The 60 million mark is gone 
The official numbers landed on Thursday. 61.7 million euros. That is the exact pot Roland-Garros will hand out during the 2026 tournament, scheduled from 24 May to 7 June. Compared with last year, the increase is close to 10% — 9.5% to be exact. The direct result at the top of the draw: the title will be worth 2.8 million euros. For both men and women. That is a clean 300,000 euros more than the winners collected in 2025.
Prize money locked in from qualifying
The payment structure covers every player in the field. A first-round qualifying loss brings in 24,000 euros. Make the main draw and you have banked at least 87,000 euros. Reach the third round, a real stumbling block for French players last year, and the payout jumps to 187,000 euros. Near the final, the money starts to get serious. Lose in the semi-finals, like Lois Boisson did in 2025, and the cheque still comes to 750,000 euros.
Still a long way behind the US Open
Paris clay has redrawn the economics of the Grand Slam game. The winners’ cheque now tops the Australian Open. Melbourne’s major hands out about 2.5 million euros to its champions early in the season. But the Anglo-Saxon events still run the money race. Wimbledon offers 3.4 million euros. Untouchable, the hard courts of the US Open sit at 4.3 million euros to close out the tennis year.
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