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TENNIS · 199 PLAYERS PAID

The 1999 tennis prize money list

$68,128,972 won on court in 1999, split between 199 players. Andre Agassi took $4,269,265 of it.

Every player the tour paid in 1999, 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 down 6.4% on 1998, and is the 26th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

PAID OUT $68.1m
TOP EARNER $4.3m
PLAYERS PAID 199
OVER $1M 17
FROM THE MAJORS 22.6%

The twenty biggest earners of 1999

Prize money won in the 1999 season

Top ten hold 31.1%

Andre Agassi $4.3m Pete Sampras $2.8m Yevgeny Kafelnikov $2.4m Greg Rusedski $2.1m Marcelo Rios $1.8m Gustavo Kuerten $1.8m Thomas Enqvist $1.7m Tim Henman $1.5m Tommy Haas $1.4m Richard Krajicek $1.3m Carlos Moya $1.3m Patrick Rafter $1.3m Nicolas Lapentti $1.2m Nicolas Kiefer $1.2m Todd Martin $1.2m Alex Corretja $1.1m Mark Philippoussis $1.0m Andrei Medvedev $931k Karol Kucera $871k Jonas Bjorkman $852k

Ten players out of 199 took 31.1% 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

1999 against 1998, for the ten biggest earners of 1999

1998 to 1999

# Player 1998 1999 Change
01 Andre Agassi United States $1,836,233 $4,269,265 +132.5%
02 Pete Sampras United States $3,931,497 $2,816,406 -28.4%
03 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Russia $2,543,077 $2,360,498 -7.2%
04 Greg Rusedski Great Britain $1,860,437 $2,122,535 +14.1%
05 Marcelo Rios Chile $3,420,054 $1,794,244 -47.5%
06 Gustavo Kuerten Brazil $732,804 $1,762,269 +140.5%
07 Thomas Enqvist Sweden $515,702 $1,729,056 +235.3%
08 Tim Henman Great Britain $1,448,770 $1,537,594 +6.1%
09 Tommy Haas Germany $618,633 $1,447,308 +134.0%
10 Richard Krajicek Netherlands $1,219,624 $1,348,977 +10.6%

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 1998 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 1999

