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The 1989 tennis prize money list

$25,074,210 won on court in 1989, split between 142 players. Ivan Lendl took $2,344,367 of it.

Every player the tour paid in 1989, ranked by what they won that season and nothing else. A career total rewards longevity; a season list rewards the year, which is why the two rankings almost never agree at the top. The season is up 20.1% on 1988, and is the 38th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

PAID OUT $25.1m
TOP EARNER $2.3m
PLAYERS PAID 142
OVER $1M 3
FROM THE MAJORS 19.2%

The twenty biggest earners of 1989

Prize money won in the 1989 season

Top ten hold 43.1%

Ivan Lendl $2.3m Boris Becker $2.2m Stefan Edberg $1.7m John McEnroe $946k Brad Gilbert $901k Michael Chang $682k Aaron Krickstein $583k Alberto Mancini $510k Anders Jarryd $486k Andre Agassi $479k Martin Jaite $419k Jakob Hlasek $400k Carl-Uwe Steeb $355k Jim Grabb $335k Jay Berger $332k Guillermo Perez-Roldan $303k Emilio Sanchez $297k Mats Wilander $295k Jim Courier $293k John Fitzgerald $293k

Ten players out of 142 took 43.1% of the season. A prize-money sport concentrates that way by construction: there is no wage and no appearance money on this list, so everything follows the rounds, and a player who reaches the second week of four majors has out-earned a year of quarter-finals everywhere else.

What the top ten did the year before

1989 against 1988, for the ten biggest earners of 1989

1988 to 1989

# Player 1988 1989 Change
01 Ivan Lendl United States $983,938 $2,344,367 +138.3%
02 Boris Becker Germany $1,696,953 $2,216,823 +30.6%
03 Stefan Edberg Sweden $1,402,802 $1,661,491 +18.4%
04 John McEnroe United States $354,808 $946,023 +166.6%
05 Brad Gilbert United States $311,396 $900,848 +189.3%
06 Michael Chang United States $153,553 $682,130 +344.2%
07 Aaron Krickstein United States $314,680 $582,651 +85.2%
08 Alberto Mancini Argentina $121,345 $510,430 +320.6%
09 Anders Jarryd Sweden $340,539 $485,873 +42.7%
10 Andre Agassi United States $812,062 $478,901 -41.0%

A season list moves harder than a career list. Prize money is paid for results and nothing else, so a player who was hurt for half of 1988 can treble his money in a year without doing anything differently, and a player who slips two rounds at three majors loses a third of his.

