Cincinnati Open Prize Money

2022 Breakdown & Historicals

By Jon Crim
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From its humble beginnings in 1899 at the Avondale Athletic Club, the Cincinnati Open has a rich history and dedicated fan base that has supported its growth into a premiere Masters and WTA 1000 tournament, which offers big prize money for men and women.

Now known as the Western & Southern Open due to the title sponsor’s involvement, the tournament is one of six US Open Series tournaments leading up to the US Open at the end of August.

In 2022, the ATP tournament’s prize money rises to its highest mark at $6,280,880, equating to €6,167,667 and £5,201,762.

The winner on the men’s side will take home a generous $970,020 paycheck, while the runner-up will pocket $529,710, which has increased 48% and 49% compared to last year.

In doubles, the champion pair will earn $297,620, and the runner-up team will split $161,670, which, although not typical, are massive 310%, and 218% jumps over 2021.

WTA prize money is up 20% to $2,527,250, which translates to €2,482,100 and £2,093,068, but it’s still 15% lower than its peak in 2019, which was $2,944,486.

The ladies champion will earn $412,000 for her efforts, while the runner-up will receive a check for $242,800, which are impressive 61% and 29% increases compared to last year.

The remainder of this guide provides a complete breakdown of the Cincinnati Open’s prize money and historical data for reference.

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2022 Full Breakdown

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Prize Money by Year

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2022 Full Breakdown

At a high level, tournament organizers distribute roughly 80% of prize money at the Cincinnati Open to singles, while the doubles events receive the remaining funds.

Like many professional tennis tournaments this year, both disciplines have experienced significant bumps in prize money versus 2021 because the Cincinnati Open is running at total capacity. Whereas last year tournament officials limited capacity due to COVID, resulting in a reduction in revenue and prize money.

The following tables break down prize money by round since 2006 for men and 2008 for women. You can scroll left to right to view the entire data set.

For comparison, I’ve converted US dollars to Euros and Sterling pounds, which I calculate using the prior year’s exchange rate on the day of the final for a close approximation of value.

ATP Singles

Dollar

US Dollar	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
Winner	$970,020	$654,815	$285,000	$1,114,225	$1,088,450	$954,225	$834,700	$731,000	$638,850	$583,800	$535,600	$496,000	$443,500	$443,500	$420,000	$400,000	$400,000
Runner-up	$529,710	$354,720	$185,015	$564,005	$533,690	$467,880	$409,270	$358,375	$313,240	$286,240	$262,610	$243,200	$222,000	$222,000	$210,000	$200,000	$200,000
Semifinal	$289,655	$197,710	$124,000	$289,290	$268,600	$235,480	$205,980	$180,370	$157,645	$144,060	$132,165	$122,400	$113,725	$113,725	$105,000	$100,000	$100,000
Quarterfinal	$157,995	$116,655	$98,500	$149,100	$136,580	$119,740	$104,740	$91,715	$80,165	$73,255	$67,205	$62,240	$59,200	$59,200	$51,000	$49,000	$49,000
Round 3	$84,510	$68,325	$73,250	$74,695	$70,925	$62,180	$54,390	$47,625	$41,625	$38,040	$34,900	$32,320	$31,000	$31,000	$26,200	$25,000	$25,000
Round 2	$45,315	$41,500	$43,450	$39,120	$37,395	$32,780	$28,675	$25,110	$21,945	$20,055	$18,400	$17,040	$16,250	$16,250	$17,250	$14,000	$14,000
Round 1	$25,110	$23,650	$24,560	$22,045	$20,190	$17,700	$15,840	$13,555	$11,850	$10,860	$9,935	$9,200	$8,500	$8,500	$8,500	$7,000	$7,000
Qualies Round 2	$12,860	$12,595	$12,595	$8,435	$4,650	$4,080	$3,570	$3,125	$2,500	$2,500	$2,290	$2,120	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
Qualies Roud 1	$6,735	$6,655	$5,655	$4,220	$2,370	$2,075	$1,820	$1,590	$1,270	$1,270	$1,165	$1,080	$1,000	$1,000	$1000	$1,000	$1,000

Euro

Please note that all historical data for the Cincinnati Open prize money in euros considers exchange rates on the day of the final for the years listed.

