There was plenty at stake in Sunday's Wimbledon final in which Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic battled for nearly five hours to win the most coveted Grand Slam tournament in all of tennis.
Aside from the title and no. 1 ranking, the high-stakes final offered a hefty check of £2,350,000 to the winner which was 17.5% higher than last year's champion Djokovic earned by beating Nick Kyrgios. This came about after Wimbledon flexed its financial muscle and increased this year's total purse to a record £44 million.
Carlos Alcaraz won it all beating Novak Djokovic in five sets to win his second Grand Slam title, and his coffers were £2.35 million heavier after a magical fortnight, taking his prize money earned for the season to an impressive $7,814,414. He sits in top place in that metric.
Alcaraz also entered the Top 30 in all-time prize money earned despite making his ATP debut at 16 in the 2020 Rio Open. Djokovic, who finished runner-up this year, took home £1,175,000 from the grass Slam, and takes his earnings for the season to $6,563,115.
Djokovic pips Daniil Medvedev for second place by at least $900,000, despite the Russian winning two more titles and at least 10 matches in excess. However, it is pertinent to note that the Serbian star is well clear of any tennis player, both active and retired in career prize money total, amassing a staggering fortune of $171,254,424.
There is a significant disparity with the rest of the pack in the list , with Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev, and Jannik Sinner each earning at least $3 million. The million-dollar club goes as high as 28 men, with Tallon Griekspoor earning $1,018,478 in the first half of the season across singles and doubles competitions occupying 28th spot.
Prize money is explicitly earnings from playing tennis tournaments and doesn't include sponsorship, endorsement deals, or appearance fees. And figures indicated in the article as of July 17, 2023.
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