Ranked by prize money won that season

199 players

# Player Titles W-L Events From majors Prize money
001 Andre Agassi United States 5 73-16 22 $1,812,053 $4,269,265$4.3m
002 Pete Sampras United States 5 48-13 19 $740,681 $2,816,406$2.8m
003 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Russia 4 99-56 60 $754,268 $2,360,498$2.4m
004 Greg Rusedski Great Britain 3 62-28 31 $163,815 $2,122,535$2.1m
005 Marcelo Rios Chile 3 59-23 28 $143,132 $1,794,244$1.8m
006 Gustavo Kuerten Brazil 3 74-38 42 $318,309 $1,762,269$1.8m
007 Thomas Enqvist Sweden 3 54-33 34 $285,351 $1,729,056$1.7m
008 Tim Henman Great Britain 2 68-36 39 $236,329 $1,537,594$1.5m
009 Tommy Haas Germany 1 60-29 31 $226,078 $1,447,308$1.4m
010 Richard Krajicek Netherlands 2 51-23 26 $168,822 $1,348,977
011 Carlos Moya Spain 52-32 33 $90,977 $1,281,337
012 Patrick Rafter Australia 6 74-24 32 $361,688 $1,254,574
013 Nicolas Lapentti Ecuador 3 84-40 45 $187,793 $1,234,278
014 Nicolas Kiefer Germany 3 63-40 40 $77,633 $1,232,268
015 Todd Martin United States 1 53-23 22 $572,939 $1,185,394
016 Alex Corretja Spain 47-30 32 $109,098 $1,072,288
017 Mark Philippoussis Australia 2 46-19 23 $135,533 $1,019,856
018 Andrei Medvedev Ukraine 34-28 32 $417,971 $931,046
019 Karol Kucera Slovakia 1 53-25 30 $119,420 $870,957
020 Jonas Bjorkman Sweden 6 75-39 46 $234,605 $852,415
021 Cedric Pioline France 1 47-34 36 $321,138 $723,428
022 Dominik Hrbaty Slovakia 1 50-47 45 $198,447 $719,802
023 Leander Paes India 9 83-27 41 $433,965 $712,235
024 Thomas Johansson Sweden 1 29-33 33 $24,817 $708,737
025 Marat Safin Russia 1 56-47 48 $84,119 $678,609
026 Sebastien Lareau Canada 8 74-39 51 $233,984 $674,639
027 Byron Black Zimbabwe 4 68-42 48 $113,690 $655,035
028 Fabrice Santoro France 2 70-46 51 $147,840 $625,520
029 Sandon Stolle Australia 5 59-31 38 $87,572 $623,543
030 Albert Costa Spain 3 45-29 31 $55,279 $620,629
031 Michael Chang United States 31-25 26 $39,895 $619,855
032 Felix Mantilla Spain 1 39-24 26 $81,977 $613,277
033 Magnus Norman Sweden 5 48-30 35 $105,210 $609,035
034 Vincent Spadea United States 35-28 28 $152,009 $605,609
035 Daniel Vacek Czechia 4 74-56 63 $106,277 $605,242
036 Jiri Novak Czechia 66-56 59 $132,133 $599,213
037 Alex O'Brien United States 6 63-31 42 $190,167 $575,793
038 Fernando Meligeni Brazil 1 45-43 44 $200,200 $545,800
039 Mariano Zabaleta Argentina 33-32 32 $30,895 $518,835
040 Sebastien Grosjean France 1 45-35 36 $77,099 $517,344
041 Wayne Ferreira South Africa 1 60-46 48 $80,902 $503,542
042 Jeff Tarango United States 7 76-49 58 $138,221 $497,241
043 Paul Haarhuis Netherlands 3 52-35 38 $164,598 $466,443
044 Mark Woodforde Australia 2 67-41 46 $126,794 $458,179
045 David Prinosil Germany 1 60-45 50 $120,756 $455,191
046 Goran Ivanisevic Croatia 39-41 42 $165,790 $455,130
047 Francisco Clavet Spain 34-30 31 $62,935 $450,100
048 Todd Woodbridge Australia 4 69-36 44 $103,900 $426,050
049 Rainer Schuettler Germany 1 27-37 38 $44,746 $424,901
050 Sjeng Schalken Netherlands 2 39-38 40 $87,831 $413,331
051 Justin Gimelstob United States 6 68-52 59 $90,952 $412,637
052 Lleyton Hewitt Australia 1 53-29 31 $96,441 $411,771
053 Marc Rosset Switzerland 2 39-32 37 $96,476 $400,281
054 Jerome Golmard France 1 25-15 16 $10,966 $399,206
055 Jim Courier United States 1 39-26 28 $95,196 $398,541
056 Jan-Michael Gambill United States 1 44-41 43 $60,746 $396,706
057 Andrei Pavel Romania 2 51-37 43 $62,266 $392,641
058 Hicham Arazi Morocco 40-35 41 $77,279 $390,584
059 Karim Alami Morocco 2 53-33 40 $44,746 $390,076
060 Nicolas Escude France 1 32-30 32 $126,512 $368,902
