It’s no surprise to see Jannik Sinner at the top when the ATP’s final prize money totals for 2024 just came out. The Italian enjoyed an incredible season and ended up with $19,735,703 in prize money earnings, the second-highest single season prize money total in the history of the ATP tour. As we had earlier reported, Sinner has now also achieved over 30 million in prize money for his career.
Sinner started of the year by winning the first Slam of the year, the Australian Open, and also claimed the US Open trophy (image above) as part of his overall eight titles. He finished as clear no 1 in the rankings after winning 73 out of 79 matches and signed off in style by also winning the Davis Cup with Italy.
These stats took him to the top among tennis biggest earners for last season:
$19,735,703: Jannik Sinner
$11,501,623: Alexander Zverev
$10,358,429: Carlos Alcaraz
$8,250,064: Taylor Fritz
$6,519,660: Daniil Medvedev
$5,744,515: Casper Ruud
$5,589,848: Andrey Rublev
$4,421,915: Novak Djokovic
$4,352,277: Alex de Minaur
$4,293,441: Stefanos Tsitsipas
There’s only one player that had higher prize money earning in a single season, Novak Djokovic in 2015 with $21,646,145.
Top 5 highest earning seasons in ATP history:
$21,646,145: Novak Djokovic (2015)
$19,735,703: Jannik Sinner (2024)
$16,349,701: Andy Murray (2016)
$16,349,586: Rafael Nadal (2019)
$15,967,184: Novak Djokovic (2018)
Also ending up with with eight-figure earnings, we find world no 2 and 3, Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard became the second man throughout history to earn over $10M for three years in a row.
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