Euro	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
Winner	€945,346	€553,170	€238,504	€1,004,485	€951,684	€811,740	€738,980	€631,283	€478,181	€437,815	€433,684	€345,373	€351,120	€310,313	€269,854	€296,956	€310,824
Runner-up	€516,236	€299,658	€154,831	€508,456	€466,631	€398,016	€362,337	€309,488	€234,461	€214,663	€212,640	€169,344	€175,758	€155,332	€134,927	€148,478	€155,412
Semifinal	€282,287	€167,020	€103,770	€260,798	€234,850	€200,318	€182,359	€155,765	€117,998	€108,036	€107,016	€85,229	€90,036	€79,572	€67,463	€74,239	€77,706
Quarterfinal	€153,976	€98,547	€82,430	€134,415	€119,418	€101,860	€92,729	€79,204	€60,004	€54,937	€54,417	€43,339	€46,869	€41,422	€32,768	€36,377	€38,076
Round 3	€82,360	€57,719	$61,300	€67,338	€62,013	€52,895	€48,153	€41,128	€31,156	€28,528	€28,259	€22,505	€24,543	€21,690	€16,834	€18,560	€19,427
Round 2	€44,162	€35,058	€36,361	€35,267	€32,696	€27,885	€25,387	€21,685	€16,426	€15,040	€14,899	€11,865	€12,865	€11,370	€11,083	€10,393	€10,879
Round 1	€24,471	€19,979	€20,553	€19,874	€17,653	€15,057	€14,024	€11,706	€8,870	€8,144	€8,045	€6,406	€6,729	€5,947	€5,461	€5,197	€5,439
Qualies Round 2	€12,533	€10,640	€10,540	€7,604	€4,066	€3,471	€3,161	€2,699	€1,871	€1,875	€1,854	€1,476	€1,583	€1,399	€1,285	€1,485	€1,554
Qualies Roud 1	€6,564	€5,622	€4,732	€3,804	€2,072	€1,765	€1,611	€1,373	€951	€952	€943	€752	€792	€700	€643	€742	€777

British Sterling Pound

Please note that all historical data for the Cincinnati Open prize money in British sterling pounds considers exchange rates on the day of the final for the years listed.

Sterling Pound	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
Winner	£800,733	£471,468	£215,041	£918,021	£854,021	£741,295	£639,396	£463,891	£382,019	£373,085	£340,912	£301,254	£286,351	£270,361	£214,176	£201,187	£211,517
Runner-up	£437,266	£255,399	£139,599	£464,689	£418,745	£363,475	£313,509	£227,424	£187,311	£182,926	£167,153	£147,712	£143,337	£135,333	£107,088	£100,594	£105,759
Semifinal	£239,105	£142,352	£93,562	£238,349	£210,749	£182,934	£157,785	£114,463	£94,268	£92,063	£84,124	£74,342	£73,428	£69,328	£53,544	£50,297	£52,879
Quarterfinal	£130,422	£83,992	£74,321	£122,845	£107,164	£93,021	£80,233	£58,202	£47,937	£46,815	£42,776	£37,803	£38,223	£36,089	£26,007	£24,645	£25,911
Round 3	£69,761	£49,194	$55,269	£61,542	£55,649	£48,305	£41,664	£30,223	£24,891	£24,310	£22,214	£19,630	£20,016	£18,898	£13,361	£12,574	£13,220
Round 2	£37,407	£29,880	£32,784	£32,231	£29,341	£25,465	£21,966	£15,935	£13,123	£12,816	£11,712	£10,350	£10,492	£9,906	£8,797	£7,042	£7,403
Round 1	£20,728	£17,028	£18,531	£18,163	£15,842	£13,750	£12,134	£8,602	£7,086	£6,940	£6,324	£5,588	£5,488	£5,182	£4,335	£3,521	£3,702
Qualies Round 2	£10,616	£9,068	£9,503	£6,950	£3,648	£3,170	£2,735	£1,983	£1,495	£1,598	£1,458	£1,288	£1,291	£1,219	£1,020	£1,006	£1,058
Qualies Roud 1	£5,560	£4,792	£4,267	£3,477	£1,860	£1,612	£1,394	£1,009	£759	£812	741.53	£656	£646	£610	509.94	£503	£529

ATP Doubles (Per Pair)

