It's a common practice in 500-level tournaments: if you want to attract the best, you have to loosen your purse strings. Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and many other big names condition their presence in "non-mandatory" tournaments on the so-called "appearance fee", upfront fees that players decide to be part of your event... and Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are no different, of course. In this case, ATP Doha 2026 is not holding back in securing their presence: as revealed by La Gazzetta dello Sport, both of them pocket 1.2 million euros just to participate in the Qatari tournament, an amount that doubles what they would get if they were to win the tournament (the champion takes home $529,945 as prize money). They won't leave empty-handed, for sure.
According to Gazzetta, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz each earned a $1.2M appearance fee for playing Doha.
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) February 16, 2026
The tournament winner will take home $529,945.
The runner-up will earn $285,095.
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