How much do tennis players earn per hour? Sinner at the top, then Alcaraz: the figures of the top 10

Journalist

December 30 – 11.54am – MILANO

An hourglass in which gold dust flows. Thus one can imagine the measure of time for the protagonists of the ATP circuit. To do some math in the pockets of the tennis players who animated the 2025 season, the statisticians tried their hand at calculating their earnings over time. In this special ranking, which is based only on the singles matches of the circuit played this year, the king is Jannik Sinner. Although his season was crippled by Wada’s three-month ban, his coffers did not suffer too much. Jannik played 64 singles matches on Tour, winning six titles and playing 125 hours overall. Therefore, dividing the accumulated prize money (16,245,449 euros and change) by the time spent there, it turns out that Sinner earned 130,035 euros an hour. Basically the value of a supercar, which not even Carlos Alcaraz has achieved.

earnings per hour of tennis players: the ranking

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The Spaniard, fresh from his divorce from coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, had an excellent season with two Slam wins and the world number one: he achieved them by spending 157 hours battling against his rivals, paid 101,988 euros each. More or less the cost of a Panthère ring by Cartier, adorned with 545 brilliant-cut diamonds, emeralds and onyx. The lowest step of the podium goes to Novak Djokovic who has played significantly less than the first two. The amount of hours of the Serbian, who nevertheless reached the semi-final in all four Slams in 2025, winning two ATP titles, in Geneva and Athens (where he beat our Lorenzo Musetti in the final), was less than the two phenomena, 109 hours. However, the hourly earnings were calculated at 39,945 euros. The Top 3 is soon made, but the calculation messes up the world ranking hierarchies. In fourth place is in fact Jack Draper, very unlucky with the physical problems that have slowed down the last months of his season and will also prevent him from taking the field at the Australian Open. The Briton, champion at Indian Wells after beating Rune in the final, remained on court for “just” 79 hours in his singles matches in 2025. Yet, the good results achieved while he was healthy ensured him 2,908,000 euros in match bonuses, for an average of 36,545 euros per hour. And since the Maldives have been very popular among players lately, with this amount you could afford a night in the most luxurious suite of one of the most exclusive resorts in the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, the Soneva Fushi.

earnings of tennis players, musetti in the top 10

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In the Top 10 of the players who have earned the most by average hourly there is also Lorenzo Musetti, in ninth place in this curious ranking. The Tuscan, finalist in Monte Carlo and semi-finalist at Roland Garros, played a lot, especially in the second part of the year, to accumulate precious points for qualifying for the Finals. In total he racked up 138 hours on the singles circuit, earning 3,7979,796 euros, i.e. 28,896 euros an hour. Significant sums, largely used, first of all, for the management of the teams. Staff salaries and travel have significant costs. The Top Players have increasingly numerous and structured teams: a coach can cost 5 thousand euros a week plus a percentage of tournament earnings. The highest level players generally travel with a coach, trainer, physiotherapist and often a publicist: at least five people to pay wages, transport, food and accommodation. An expense, for the Top 20, which is between one million and 500 thousand euros per season. To allow them to get there, however, families often incurred significant expenses: “When I started earning it was the moment in which I no longer felt under pressure because I could live on my salary – Sinner said after pocketing the six million from the Six Kings Slam -. I have a lot of respect for money, my parents made a lot of sacrifices to allow me to chase my dreams”.