2022	US Dollar	Euro	Sterling Pound
Winner	$297,620	€245,678	£290,029
Runner-up	$161,670	€133,454	£157,546
Semifinal	$88,800	€73,302	£86,535
Quarterfinal	$48,990	€40,440	£47,740
Round 2	$26,940	€22,238	£26,253
Round 1	$14,700	€12,134	£14,325

WTA Singles

Dollar

US Dollar	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Winner	$412,000	$255,220	$285,000	$544,500	$544,500	$522,450	$515,000	$467,300	$467,300	$426,000	$385,000	$360,000	$360,000	$350,000	$28,000
Runner-up	$242,800	$188,945	$152,999	$269,576	$269,576	$260,970	$247,320	$227,000	$227,000	$213,000	$192,000	$180,000	$180,000	$175,000	$15,000
Semifinal	$125,000	$100,250	$75,000	$133,850	$133,850	$128,330	$123,665	$113,770	$113,770	$104,700	$96,100	$90,000	$90,000	$87,500	$8,025
Quarterfinal	$57,440	$47,820	$43,000	$62,660	$62,660	$60,105	$58,390	$54,170	$54,170	$49,040	$45,750	$41,450	$41,450	$40,000	$4,300
Round 3	$28,730	$24,200	$22,000	$30,330	$30,330	$29,100	$29,320	$26,090	$26,090	$23,730	$22,060	$20,550	$20,550	$20,000	$2,300
Round 2	$16,340	$15,330	$14,200	$15,600	$15,600	$14,965	$15,205	$13,370	$13,370	$12,200	$11,300	$10,575	$10,575	$10,275	–
Round 1	$11,725	$12,385	$11,000	$8,300	$8,300	$7,850	$12,205	$7,215	$7,215	$6,400	$6,100	$5,500	$5,500	$5,400	$1,315
Qualies Round 2	$6,880	$7,258	$5,000	$5,100	$5,100	$3,275	$3,230	$2,930	$2,930	$2,670	$2,050	$1,995	$1,995	$1,935	$670
Qualies Roud 1	$3,580	$3,745	$3,000	$3,090	$3,090	$1,987	$1,960	$1,775	$1,775	$1,620	$1,080	$1,035	$1,035	$1,000	$360

Euro

Euro	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Winner	€401,460	€216,320	€240,638	€490,872	€476,082	€444,438	€455,942	€403,555	€349,775	€319,474	€311,741	€250,674	€285,013	€244,892	€19,591
Runner-up	€236,588	€160,147	€129,184	€243,025	€235,703	€222,002	€218,958	€196,034	€169,910	€159,737	€155,466	€125,337	€142,507	€122,446	€10,495
Semifinal	€121,802	€84,970	€63,326	€120,667	€117,031	€109,168	€109,484	€98,250	€85,157	€78,519	€77,814	€62,668	€71,253	€61,223	€5,615
Quarterfinal	€55,970	€40,531	€36,307	€56,489	€54,787	€51,130	€51,694	€46,781	€40,546	€36,777	€37,045	€28,862	€32,816	€27,988	€3,009
Round 3	€27,995	€20,512	$18,576	€27,343	€26,519	€24,755	€25,958	€22,531	€19,528	€17,796	€17,862	€14,309	€16,270	€13,994	–
Round 2	€15,922	€12,993	€11,990	€14,064	€13,640	€12,730	€13,461	€11,546	€10,007	€9,149	€9,150	€7,364	€8,372	€7,189	€1,609
Round 1	€11,425	€10,497	€9,288	€7,483	€7,257	€6,678	€10,805	€6,231	€5,400	€4,800	€4,939	€3,830	€4,354	€3,778	€920
Qualies Round 2	€6,704	€6,152	€4,222	€4,598	€4,459	€2,786	€2,860	€2,530	€2,193	€2,002	€1,660	€1,389	€1,579	€1,354	€469
Qualies Roud 1	€3,488	€3,174	€2,533	€2,786	€2,702	€1,690	€1,735	€1,533	€1,329	€1,215	€874	€721	€819	€700	€252