Every player paid in 1989

Ranked by prize money won that season

142 players

# Player Titles W-L Events From majors Prize money
001 Ivan Lendl United States 10 97-16 28 $392,107 $2,344,367$2.3m
002 Boris Becker Germany 8 90-15 32 $713,734 $2,216,823$2.2m
003 Stefan Edberg Sweden 2 83-28 34 $352,000 $1,661,491$1.7m
004 John McEnroe United States 6 83-19 28 $168,804 $946,023
005 Brad Gilbert United States 5 68-21 28 $9,615 $900,848
006 Michael Chang United States 2 52-19 21 $333,791 $682,130
007 Aaron Krickstein United States 3 56-20 23 $112,794 $582,651
008 Alberto Mancini Argentina 4 57-23 31 $56,955 $510,430
009 Anders Jarryd Sweden 4 73-30 39 $106,566 $485,873
010 Andre Agassi United States 1 49-19 21 $85,892 $478,901
011 Martin Jaite Argentina 5 65-26 33 $18,670 $419,209
012 Jakob Hlasek Switzerland 5 68-34 42 $33,654 $399,849
013 Carl-Uwe Steeb Germany 1 52-34 35 $37,265 $354,717
014 Jim Grabb United States 2 76-37 41 $89,421 $334,639
015 Jay Berger United States 1 46-26 29 $76,005 $332,168
016 Guillermo Perez-Roldan Argentina 1 53-29 33 $23,474 $302,658
017 Emilio Sanchez Spain 3 69-33 41 $13,000 $297,467
018 Mats Wilander Sweden 43-24 25 $88,516 $295,158
019 Jim Courier United States 2 58-35 38 $41,631 $293,425
020 John Fitzgerald Australia 2 58-36 42 $117,753 $292,668
021 Christo Van Rensburg South Africa 4 69-33 37 $53,719 $287,343
022 Andres Gomez Ecuador 4 60-29 35 $27,716 $285,514
023 Horst Skoff Austria 1 53-37 42 $16,949 $276,404
024 Kevin Curren United States 2 74-36 40 $17,111 $273,518
025 Andrei Chesnokov Russia 2 34-21 25 $97,371 $260,920
026 Jimmy Connors United States 2 37-17 21 $52,716 $250,827
027 Magnus Gustafsson Sweden 37-35 38 $25,422 $239,842
028 Mark Woodforde Australia 3 54-32 35 $90,509 $230,649
029 Javier Sanchez Spain 5 84-41 48 $20,333 $211,181
030 Todd Witsken United States 4 60-32 39 $24,275 $211,013
031 Paul Annacone United States 4 57-38 42 $22,615 $208,059
032 Jaime Yzaga Peru 55-29 35 $24,892 $199,897
033 Jonas Svensson Sweden 37-31 35 $42,381 $197,255
034 Wally Masur Australia 2 53-39 44 $31,034 $195,252
035 Goran Ivanisevic Croatia 61-48 53 $62,003 $194,513
036 Danie Visser South Africa 4 73-36 41 $26,921 $189,040
037 Mikael Pernfors Sweden 1 33-24 26 $37,464 $186,758
038 Paolo Cane Italy 1 31-24 26 $13,032 $185,539
039 Patrick McEnroe United States 2 48-29 32 $56,117 $180,672
040 Jordi Arrese Spain 2 50-38 42 $4,934 $176,901
041 Kelly Evernden New Zealand 2 56-33 41 $15,811 $175,875
042 Luiz Mattar Brazil 4 63-38 45 $12,515 $174,776
043 Sergi Bruguera Spain 1 42-25 28 $27,908 $173,619
044 Thomas Muster Austria 30-16 19 $35,490 $171,687
045 Ronald Agenor Haiti 1 27-23 26 $55,430 $170,295
046 Patrik Kuhnen Germany 28-28 29 $24,500 $168,669
047 Marcelo Filippini Uruguay 2 49-33 38 $4,934 $164,827
048 Amos Mansdorf Israel 41-32 36 $43,064 $164,470
049 Pete Sampras United States 1 42-39 40 $40,118 $157,615
050 Scott Davis United States 3 55-37 41 $24,328 $153,363
051 David Pate United States 2 53-39 42 $28,448 $148,493
052 Tomas Carbonell Spain 6 63-33 41 $29,655 $143,027
053 Richey Reneberg United States 1 40-39 41 $27,960 $139,977
054 Alexander Volkov Russia 30-31 33 $16,684 $127,006
055 Karel Novacek Czechia 2 41-33 35 $20,345 $125,946
056 Guy Forget France 1 22-17 20 $2,717 $123,046
057 David Wheaton United States 2 49-33 37 $26,423 $122,043
058 Goran Prpic Croatia 2 41-22 25 $6,420 $117,299
059 Michiel Schapers Netherlands 36-35 41 $35,160 $114,593
060 Petr Korda Czechia 2 52-25 30 $5,150 $107,716
061 Javier Frana Argentina 1 39-36 38 $27,426 $106,739
062 Ramesh Krishnan India 2 31-23 26 $13,684 $105,580
063 Diego Nargiso Italy 46-43 45 $23,427 $104,362
064 Cassio Motta Brazil 3 49-40 44 $20,996 $102,525
065 Andrei Cherkasov Russia 2 27-23 25 $14,878 $99,508
066 Jason Stoltenberg Australia 28-34 36 $25,996 $98,952
