Alcaraz Tops Standings For Millions In Bonus Payment Ahead Of ATP Finals

At least five players of The 30 eligible for the bonus pool of the ATP Masters 1000 and year-end championships are contending for the No. 1 spot.

This year, the ATP will provide monetary incentives to the Top 30 players with the most points accrued from Masters 1000 tournaments and ATP Finals. Details of the $20 million bonus breakdown are yet to be confirmed.

In the ATP 500 category, the ATP revealed the distribution of the $1.3 million to be shared among five players. Daniil Medvedev was top earner. He pipped Carlos Alcaraz for the top spot and earned $600,000 after reaching the final in Vienna.

But unlike the 500 level, the $20 million distribution at the Masters level and the ATP Finals has not been revealed. But it is predicted that the player with the most points will receive a seven-figure bonus pay to the tune of $4 million. In the old bonus system, the ATP's year-end No. 1 earned $3.8 million.

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In its 2023 rulebook, the ATP confirmed that payments will be made to the players by January 2024, so we might have conclusive data by then. As many as five players can finish top of this list and are all competing at the ATP Finals, which is scheduled to begin on Sunday, November 12.

Carlos Alcaraz is currently top of the pile having garnered 3,285 points. He won Indian Wells and Madrid, which account for a huge chunk of his points. In second place is Daniil Medvedev, who also won two titles at the Masters level (Miami and Rome).

Jannik Sinner, Andrey Rublev, and Novak Djokovic follow in that order with each winning at least one title at Masters 1000 tournaments (Djokovic has two). The Serbian is fifth on the list with 2,270 points, but it is worth noting that he only played in four ATP 1000 events this year.

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