 is paid a fee from $20,000, ranked 251 and below, to $250,000, ranked in the top ten, before any match is won.
How much did the 2026 United Cup champions earn?
Hubert Hurkacz took $647,000 and Iga Swiatek $486,900 as Poland won the title. The runner-up Belinda Bencic took $848,300, more than either.
How is the United Cup paid differently from the Davis Cup?
The Davis Cup pays nations, and its champion nation took $2,000,000 in 2025. The United Cup pays players, each on their own ranking and their own wins.
Where to next
The rest of tennis prize money, event by event