WTA Sets 2027 Calendar With Equal Prize Money at Every Combined 1000

The WTA will reach a long-planned pay-equity milestone in 2027, when every combined WTA 1000 tournament offers equal prize money to women and men as part of a 55-event calendar spanning 26 countries and territories.

Rome, the National Bank Open in Montreal and Toronto, and Cincinnati are the final three combined WTA 1000 events to reach parity. They join Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing, as well as the United Cup and all four Grand Slam tournaments, which already pay equal purses. Rome had pledged to equalize prize money beginning in 2025 but did not, and this year the men’s draw at the Foro Italico offered $9.6 million against $8.3 million for the women.