How much did Jannik Sinner win at the 2024 ATP Finals?
The Italian beat Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-4 to win the ATP Finals in Turin on Sunday. It crowns a hugely profitable year for the 23-year-old, who has earned more than any other tennis player in one season.
Jannik Sinner’s 2024 season will go down in recent tennis history as one of the most prolific in terms of titles - and also for the huge financial gains which the Italian has reaped. No other player in history has earned as much prize money in one season.
Sunday’s win over Taylor Fritz at the ATP Finals in Turin saw Sinner close the year with eight titles and a spectacular record of 69 wins and just six losses. Figures which also translate into a significant windfall in cash prizes, since in all the official tournaments played in 2024 on the ATP circuit, Sinner has earned a whopping $16,914,035.
2024 ATP Finals prize money: how much did the winner take home?
Sinner became the first Italian to win the ATP Finals title, and did so without dropping a single set. He breezed through the round robin stage, beating Daniil Medvedev 6–3, 6–4, Taylor Fritz 6–4, 6–4 and Alex de Minaur 6–3, 6–4. He saw off Casper Ruud in the semi-final (6–1, 6–2) then beat Fritz again 6–4, 6–4 in the final.
In total, Sinner pocketed a whopping $4.8 million for a playing faultless tournament in Turin. The breakdown of that $4.8 million is as follows: a $331,000 fee for participating in the three-match round robin stage plus $1,189,500 for winning three group stage games ($396,500 per win). The semi-final win over Casper Ruud ensured he collected another $1,123,400 then the big prize - $2,237,200 for winning the final.
As the runner-up Fritz received a total of $2,247,400 ($331,000 participation fee, $793,000 for two group phase wins plus $1,123,400 for his semi-final victory over Alexander Zverev.
How much money has Jannik Sinner made in cash prizes in 2024?
Sinner earned an eye-watering total of $16,946,149 in prize money during 2024 for his participation and achievements on the ATP Tour circuit plus other events such as the Six Kings Slam exhibition. Most of that figure is from singles tournaments but the Italian also collected $32,114 in doubles competitions.
It all started back in January when he won his maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open - a 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 victory over Daniil Medvedev in the final earned him $2,130,975. He followed that by clinching the Rotterdam Open title in February, beating Alex de Minaur by straight sets in the final - boosting his bank balance by $668,300 ($430,260 for being crowned champion plus 500 ranking points).
He reached the semi-finals at Indian Wells at the beginning of March, and despite losing to Carlos Alcaraz, he earned $387,100 for making it to the last four. A week later, Sinner embarked on a title-winning run at the Miami Open which brought him a further $1,100,000. He got as far as the semi-finals at Roland Garros ($695,243) and his next win was at the Halle Open ATP 500 event in June, taking the top cash prize: €396,923 ($420,188).
Jannik was eliminated in the quarter final round at Wimbledon and made it to the same stage at the Canadian Open in August. He was soon back to winning ways, lifting the Cincinnati Masters ($1,049,460) then winning his first US Open title with a 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 victory over Taylor Fritz in New York City, boosting his coffers by another $3,600,000.
He defeated Novak Djokovic to win the Shanghai Masters and scooped a $1,100,000 check for his efforts. Then ended the year with this weekend’s victory on home turf in the ATP Finals.
For Jannik, the biggest money spinner of the year by far was last month’s Six Kings Slam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Just for taking part, the six participating players received $1.5 million and the Italian took home $6 million - the largest prize in tennis history, after beating Carlos Alcaraz in the final.
Sinner’s annual earnings could have been even higher if it wasn’t for his his controversial positive doping test. As a result of that, he lost potential earnings and points from the Californian tournament.
Prize money increased right across the board in tennis’ major tournaments in 2024. The purse for the Australian Open was $57,891,855 - a 6 percent increase on 2023 while other events also saw prize money boosted - the purse for Roland Garros this year was €53,478,000 ($59.2 million), up 7.82% from 2023; Wimbledon also saw a record rise from £44,700,000 in 2023 to £50,000,000 ($63,395,000).