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TENNIS · 185 PLAYERS PAID

The 1994 tennis prize money list

$67,774,908 won on court in 1994, split between 185 players. Pete Sampras took $4,857,812 of it.

Every player the tour paid in 1994, 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 5.1% on 1993, and is the 28th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

PAID OUT $67.8m
TOP EARNER $4.9m
PLAYERS PAID 185
OVER $1M 15
FROM THE MAJORS 16.6%

The twenty biggest earners of 1994

Prize money won in the 1994 season

Top ten hold 38.8%

Pete Sampras $4.9m Sergi Bruguera $3.5m Stefan Edberg $2.6m Goran Ivanisevic $2.5m Andre Agassi $2.4m Boris Becker $2.3m Magnus Larsson $2.1m Michael Chang $2.0m Michael Stich $2.0m Jim Courier $1.9m Andrei Medvedev $1.3m Todd Martin $1.3m Wayne Ferreira $1.1m Jacco Eltingh $1.0m Alberto Berasategui $1.0m Yevgeny Kafelnikov $987k Paul Haarhuis $931k Mark Woodforde $866k Jonas Bjorkman $857k Marc Rosset $768k

Ten players out of 185 took 38.8% 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

1994 against 1993, for the ten biggest earners of 1994

1993 to 1994

# Player 1993 1994 Change
01 Pete Sampras United States $4,579,325 $4,857,812 +6.1%
02 Sergi Bruguera Spain $1,959,984 $3,531,874 +80.2%
03 Stefan Edberg Sweden $2,740,759 $2,589,161 -5.5%
04 Goran Ivanisevic Croatia $1,818,897 $2,485,278 +36.6%
05 Andre Agassi United States $407,835 $2,441,667 +498.7%
06 Boris Becker Germany $1,865,839 $2,279,756 +22.2%
07 Magnus Larsson Sweden $472,096 $2,139,106 +353.1%
08 Michael Chang United States $2,006,024 $2,039,495 +1.7%
09 Michael Stich Germany $3,749,021 $2,009,456 -46.4%
10 Jim Courier United States $3,584,321 $1,921,584 -46.4%

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 1993 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 1994

