Jannik Sinner has been having a very successful 2024 campaign so far, winning a couple of majors, and it’s why he’s the first player this year to break $10 million in prize money.
This isn’t an achievement that would have been as easy to do ten years ago because prize money has slowly but surely increased over the years. It’s not even something that happens often because a player would need to play superb tennis over 12 months and win multiple events to earn this amount of money.
That’s exactly what Sinner has been able to do in 2024, winning a few trophies, including two Grand Slam titles. One of those was the recently concluded US Open, where Sinner was able to net over $3.6 million alone.
It’s by far the biggest payout of this year, and it ultimately pushed his total past $10 million to exactly $10,590,709. It also pushed his total past that of Carlos Alcaraz, who sits at $8,155,657 after the US Open.
Had the Spaniard won the US Open, he would be in Sinner’s position of holding the number one spot in prize money earned and surpassing $10 million. Besides the US Open, Sinner also recently won the Cincinnati Open.
That paid him $1,049,460, which greatly contributed to his overall total. It was the second ATP Masters 1000 event he won this year, behind the Miami Open, which increased the Italian's bank balance by $1,100,000.
Some of the events he didn’t win also greatly contributed to the total, even though winning obviously pays out the most. One of those he didn’t win was Wimbledon, which paid him almost £375,000 (~$490,000).
Roland Garros is another event he didn’t win, but he made the semi-finals there, earning over €650,000 (~$716,000), so Wimbledon and Roland Garros also brought him over a million in total prize money.
In between those events, Sinner played in Halle and won the ATP 500 event, which netted him another €421,790. The Indian Wells Open is also one where he made a deep run, but due to his doping saga, Sinner was stripped of all his points and prize money.
Had he retained those, his prize money total would be closer to $11 million overall, which is a massive amount. The Australian Open is also a Grand Slam, and it also greatly contributed to his total.
By winning the Melbourne Slam, the Italian earned A$3,150,000 (~$2,100,000). Overall, Sinner’s efforts on the tennis courts were heavily rewarded with prize money this year, which is why he cleared the $10 million mark first and earned the most out of all players.
It has bene a great year for Sinner, likely one he didn’t even expect when he started playing in January, but he earned every penny of it. Carlos Alcaraz will try to join him in this achievement as there are a couple of big events left to be played this year.
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