Sterling Pound

Sterling Pound	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Winner	£339,328	£184,039	£217,391	£448,619	£427,226	£405,868	£394,500	£296,548	£279,436	£272,241	£245,054	£218,652	£232,438	£213,363	£17,069
Runner-up	£199,973	£136,248	£116,704	£222,106	£211,515	£202,736	£189,452	£144,054	£135,741	£136,121	£122,209	£109,326	£116,219	£106,681	£9,144
Semifinal	£102,951	£72,290	£57,208	£110,280	£105,022	£99,694	£94,730	£72,198	£68,032	£66,910	£61,168	£54,663	£58,110	£53,341	£4,892
Quarterfinal	£47,308	£34,483	£32,799	£51,626	£49,164	£46,693	£44,728	£34,376	£32,393	£31,340	£29,120	£25,175	£26,763	£24,384	£2,621
Round 3	£23,662	£17,451	$16,781	£24,989	£23,798	£22,607	£22,460	£16,557	£15,601	£15,165	£14,041	£12,481	£13,268	£12,192	–
Round 2	£13,458	£11,054	£10,831	£12,853	£12,240	£11,626	£11,647	£8,485	£7,995	£7,797	£7,193	£6,423	£6,828	£6,264	£1,402
Round 1	£9,657	£8,931	£8,391	£6,838	£6,512	£6,098	£9,349	£4,579	£4,314	£4,090	£3,883	£3,341	£3,551	£3,292	£802
Qualies Round 2	£5,666	£5,234	£3,814	£4,202	£4,002	£2,544	£2,474	£1,859	£1,752	£1,706	£1,305	£1,212	£1,288	£1,180	£408
Qualies Roud 1	£2,949	£2,701	£2,288	£2,546	£2,424	£1,544	£1,501	£1,126	£1,061	£1,035	£687	£629	£668	£610	£219

WTA Doubles (Per Pair)

2022	US Dollar	Euro	Sterling Pound
Winner	–	–	–
Runner-up	–	–	–
Semifinal	–	–	–
Quarterfinal	–	–	–
Round 2	–	–	–
Round 1	–	–	–

Prize Money by Year

often increases, there are years when it decreases due to various factors influencing the event’s revenue.

Generally, the most crucial factors affecting revenue are ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandise, and concessions, so if the tournament underperforms in a given year, prize money will often decrease.

For example, in 2020 and 2021, tournament officials held the Western & Southern Open with reduced capacity, resulting in significantly lower prize money than what it offered in 2019.

Since 2008, the annual prize money at the tournament has increased every other year for the ATP and WTA. For full context, the following table outlines the total yearly prize money at the event starting in 2006 for the men and 2008 for the women.

Keep in mind that prize money was significantly lower in 2008 for women because it was a tier 3 event at the time.

ATP

Year	ATP – Cincinnati Open Total Prize Money	% Change
2022	$6,280,880	30%
2021	$4,845,025	15%
2020	$4,222,190	-30%
2019	$6,056,280	7%
2018	$5,669,360	14%
2017	$4,973,120	14%
2016	$4,362,385	13%
2015	$3,862,665	15%
2014	$3,356,715	9%
2013	$3,079,555	9%
2012	$2,825,280	9%
2011	$2,592,000	7%
2010	$2,430,000	0%
2009	$2,430,000	3%
2008	$2,365,000	8%
2007	$2,200,000	0%
2006	$2,200,000	–

Please note that all data is in US dollars.

WTA

Year	WTA – Cincinnati Open Total Prize Money	% Change
2021	$2,114,989	-6%
2020	$2,250,829	-24%
2019	$2,944,486	2%
2018	$2,874,299	1%
2017	$2,836,904	1%
2016	$2,804,000	4%
2015	$2,701,240	5%
2014	$2,567,000	8%
2013	$2,369,000	9%
2012	$2,168,400	6%
2011	$2,050,000	2%
2010	$2,000,000	0%
2009	$2,000,000	1043%
2008	$175,000	–

Please note that all data is in US dollars.

FAQs

Here are a few frequently asked questions from fans and attendees about the Cincinnati Open’s prize money.

How much does the winner earn at the Cincinnati Open?

For 2022, the ATP winner at the Cincinnati Open will take home $970,020, which translates to €955,038 and £804,573.

For the WTA, the winner will earn $412,000 or €405,531 and £341,729.

How much does the runner-up earn at the Cincinnati Open?

For 2022, the ATP runner-up at the Cincinnati Open will take home $529,710, which translates to €521,393 and £439,362.

For the WTA, the runner-up will earn $242,800 or €238,988 and £201,388.

Is the Cincinnati Open’s prize money taxed?

Yes. The United States government taxes all player earnings at the Cincinnati Open, reaching as high as 37%.

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