Ranked by prize money won that season

185 players

# Player Titles W-L Events From majors Prize money
001 Pete Sampras United States 10 84-14 23 $952,402 $4,857,812$4.9m
002 Sergi Bruguera Spain 3 78-30 35 $601,519 $3,531,874$3.5m
003 Stefan Edberg Sweden 3 79-37 41 $132,491 $2,589,161$2.6m
004 Goran Ivanisevic Croatia 2 88-41 45 $376,793 $2,485,278$2.5m
005 Andre Agassi United States 5 59-18 24 $598,490 $2,441,667$2.4m
006 Boris Becker Germany 4 68-28 33 $134,213 $2,279,756$2.3m
007 Magnus Larsson Sweden 5 62-37 43 $185,726 $2,139,106$2.1m
008 Michael Chang United States 6 76-21 26 $125,595 $2,039,495$2.0m
009 Michael Stich Germany 5 83-39 47 $304,814 $2,009,456$2.0m
010 Jim Courier United States 66-25 28 $243,049 $1,921,584$1.9m
011 Andrei Medvedev Ukraine 2 42-20 23 $118,619 $1,311,134
012 Todd Martin United States 2 70-29 32 $465,069 $1,291,242
013 Wayne Ferreira South Africa 5 106-44 52 $148,224 $1,139,174
014 Jacco Eltingh Netherlands 10 114-42 52 $263,810 $1,044,215
015 Alberto Berasategui Spain 8 77-32 39 $272,011 $1,039,651
016 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Russia 7 123-55 67 $98,931 $987,396
017 Paul Haarhuis Netherlands 8 106-38 48 $248,722 $930,962
018 Mark Woodforde Australia 7 107-47 53 $223,560 $865,625
019 Jonas Bjorkman Sweden 7 104-46 56 $234,487 $856,552
020 Marc Rosset Switzerland 2 69-43 48 $61,409 $768,004
021 Thomas Muster Austria 3 67-29 34 $145,464 $754,829
022 Jonathan Stark United States 3 86-44 47 $194,939 $689,379
023 Karel Novacek Czechia 4 75-58 61 $208,199 $680,874
024 Byron Black Zimbabwe 3 90-52 55 $200,623 $679,558
025 Todd Woodbridge Australia 6 87-39 49 $206,872 $666,533
026 Petr Korda Czechia 55-36 37 $30,397 $612,012
027 Carlos Costa Spain 3 48-37 40 $47,793 $575,373
028 Alexander Volkov Russia 1 40-44 41 $80,297 $562,172
029 Patrick Rafter Australia 2 70-50 52 $93,608 $560,253
030 Andrei Olhovskiy Russia 2 85-62 64 $91,676 $559,411
031 Richard Krajicek Netherlands 3 41-20 23 $42,856 $555,116
032 Bernd Karbacher Germany 1 47-37 37 $97,931 $504,286
033 Olivier Delaitre France 6 84-50 59 $78,087 $502,407
034 Javier Sanchez Spain 4 77-65 69 $29,066 $498,251
035 Jaime Yzaga Peru 46-35 40 $126,766 $495,001
036 Jason Stoltenberg Australia 1 46-34 35 $46,282 $453,237
037 Daniel Vacek Czechia 3 69-52 55 $91,560 $450,135
038 Andrea Gaudenzi Italy 1 50-40 41 $75,334 $445,699
039 Patrick McEnroe United States 2 69-46 48 $53,268 $442,996
040 Magnus Gustafsson Sweden 2 33-12 16 $57,551 $437,426
041 Cedric Pioline France 35-35 34 $48,181 $420,501
042 Arnaud Boetsch France 41-33 36 $48,199 $418,939
043 Henrik Holm Sweden 3 58-51 54 $54,248 $393,123
044 Richey Reneberg United States 2 64-45 47 $94,796 $383,206
045 Alex Corretja Spain 1 54-31 32 $42,043 $376,628
046 Emilio Sanchez Spain 4 77-64 67 $44,576 $375,506
047 Andrei Chesnokov Russia 44-34 34 $26,807 $372,227
048 Tomas Carbonell Spain 66-65 67 $45,826 $363,671
049 Martin Damm Czechia 3 66-51 53 $107,284 $363,029
050 Aaron Krickstein United States 35-26 26 $79,486 $352,986
051 Nicklas Kulti Sweden 1 47-45 47 $81,091 $341,356
052 David Wheaton United States 1 44-29 30 $31,281 $331,731
053 Alex O'Brien United States 2 63-51 54 $54,622 $328,652
054 Marc-Kevin Goellner Germany 40-52 52 $43,958 $324,358
055 Guy Forget France 3 37-22 25 $87,109 $322,074
056 MaliVai Washington United States 1 41-30 31 $73,553 $315,868
057 Renzo Furlan Italy 2 43-40 42 $28,770 $314,015
058 Jim Grabb United States 2 60-44 48 $44,285 $306,830
059 Slava Dosedel Czechia 1 49-36 36 $25,543 $303,683
060 Jakob Hlasek Switzerland 1 50-44 48 $45,430 $295,690
061 Brett Steven New Zealand 3 61-43 49 $66,583 $277,203
062 Richard Fromberg Australia 32-34 34 $65,693 $269,773
063 Greg Rusedski Great Britain 1 41-43 44 $55,069 $265,194
064 Ivan Lendl United States 34-26 26 $45,289 $263,914
065 Ronald Agenor Haiti 27-35 36 $42,856 $256,746
066 Amos Mansdorf Israel 23-30 30 $50,330 $255,315
067 Diego Nargiso Italy 1 50-54 61 $31,078 $253,027
068 Anders Jarryd Sweden 4 61-39 45 $18,803 $250,518
069 Jeff Tarango United States 36-46 49 $43,556 $245,006
070 Gilbert Schaller Austria 2 43-36 38 $16,032 $242,822
071 Henri Leconte France 26-30 30 $26,388 $242,538
072 Wally Masur Australia 26-32 32 $53,922 $239,077
073 Brad Gilbert United States 22-27 27 $25,543 $234,183
074 Jan Siemerink Netherlands 3 53-41 47 $21,392 $233,862
075 Hendrik Dreekmann Germany 33-36 36 $96,060 $233,580
076 Thomas Enqvist Sweden 29-25 25 $38,412 $227,587
077 Sandon Stolle Australia 3 59-31 41 $20,558 $222,780
078 Fabrice Santoro France 2 57-37 40 $37,883 $220,118
079 Jeremy Bates Great Britain 3 43-39 45 $47,423 $218,435
080 Jean-Philippe Fleurian France 1 41-40 41 $53,417 $215,492
081 Sebastien Lareau Canada 3 57-41 50 $33,191 $213,481
082 Bryan Shelton United States 2 54-58 61 $78,277 $212,172
083 Stefano Pescosolido Italy 25-36 38 $37,186 $212,076
084 Jordi Arrese Spain 48-44 44 $13,193 $207,993
085 Jordi Burillo Spain 27-39 39 $47,225 $204,295
