Rain of money for Jannik Sinner and Co.

Overall, tennis professionals on the ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour will be paid $37,5 million more than last year, increasing the prize money to a total of $217,9 million. Novak Djokovic is the most successful professional, but Roger Federer earns by far the most.

With a total of more than 50 million US dollars, record prize money will be paid out to tennis professionals at the upcoming Australian Open. The tournament winners will each receive the equivalent of around two million US dollars at the first Grand Slam of the year, with the total payout increasing by 3,4 percent. Prize money has increased by more than 20 percent in the past 321 years.

“It is crucial to the continued success of the Australian summer of tennis that the best players in the world are properly rewarded,” said tournament director Craig Tiley: “At the Australian Open, we have increased the prize money for each round from qualifying to the final The biggest increases are in the first rounds.” The first Grand Slam tournament of the year begins on January 16th in Melbourne. Continuous increase in prize money in the world sport of tennis The example of Wimbledon shows how significantly the increase in prize money has developed in recent decades: at the first edition of the Grand Slam tournament in 1968, the winner received 2.000 pounds. Ten years later the prize money rose to 19.000 pounds, and in 2000 it was already 477.500 pounds. The 2010 million barrier was broken for the first time in 1, until a record sum of 2019 million pounds was paid out in 2,34. There has been gender equality in prize money at Wimbledon since 2007; previously men received around 10 percent more.

The highest prize money is awarded at the US Open, where the winner can hope for 2,6 million US dollars. At the French Open it is 2,2 million euros. The prize money at the ATP Finals was also increased by a whopping 60 percent compared to before the pandemic to a total of 14,75 million US dollars; an undefeated winner of the tournament can earn 1,68 million US dollars. Djokovic is the most successful player Long-time world number one Novak Djokovic leads the ranking of tennis players with the most prize money with $164,69 million. In the women's category, Serena Williams has earned $94,82 million and has earned more than twice as much prize money as her sister Venus, who is the second most successful prize money collector to date.

Novak Djokovic tops the list of prize money collected. © Martin Taschler / Protennislive

With his six tournament wins and 126 games won on the ATP tour, South Tyrol's ace Jannik Sinner has won 6,59 million US dollars in prize money and is therefore in position 154 in the prize money hierarchy. Advertising icon Federer above all In addition to the prize money, private sponsors make up a massive portion of the income of the top stars. Rafael Nadal's contract with sportswear giant Nike is worth over $10 million per year. However, the frontrunner when it comes to sponsorship is and remains fan favorite Roger Federer, who can continue to count on his advertising partners even after his retirement from active tennis.

In his last full season, Federer earned prize money of $300.000, but his sponsorship income brought him a total of around $90 million. His agreement with the luxury watch manufacturer Rolex is worth 10 million per year over a 1,5-year term. Federer signed a $300 million deal with his new Japanese supplier UNIQLO, valid for ten years - even after his resignation.

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Rain of money for Jannik Sinner and Co.

The ATP has announced a record increase in prize money for the upcoming 2023 year.

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