067 Omar Camporese Italy 1 36-26 29 $27,574 $98,205
068 Peter Lundgren Sweden 20-32 32 $38,501 $96,459
069 Horacio de la Pena Argentina 2 23-30 34 $20,519 $94,469
070 Nicolas Pereira Venezuela 24-39 39 $21,446 $93,165
071 Simon Youl Australia 1 26-32 34 $17,987 $91,266
072 Derrick Rostagno United States 30-34 34 $22,368 $90,928
073 Franco Davin Argentina 1 27-22 24 $0 $90,284
074 Jeremy Bates Great Britain 2 49-34 39 $27,461 $89,120
075 Marty Davis United States 1 28-33 35 $30,358 $87,329
076 Jean-Philippe Fleurian France 1 42-29 32 $23,771 $85,854
077 Sergio Casal Spain 1 41-35 38 $12,131 $85,551
078 Diego Perez Uruguay 38-37 41 $13,265 $83,541
079 Michael Stich Germany 4 38-26 30 $20,391 $82,169
080 Marc Rosset Switzerland 3 38-15 19 $0 $81,233
081 Claudio Mezzadri Switzerland 2 42-37 41 $4,934 $79,393
082 Paul Haarhuis Netherlands 1 41-24 27 $32,963 $78,742
083 Jimmy Arias United States 21-29 29 $15,966 $78,663
084 Johan Kriek United States 25-21 22 $19,797 $77,009
085 Jimmy Brown United States 1 21-19 21 $12,321 $74,736
086 Alex Antonitsch Austria 35-30 31 $10,331 $70,485
087 Olivier Delaitre France 28-31 32 $16,156 $70,150
088 Christian Bergstrom Sweden 17-19 19 $8,347 $68,114
089 Gary Muller South Africa 1 31-25 26 $9,054 $66,262
090 Henri Leconte France 14-15 16 $1,877 $65,055
091 Richard Fromberg Australia 1 25-29 31 $6,280 $58,019
092 Nicklas Kulti Sweden 1 24-18 20 $9,139 $54,009
093 Thomas Hogstedt Sweden 9-13 13 $13,877 $53,429
094 Gilad Bloom Israel 3 32-26 29 $5,824 $49,040
095 Shuzo Matsuoka Japan 1 14-14 17 $7,594 $47,104
096 Todd Woodbridge Australia 3 37-24 28 $11,895 $46,968
097 Jeff Tarango United States 18-18 18 $18,714 $46,516
098 Carlos Costa Spain 4 34-23 27 $6,418 $43,955
099 Gianluca Pozzi Italy 29-34 35 $7,594 $38,969
100 Lars Jonsson Sweden 1 17-14 15 $0 $37,549
101 Francisco Clavet Spain 1 33-28 30 $0 $37,513
102 Guillaume Raoux France 1 16-13 14 $15,955 $36,661
103 Andrei Olhovskiy Russia 14-25 25 $11,565 $36,390
104 Magnus Larsson Sweden 3 27-18 21 $1,877 $32,913
105 Bryan Shelton United States 1 29-23 24 $11,036 $30,819
106 Arnaud Boetsch France 24-24 24 $8,170 $29,931
107 Fabrice Santoro France 11-13 13 $3,913 $27,867
108 Pablo Arraya Peru 16-31 31 $4,934 $27,269
109 Cedric Pioline France 13-13 13 $10,331 $23,880
110 MaliVai Washington United States 1 13-13 14 $6,602 $23,235
111 Stefano Pescosolido Italy 1 13-15 16 $0 $20,652
112 Renzo Furlan Italy 16-20 20 $3,913 $20,572
113 Henrik Holm Sweden 1 18-13 14 $7,275 $19,179
114 Libor Pimek Belgium 3 30-20 23 $0 $18,838
115 Pat Cash Australia 5-6 5 $9,333 $13,667
116 Wayne Ferreira South Africa 17-14 14 $0 $11,987
117 Jacco Eltingh Netherlands 13-21 21 $0 $11,085
118 Slava Dosedel Czechia 11-13 14 $0 $7,682
119 Todd Martin United States 1 9-1 2 $0 $7,500
120 Marcos Ondruska South Africa 1 7-7 8 $0 $6,498
121 Gilbert Schaller Austria 8-12 13 $0 $6,402
122 Ilie Nastase Romania 4-4 4 $0 $5,557
123 Grant Stafford South Africa 8-12 12 $0 $4,312
124 Daniel Nestor Canada 0-5 5 $0 $3,782
125 Sebastien Lareau Canada 1-4 4 $0 $3,614
126 Brett Steven New Zealand 3-3 3 $0 $2,580
127 Sandon Stolle Australia 0-1 1 $0 $2,420
128 Byron Black Zimbabwe 2-3 3 $1,800 $1,800
129 Bernd Karbacher Germany 3-4 4 $0 $1,610
130 Jonathan Stark United States 1-2 2 $1,050 $1,437
131 Martin Damm Czechia 0-2 2 $0 $1,276
132 Daniel Vacek Czechia 2-5 5 $0 $1,242
133 Fernando Meligeni Brazil 2-2 3 $0 $1,202
134 Karim Alami Morocco 1-2 2 $0 $947
135 Christian Ruud Norway 0-2 2 $0 $895
136 Thomas Enqvist Sweden 0-1 1 $0 $805
137 Jan Siemerink Netherlands 2-1 1 $0 $622
138 Fred McNair IV United States 0-1 1 $0 $461
139 Kenneth Carlsen Denmark 0-1 1 $0 $258
140 Alex O'Brien United States 0-1 1 $0 $212
141 Greg Rusedski Great Britain 0-1 1 $0 $212
142 Wayne Arthurs Australia 0-1 1 $0 $86

