Nadal, Djokovic eyeing new world record for prize money won at 2022 ATP Finals
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Every year, the eight best ATP players meet at the year-end event, and in 2022, it can be special because of record-high prize money.
Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud, and Novak Djokovic are among those who qualified for the 2022 ATP Finals. Usually, players are awarded prize money and points for each round they pass at regular events, but that's different at the ATP Finals.
Just for showing up in Turin and playing all three of their round-robin matches, they will all receive $320,000 in participation fees. Players don't receive participation fees anywhere else.
Although it's standard practice for players to receive appearance fees if they sign up to play for some lower-tier events, it's not part of the official prize money. The participation fee counts as a part of the prize money at the ATP Finals.
Moreover, players will fight for 200 points and $383,300 for every win in the round-robin stage. That means that just for winning all three round-robin matches, a player can earn $1,469,900 ($320,000 out of which would be a participation fee).
If a player advances without losing a match and wins in the semi-finals as well as the final, they can earn $4,740,300 and 1,500 points, but that will be the case only if a player wins every match in the round-robin stage.
In 2019, Ashleigh Barty won the WTA Finals, and after losing only one match in the round-robin stage, the Australian collected a total of $4,420,000. Until today, that is a record amount of prize money won by a player at a tennis tournament, male or female.
An undefeated champion at the 2022 ATP Finals could break this record by more than $300,000 and set a new world record in prize money won by a tennis player at a single event.
However, that will be the case only if the player wins all five matches. If the eventual champion loses one of his round-robin matches, they would earn "only" $4,357,000. That means $67,000 less than Ashleigh Barty in 2019.
