Carlos Alcaraz has missed out on a significant chunk of the bonus money attached to the ATP 500 prize pool after his Vienna Open triumph. Alcaraz beat Alex De Minaur 6-1, 6-4 in Sunday’s final, yet it is De Minaur who leaves Austria with the bigger overall payday from the tour’s season-long 500-level scheme.
The title was Alcaraz’s third at ATP 500 level this season, after Doha in February and Tokyo four weeks ago, and his fourth trophy of 2026 after the Australian Open. He did not drop a set across five matches in Vienna and closed out the final on his first match point in 97 minutes, extending his perfect record against De Minaur to seven wins from seven meetings. The Spaniard earned €523,305 in prize money for his victory, while De Minaur pocketed €281,540 as the runner-up.
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The bonus pool reversed that order. De Minaur topped the season’s ATP 500 standings with 1,610 points, 60 clear of Alcaraz’s 1,550. The Australian is set to collect about $1.22 million, a fixed $1,025,000 for first place plus roughly $193,200 from the points component. Alcaraz’s second place is worth a fixed $512,500 plus about $186,000, a total near $698,500.
The pool is a season-long fund of about $3.07 million distributed among the six players who accumulate the most ranking points at ATP 500 tournaments, not a reward for any single week. Fixed amounts run from $1,025,000 for first to $51,250 for sixth, with $120 added for every point collected.
Payment is also tied to participation requirements, so a top-six finish does not guarantee the full sum. Alex De Minaur played seven ATP 500 events and won 21 matches at the level, while Carlos Alcaraz, who missed almost five months with a wrist injury, made four appearances, in Doha, Barcelona, Tokyo and Vienna.
Carlos Alcaraz receives a major confidence boost ahead of Paris Masters
Indoor hard courts have rarely been where Carlos Alcaraz looks most at ease at the end of a long season. However, the Spaniard opened up about how his stellar campaign at the Vienna Open gave him a major confidence boost on the surface. He also reflected on his approach to beating a “dangerous” player like Alex de Minaur in the final.
“His style is really dangerous. It’s really difficult to increase the power that I want to in every shot and every ball. He’s really fast, so you have to earn every point,” Carlos Alcaraz said. “I tried to be aggressive and show him that if he wants to win, he has to play better [than me], more aggressive, more solid, and be smarter than me.”
“I’m just really happy that at the end I found my way, played great, and obviously it has been a really emotional and amazing week for me. I learned a lot, to keep going forward, step by step, playing on indoor courts, and trying to gain more confidence playing on this surface,” he added.
That confidence will get tested immediately as Alcaraz kicks off his quest to win his maiden Paris Masters title. His best result there is a quarterfinal finish in 2022, and last year he lost his opening match to Cameron Norrie. After a first-round bye as the second seed, the seven-time Grand Slam champion awaits the winner of Alex Michelsen and Jiri Lehecka in the second round.
Alex de Minaur, seeded eighth, will also be in action at the ATP Masters 1000 event, meeting the winner of Andrey Rublev and Tomás Martín Etcheverry in his opening match.
Edited by Urvi Mehra