Where 1989 sits

Every season the tour has paid, in order

55 seasons

1989 is the 38th biggest season of the 55 on the chart.

Which countries won the 1989 money

The fifteen biggest flags on the 1989 list

33 countries paid

# Country Players Titles Share Prize money
01 United States 31 60 36.9% $9,259,577$9.3m
02 Sweden 14 13 13.7% $3,428,834$3.4m
03 Germany 5 13 11.3% $2,823,988$2.8m
04 Argentina 6 14 6.1% $1,523,789$1.5m
05 Spain 8 23 4.7% $1,169,214
06 Australia 10 12 4.1% $1,029,947
07 South Africa 6 10 2.3% $565,442
08 Switzerland 3 10 2.2% $560,475
09 Austria 4 1 2.1% $524,978
10 Russia 4 4 2.1% $523,824
11 Italy 6 3 1.9% $468,299
12 France 8 3 1.8% $462,444
13 Croatia 2 2 1.2% $311,812
14 Ecuador 1 4 1.1% $285,514
15 Brazil 3 7 1.1% $278,503

33 countries had a player paid in 1989, and the top three of them took 61.9% of the money between them. A flag gets a link here where we hold two or more careers behind it.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in tennis in 1989?

Ivan Lendl, $2,344,367 from 28 events, with 10 titles and a 97-16 record.

How much prize money did tennis pay out in 1989?

$25,074,210 across the 142 players on this list, the 38th biggest season of the 55 the list covers. The season is up 20.1% on 1988, and is the 38th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

How many tennis players earned a million dollars in 1989?

3 of them. The top ten took 43.1% of everything paid out that season.

What share of 1989 prize money came from the grand slams?

19.2%. The four majors paid $4,821,235 of the $25,074,210 won that season.

Which country won the most tennis prize money in 1989?

United States, $9,259,577 across 31 players on the list.

Is this prize money or total earnings?

Prize money: what the tour and the majors paid for results on court in 1989. Endorsements, appearance fees and exhibition money are a separate business and are not in these figures.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras, and the players who made 1989

The 1988 money list · The 1990 money list

Every season

By era

The 1989 top sixty

Elsewhere in tennis