086 Andrei Cherkasov Russia 15-33 33 $31,875 $201,410
087 Marcos Ondruska South Africa 46-43 46 $64,689 $201,029
088 Guillaume Raoux France 1 38-36 37 $45,137 $195,472
089 Francisco Clavet Spain 2 58-33 35 $26,943 $193,583
090 Horst Skoff Austria 4 42-27 31 $0 $189,074
091 Carl-Uwe Steeb Germany 23-34 35 $7,882 $187,062
092 Younes El Aynaoui Morocco 1 31-36 40 $31,875 $186,565
093 Franco Davin Argentina 2 34-31 33 $16,032 $186,427
094 Albert Costa Spain 2 32-25 27 $23,595 $183,450
095 Lars Jonsson Sweden 22-31 33 $52,563 $183,438
096 Kenneth Carlsen Denmark 38-37 39 $44,730 $175,825
097 Karol Kucera Slovakia 3 51-35 40 $28,906 $175,538
098 Christian Bergstrom Sweden 16-19 21 $84,477 $171,149
099 David Prinosil Germany 1 37-41 49 $46,977 $169,917
100 Alex Antonitsch Austria 2 33-42 44 $41,147 $169,067
101 Javier Frana Argentina 25-27 26 $102,798 $164,993
102 Sergio Casal Spain 3 43-28 31 $22,595 $162,870
103 Nicolas Pereira Venezuela 3 49-47 56 $25,206 $162,551
104 Gianluca Pozzi Italy 1 37-39 44 $51,238 $161,538
105 Patrik Kuhnen Germany 2 24-28 30 $24,513 $155,388
106 Karim Alami Morocco 1 34-38 44 $28,475 $155,212
107 Luiz Mattar Brazil 2 33-28 30 $7,882 $147,802
108 Marcelo Filippini Uruguay 3 51-28 35 $0 $140,545
109 Mats Wilander Sweden 2 28-28 30 $39,689 $138,889
110 Grant Stafford South Africa 26-34 34 $55,554 $137,789
111 Jonas Svensson Sweden 14-23 23 $21,827 $135,717
112 John Fitzgerald Australia 2 27-23 32 $19,253 $125,860
113 Fernando Meligeni Brazil 1 43-37 38 $28,770 $122,425
114 Gary Muller South Africa 26-31 32 $6,546 $116,936
115 Shuzo Matsuoka Japan 1 38-29 33 $12,738 $113,863
116 Vincent Spadea United States 3 40-32 40 $16,125 $111,098
117 Daniel Nestor Canada 4 48-31 39 $15,447 $110,393
118 Marcelo Rios Chile 1 26-22 23 $26,943 $105,853
119 Simon Youl Australia 4 64-41 49 $9,115 $104,576
120 Omar Camporese Italy 23-41 41 $7,563 $100,038
121 Libor Pimek Belgium 2 37-39 43 $12,359 $92,939
122 Horacio de la Pena Argentina 1 16-27 28 $10,545 $89,400
123 Paolo Cane Italy 27-32 33 $0 $85,105
124 Filip Dewulf Belgium 39-43 49 $8,280 $83,970
125 Leander Paes India 3 53-34 40 $21,949 $83,305
126 Christo Van Rensburg South Africa 1 18-21 23 $16,804 $80,929
127 Christian Ruud Norway 4 47-28 35 $13,193 $80,883
128 Danie Visser South Africa 1 23-26 28 $12,066 $80,076
129 Scott Davis United States 23-26 28 $12,764 $79,632
130 Mikael Tillstrom Sweden 4 34-17 21 $39,904 $75,689
131 David Pate United States 19-24 25 $23,205 $66,289
132 Hernan Gumy Argentina 2 37-43 46 $0 $60,260
133 Tim Henman Great Britain 18-22 24 $11,539 $50,278
134 Wayne Arthurs Australia 1 38-30 34 $2,331 $46,222
135 Paul Annacone United States 1 23-20 21 $20,143 $45,728
136 Sjeng Schalken Netherlands 1 28-20 24 $0 $41,472
137 Mark Philippoussis Australia 1 20-14 20 $6,727 $37,759
138 Diego Perez Uruguay 2 26-12 21 $0 $35,794
139 Gilad Bloom Israel 15-28 29 $0 $34,832
140 Adrian Voinea Romania 10-16 18 $7,882 $32,994
141 Jerome Golmard France 1 15-18 23 $2,663 $32,043
142 Davide Sanguinetti Italy 19-25 27 $0 $30,680
143 Thomas Hogstedt Sweden 4-11 17 $0 $30,027
144 Bohdan Ulihrach Czechia 1 23-15 16 $0 $28,280
145 Lars Burgsmuller Germany 17-16 19 $0 $27,705
146 Peter Lundgren Sweden 2-7 12 $0 $23,592
147 Jimmy Arias United States 7-11 14 $0 $22,930
148 Hicham Arazi Morocco 17-16 20 $0 $22,574
149 Alberto Mancini Argentina 4-8 11 $0 $22,305
150 Mikael Pernfors Sweden 0-8 8 $13,057 $22,057
151 Jiri Novak Czechia 2 22-17 19 $0 $20,895
152 Andrei Pavel Romania 1 11-8 11 $0 $19,402
153 Chris Woodruff United States 1 11-10 15 $0 $16,385
154 Jimmy Connors United States 1-5 5 $0 $15,020
155 Thomas Johansson Sweden 1-6 9 $5,175 $14,514
156 Pat Cash Australia 9-11 11 $0 $13,625
157 Paul Goldstein United States 0-3 5 $10,525 $12,447
158 John McEnroe United States 2-2 2 $0 $12,000
159 Albert Portas Spain 10-13 14 $0 $10,451
160 Michiel Schapers Netherlands 2-8 8 $0 $7,510
161 Felix Mantilla Spain 1-6 7 $0 $6,695
162 Andrew Ilie Australia 3-8 11 $0 $6,604
163 Franco Squillari Argentina 2-3 3 $0 $6,380
164 Kelly Evernden New Zealand 3-7 7 $0 $5,660
165 Antony Dupuis France 2-4 8 $0 $5,405
166 Nicolas Escude France 0-3 5 $0 $4,723
167 Stefan Koubek Austria 0-2 4 $0 $4,590
168 Nicolas Kiefer Germany 0-2 2 $0 $3,520
169 Nicolas Lapentti Ecuador 2-5 9 $0 $3,247
170 Cassio Motta Brazil 3-5 5 $0 $3,180
171 Gustavo Kuerten Brazil 3-5 5 $0 $2,785
172 Johan Kriek United States 1-3 4 $0 $2,595
173 Goran Prpic Croatia 0-2 2 $0 $2,340
174 Galo Blanco Spain 0-1 1 $0 $1,950
175 Scott Draper Australia 3-4 5 $0 $1,947
176 Todd Witsken United States 0-2 2 $0 $1,565
177 Justin Gimelstob United States 1 $0 $1,100
178 Carlos Moya Spain 0-1 1 $0 $1,060
179 Hyung-Taik Lee South Korea 0-2 2 $0 $705
180 Sargis Sargsian Armenia 0-1 2 $0 $525
181 Alberto Martin Spain 1-1 1 $0 $430
182 Mariano Zabaleta Argentina 1-1 1 $0 $430
183 Christophe Rochus Belgium 0-1 1 $0 $260
184 Guillermo Canas Argentina 0-1 1 $0 $260
185 Rainer Schuettler Germany 0-1 1 $0 $260