061 Daniel Nestor Canada 2 61-36 43 $139,804 $361,314
062 Chris Woodruff United States 1 29-29 31 $81,582 $358,567
063 Nicklas Kulti Sweden 40-33 37 $58,861 $354,948
064 Younes El Aynaoui Morocco 3 42-25 29 $64,259 $341,574
065 Andrew Ilie Australia 42-37 37 $86,549 $340,824
066 Fernando Vicente Spain 2 32-34 36 $60,365 $339,500
067 Wayne Arthurs Australia 2 46-33 44 $114,884 $329,985
068 Jan Siemerink Netherlands 1 31-39 41 $56,002 $325,822
069 Franco Squillari Argentina 2 38-31 34 $41,765 $324,095
070 Stefan Koubek Austria 1 39-32 35 $75,102 $317,927
071 Alberto Martin Spain 2 58-49 52 $69,575 $315,965
072 Arnaud Clement France 29-35 37 $103,634 $305,949
073 Mikael Tillstrom Sweden 41-38 41 $87,690 $301,241
074 Alberto Berasategui Spain 42-43 44 $57,607 $300,662
075 Olivier Delaitre France 3 48-26 35 $56,699 $278,220
076 Mariano Puerta Argentina 2 40-49 52 $53,512 $273,197
077 Max Mirnyi Belarus 5 64-34 44 $69,893 $270,559
078 Richey Reneberg United States 2 39-31 36 $73,336 $268,081
079 Magnus Gustafsson Sweden 1 29-24 24 $30,799 $259,244
080 Slava Dosedel Czechia 1 29-29 33 $128,870 $253,230
081 Martin Damm Czechia 2 51-49 57 $68,636 $249,846
082 Sargis Sargsian Armenia 1 43-34 37 $59,173 $247,688
083 Juan Antonio Marin Costa Rica 1 33-37 41 $37,871 $236,486
084 Gianluca Pozzi Italy 38-37 38 $64,633 $232,723
085 Bohdan Ulihrach Czechia 15-27 26 $99,497 $229,257
086 Roger Federer Switzerland 2 40-31 35 $31,327 $225,139
087 Davide Sanguinetti Italy 3 37-45 49 $49,173 $216,833
088 Galo Blanco Spain 2 30-33 39 $53,746 $210,981
089 Guillermo Canas Argentina 3 47-39 44 $60,365 $210,870
090 Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain 3 36-15 20 $10,000 $204,626
091 Adrian Voinea Romania 1 16-28 31 $27,871 $203,476
092 Albert Portas Spain 2 43-40 44 $48,990 $201,060
093 Magnus Larsson Sweden 17-22 22 $59,418 $199,998
094 Jonathan Stark United States 31-26 35 $39,216 $199,596
095 Christian Ruud Norway 26-21 22 $75,166 $189,441
096 Andrea Gaudenzi Italy 1 32-30 32 $37,337 $186,857
097 Guillaume Raoux France 20-33 32 $45,140 $185,930
098 Andrei Olhovskiy Russia 3 37-25 29 $54,139 $184,914
099 Ramon Delgado Paraguay 16-30 32 $37,871 $183,236
100 Kenneth Carlsen Denmark 32-28 32 $36,001 $182,696
101 Jason Stoltenberg Australia 19-19 19 $48,384 $181,719
102 Paul Goldstein United States 2 46-43 48 $79,088 $181,549
103 Hernan Gumy Argentina 2 43-29 32 $44,490 $177,050
104 Richard Fromberg Australia 1 21-18 21 $66,293 $176,553
105 Boris Becker Germany 18-12 15 $50,689 $174,069
106 Gaston Gaudio Argentina 2 40-29 32 $48,207 $171,532
107 Ivan Ljubicic Croatia 4 43-33 41 $19,000 $161,939
108 Marcelo Filippini Uruguay 1 19-26 28 $109,002 $158,002
109 Hendrik Dreekmann Germany 13-22 24 $41,765 $148,685
110 Bernd Karbacher Germany 13-20 24 $44,490 $146,510
111 Scott Draper Australia 1 18-22 23 $41,574 $141,234
112 Tomas Carbonell Spain 2 27-25 30 $47,049 $138,119
113 Javier Sanchez Spain 2 34-37 46 $26,884 $128,895
114 Xavier Malisse Belgium 19-19 23 $52,799 $126,909
115 Antony Dupuis France 1 41-30 35 $13,304 $118,539
116 Petr Korda Czechia 9-16 17 $34,507 $115,092
117 Paradorn Srichaphan Thailand 2 49-30 35 $17,745 $110,615
118 Lars Burgsmuller Germany 1 28-24 31 $26,072 $100,438
119 Thomas Muster Austria 5-11 11 $17,001 $94,981
120 Ronald Agenor Haiti 2 38-29 34 $0 $88,376
121 Marcos Ondruska South Africa 6 58-44 56 $23,731 $85,001
122 Marc-Kevin Goellner Germany 22-20 29 $18,303 $84,763
123 Grant Stafford South Africa 22-25 28 $28,547 $77,977
124 Agustin Calleri Argentina 38-35 37 $16,548 $75,843
125 Radek Stepanek Czechia 1 40-39 43 $6,725 $75,650
