Jannik Sinner is continuing his training period in view of the new season: the first official event is represented by the Australian Open (18 January-1 February), but the world number 2 will approach the Slam on the hard courts in Melbourne by taking part in three exhibition events. The match against Carlos Alcaraz on January 10th in Seoul (South Korea), then the Million Dollar One Point Slam on January 13th and finally the test with Felix Auger-Aliassime, again in Melbourne, on January 16th as part of the Kooyong Classic.
This particular moment of the year not only represents the springboard for new adventures, but also the opportunity to draw some conclusions, which can also be of an economic nature. Last November 18th we wrote that Jannik Sinner had overtaken Carlos Alcaraz at the top of the seasonal prizes ranking and who therefore had become the richest tennis player of the competitive year, considering exclusively the emoluments deriving from the results on the ATP circuit (therefore excluding performances, sponsors and other sources of revenue).
Specifically, the South Tyrolean champion had reached 19.1 million of US dollars (approximately 16.505 million euros) after the triumph at the ATP Finals and had overtaking its great Iberian rival, stuck at 18.8 million dollars Americans (around 16.23 million euros) after the knockout in the final match in Turin. However, we still had to deal with the so-called bonuses, which the Wimbledon and Australian Open champion was unable to benefit from.
The thirty players who have obtained the most points between Masters 1000 and ATP Finals are entitled to a share of the extra prize money in proportion to their placement in the special ranking and for 2025 they will have shared 21 million dollars. For Sinner, however, there wasn’t even a cent: he missed four events (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Canada) and the ATP deducts 25% of what is due to each player for each tournament in which he did not take part.
Jannik Sinner thus remained at 19.1 million dollars, while Carlos Alcarazalso considering the bonus for level 500 tournaments, has took home a total of 2.5 million and thus raised himself to 21.35 million US dollars (approximately 18.13 million euros). The blue thus slipped to second position in the ranking officially drawn up by the ATP during the Christmas holidaysbut if we consider the six million dollars of the Six Kings Slam then he would put his head back in front of his great rival. Worth noting is the fifth position of Lorenzo Musetti with 6.34 million dollars.
TENNIS PRIZE RANKING 2025
1. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) US$21.35 million
2. Jannik Sinner (Italy) US$19.12 million
3. Alexander Zverev (Germany) US$7.47 million
4. Alex de Minaur (Australia) US$6.66 million
5. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) US$6.34 million
6. Taylor Fritz (USA) US$5.94 million
7. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) US$5.82 million
8. Ben Shelton (USA) US$5.67 million
9. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 5.14 million in statutory dollars
10. Casper Ruud (Norway) US$3.97 million