Where 1994 sits

Every season the tour has paid, in order

55 seasons

1994 is the 28th biggest season of the 55 on the chart.

Which countries won the 1994 money

The fifteen biggest flags on the 1994 list

38 countries paid

# Country Players Titles Share Prize money
01 United States 29 43 25.2% $17,045,512$17.0m
02 Sweden 17 31 11.8% $8,029,901$8.0m
03 Spain 17 30 11.4% $7,733,731$7.7m
04 Germany 11 13 8.7% $5,895,288$5.9m
05 Australia 14 27 5.3% $3,613,871$3.6m
06 Netherlands 6 25 4.2% $2,813,137$2.8m
07 Russia 5 10 4.0% $2,682,616$2.7m
08 France 11 14 3.8% $2,579,712$2.6m
09 Croatia 2 2 3.7% $2,487,618$2.5m
10 Czechia 7 14 3.6% $2,458,908$2.5m
11 South Africa 6 7 2.6% $1,755,933$1.8m
12 Italy 8 5 2.4% $1,602,178$1.6m
13 Austria 5 11 2.0% $1,360,382$1.4m
14 Ukraine 1 2 1.9% $1,311,134
15 Switzerland 2 3 1.6% $1,063,694

38 countries had a player paid in 1994, and the top three of them took 48.4% 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 1994?

Pete Sampras, $4,857,812 from 23 events, with 10 titles and a 84-14 record.

How much prize money did tennis pay out in 1994?

$67,774,908 across the 185 players on this list, the 28th biggest season of the 55 the list covers. The season is up 5.1% on 1993, and is the 28th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

How many tennis players earned a million dollars in 1994?

15 of them. The top ten took 38.8% of everything paid out that season.

What share of 1994 prize money came from the grand slams?

16.6%. The four majors paid $11,281,166 of the $67,774,908 won that season.

Which country won the most tennis prize money in 1994?

United States, $17,045,512 across 29 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 1994. 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 1994

The 1993 money list · The 1995 money list

Every season

By era

The 1994 top sixty

Elsewhere in tennis