When Novak Djokovic claimed his record seventh ATP Finals in Turin, surpassing Roger Federer’s six titles in the season-ending tournament, it marked his 98th career singles title. In the process, he received a paycheck of $4.41 million.
Djokovic’s payout was less than the $4.74 million he received in 2022 when he won all his matches. This time around, he lost a round-robin match to Jannik Sinner, which could have awarded him an additional $390,000, potentially earning him a maximum of $4.8 million, the highest tournament prize money in history to date!
Novak Djokovic concluded the third-best season of his playing career in terms of prize money, amassing a staggering $16 million in 2023. This remarkable figure further solidifies his dominance. He has left his peers far behind in career prize money, which is now in excess of $180 million, a landmark achievement. According to ATP’s website, his career prize money now precisely stands at $180.6 million.
During the ATP Finals championship match, Nick Kyrgios commented on Djokovic, stating, “Novak Djokovic is the best player to ever touch a racket, the best player to ever walk the Earth.”
In the all-time list of career prize money, Djokovic’s figure surpasses second-placed Rafael Nadal by a whopping $46 million, who is at $134.6 million, and is exactly $50 million higher than third-placed Roger Federer’s amount of $130.6 million.
Djokovic now holds six of the top 10 prize money-earning seasons of all time by any player on the ATP tour, with his best season being in 2015, when he won a remarkable $21.1 million in prize money, the highest in ATP history!
Record prize money and million-dollar earnings for ATP’s elite players in Turin
A record amount of prize money pool, totaling $15 million, was available at this year’s ATP Finals, with five players pocketing more than $1 million for their efforts over the week—an unprecedented achievement in tournament history. While the richest tennis player, Novak Djokovic, earned a staggering figure for the trophy win, others were not left behind.
The prize money earnings for the players were a sum total of the participation fee ($325,500 for playing all group matches), round-robin wins (an additional $390,000 for each win), semifinal wins (an additional $1,105,000), and final win (an additional $2,201,000). Hence, the undefeated champion would have won $4.8 million for all his victories.
Following Novak Djokovic, the next highest earner was finalist Jannik Sinner, with earnings of a whopping $2.6 million, which included the participation fee, three round-robin wins, and his semifinal victory. Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, and Alexander Zverev each earned prize money of $1.1 million for winning two of their three group stage matches, plus the participation fee.
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— Jannik Sinner (@janniksin) November 12, 2023
Holger Rune received a paycheck of $715,000 for his one win and participation, while Andrey Rublev could only get $325,500 as a participation fee, having not won any of his matches. Hubert Hurkacz received a sum of $152,500 for participating as an alternate. However, Stefanos Tsitsipas was the lone loser, not receiving any amount as he retired hurt from the tournament at the round-robin stage itself.