126 Andrei Cherkasov Russia 19-35 43 $10,966 $74,516
127 Nicolas Massu Chile 3 49-30 38 $0 $73,992
128 Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina 2 28-23 30 $0 $69,608
129 Christophe Rochus Belgium 31-31 34 $9,929 $69,289
130 Jim Grabb United States 17-19 20 $18,122 $67,142
131 Diego Nargiso Italy 26-36 38 $0 $66,315
132 Carlos Costa Spain 4-15 16 $17,001 $60,286
133 Stefano Pescosolido Italy 2 36-36 42 $5,713 $58,077
134 Brett Steven New Zealand 17-15 20 $7,072 $55,767
135 Renzo Furlan Italy 9-17 21 $0 $51,206
136 James Blake United States 5 52-26 31 $14,500 $44,819
137 Raemon Sluiter Netherlands 2 23-22 28 $0 $44,133
138 Filip Dewulf Belgium 8-15 15 $0 $38,485
139 Hyung-Taik Lee South Korea 7 61-22 32 $0 $32,278
140 Michael Russell United States 2 49-39 44 $0 $30,456
141 Tommy Robredo Spain 2 21-15 18 $0 $27,682
142 Michael Llodra France 4 61-32 38 $4,964 $27,167
143 Arnaud Boetsch France 6-12 12 $19,923 $26,673
144 Luis Horna Peru 28-19 24 $0 $24,545
145 Bjorn Phau Germany 2 30-22 26 $0 $24,410
146 Mikhail Youzhny Russia 5 36-18 24 $0 $23,262
147 David Wheaton United States 7-10 15 $0 $23,190
148 Taylor Dent United States 1 19-15 18 $10,000 $22,725
149 David Sanchez Spain 1 18-23 27 $0 $20,811
150 Igor Kunitsyn Russia 1 17-16 17 $0 $18,589
151 Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Pakistan 5 70-43 50 $0 $17,863
152 Jurgen Melzer Austria 20-13 14 $0 $17,057
153 Sergi Bruguera Spain 6-5 6 $0 $16,130
154 Fernando Gonzalez Chile 23-15 18 $0 $12,993
155 Olivier Rochus Belgium 4 49-21 25 $0 $12,888
156 Feliciano Lopez Spain 2 21-16 21 $0 $10,898
157 MaliVai Washington United States 0-2 2 $0 $10,630
158 Filippo Volandri Italy 1 23-25 26 $0 $8,701
159 Omar Camporese Italy 1 17-24 27 $0 $8,563
160 Jose Acasuso Argentina 1 27-14 15 $0 $8,027
161 Andy Roddick United States 2-6 6 $7,000 $7,337
162 Ivo Karlovic Croatia 44-32 32 $0 $6,794
163 David Nalbandian Argentina 4 33-11 15 $0 $6,474
164 Albert Montanes Spain 1 14-9 11 $0 $5,609
165 Libor Pimek Belgium 0-9 9 $2,034 $5,419
166 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo Spain 2 26-12 14 $0 $5,407
167 Horst Skoff Austria 1 21-12 13 $0 $5,030
168 Guy Forget France 1-1 1 $4,964 $4,964
169 Guillermo Coria Argentina 3 25-9 12 $0 $4,899
170 Jarkko Nieminen Finland 14-10 10 $0 $4,653
171 Michael Berrer Germany 16-20 21 $0 $4,582
172 Dmitry Tursunov Russia 41-34 34 $0 $4,157
173 Andrei Chesnokov Russia 1-2 2 $0 $4,110
174 Paul-Henri Mathieu France 17-14 14 $0 $3,711
175 Nikolay Davydenko Russia 20-18 18 $0 $3,672
176 Mardy Fish United States 0-4 5 $0 $3,377
177 Bruno Soares Brazil 10-16 16 $0 $2,657
178 Florent Serra France 12-14 14 $0 $2,029
179 Lars Jonsson Sweden 2-1 3 $0 $1,892
180 Paolo Lorenzi Italy 6-10 10 $0 $1,399
181 Nicolas Mahut France 1 10-7 8 $0 $1,311
182 Gilbert Schaller Austria 6-6 6 $0 $1,307
183 Marc Gicquel France 5-4 4 $0 $1,217
184 Victor Hanescu Romania 5-8 8 $0 $1,211
185 Mario Ancic Croatia 3-4 4 $0 $1,090
186 Rohan Bopanna India 2-7 7 $0 $896
187 Potito Starace Italy 3-4 4 $0 $818
188 Johan Kriek United States 0-1 1 $0 $750
189 Paul Annacone United States 0-1 1 $0 $750
190 Jordi Burillo Spain 1-1 1 $0 $650
191 Julien Benneteau France 3-5 5 $0 $607
192 Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany 2-4 4 $0 $566
193 Marcelo Melo Brazil 0-3 3 $0 $526
194 Christo Van Rensburg South Africa 0-2 2 $0 $280
195 Kristof Vliegen Belgium 2-2 2 $0 $195
196 David Ferrer Spain 0-1 1 $0 $176
197 Fernando Verdasco Spain 0-2 2 $0 $176
198 Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus 0-2 2 $0 $176
199 Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands 2-2 2 $0 $130

