Jannik Sinner, fresh winner in Halle, looks down on all his colleagues not only in the world rankings
Four tournaments won in 2024. First Major of his career. First title on grass. First time he reaches number one in the world rankings. Difficult, almost impossible in fact, to ask for more from Jannik Sinner, someone who has been effectively dominating the circuit at least since last Octoberwhen he began his unstoppable climb by winning the ATP 500 in Beijing. From then on, the 22-year-old from San Candido has never looked back.
Just to fill the path with something legendary, Jannik also led Italy to win the Davis Cup. The second in the history of Italian tennis. The first after 47 years of abstinence. Despite the serious hip problem complained during the Madrid tournament, at the end of April, Simone Vagnozzi’s student immediately got back on track playing an excellent Roland Garros.
Only held back by Carlos Alcaraz in a semi-final which he still led by two sets to one, the Italian took the top spot in the world rankings, inaugurating his reign – which promises to last a long time – winning his first turf tournament in Halle. An excellent viaticum for the great Wimbledon event, about to start. But there is another reason for satisfaction for the new idol of Italian sportsmen.
Sinner ‘Scrooge’: the figures for a mind-boggling 2024
A few weeks ago, on the eve of Roland Garros, the newspaper ‘Milan Finance‘ had calculated Sinner’s earnings considering not only the prize pools of the various tournaments, but also the advertising collaborations with companies. From the one with Gucci, of which he is Brand Ambassador, to the one with Lavazza, Fastweb and others, it was believed that the South Tyrolean earned something like 3 million euros a month. Not bad for an athlete who had already shattered previous revenue records limited to Italian tennis players of the past and present.
Scrolling through the ATP website, the ‘prize money‘ – which indicates the value of earnings, in the current year and in the entire career, of racket professionals – another sensational fact emerges. Sinner also leads the ranking of the tennis players who have earned the most during 2024.
Jannik has so far pocketed $5.35 million from the prize pools of the various events he has participated in this year.. In this special ranking the second, Sascha Zverev, earned 4.63 million dollars, followed by Carlos Alcaraz at 4.56. Novak Djokovic, the former record holder of the circuit, is stuck at 1.85 million. In short, Sinner’s dominance is also reflected in the rich bank account of the Italian phenomenon.