Where 1999 sits

Every season the tour has paid, in order

55 seasons

1999 is the 26th biggest season of the 55 on the chart.

Which countries won the 1999 money

The fifteen biggest flags on the 1999 list

42 countries paid

# Country Players Titles Share Prize money
01 United States 24 45 19.1% $12,996,416$13.0m
02 Spain 23 27 8.8% $6,025,264$6.0m
03 Australia 11 24 7.9% $5,364,288$5.4m
04 Sweden 9 16 7.4% $5,016,566$5.0m
05 Germany 12 9 6.2% $4,243,691$4.2m
06 Great Britain 2 5 5.4% $3,660,129$3.7m
07 France 17 15 5.3% $3,590,717$3.6m
08 Russia 9 14 4.9% $3,352,327$3.4m
09 Netherlands 6 10 3.8% $2,598,836$2.6m
10 Brazil 4 4 3.4% $2,311,252$2.3m
11 Czechia 7 8 3.1% $2,127,530$2.1m
12 Chile 3 6 2.8% $1,881,229$1.9m
13 Argentina 11 21 2.7% $1,840,430$1.8m
14 Slovakia 2 2 2.3% $1,590,759$1.6m
15 Ecuador 1 3 1.8% $1,234,278

42 countries had a player paid in 1999, and the top three of them took 35.8% 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 1999?

Andre Agassi, $4,269,265 from 22 events, with 5 titles and a 73-16 record.

How much prize money did tennis pay out in 1999?

$68,128,972 across the 199 players on this list, the 26th biggest season of the 55 the list covers. The season is down 6.4% on 1998, and is the 26th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

How many tennis players earned a million dollars in 1999?

17 of them. The top ten took 31.1% of everything paid out that season.

What share of 1999 prize money came from the grand slams?

22.6%. The four majors paid $15,392,004 of the $68,128,972 won that season.

Which country won the most tennis prize money in 1999?

United States, $12,996,416 across 24 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 1999. 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 1999

The 1998 money list · The 2000 money list

Every season

By era

The 1999 top sixty

Elsewhere in tennis