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TENNIS · 202 PLAYERS PAID

The 2003 tennis prize money list

$62,636,707 won on court in 2003, split between 202 players. Roger Federer took $4,000,680 of it.

Every player the tour paid in 2003, 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 1.6% on 2002, and is the 34th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

PAID OUT $62.6m
TOP EARNER $4.0m
PLAYERS PAID 202
OVER $1M 10
FROM THE MAJORS 30.7%

The twenty biggest earners of 2003

Prize money won in the 2003 season

Top ten hold 34.4%

Roger Federer $4.0m Andy Roddick $3.2m Juan Carlos Ferrero $3.0m Andre Agassi $2.5m Guillermo Coria $2.0m Rainer Schuettler $1.9m Carlos Moya $1.3m David Nalbandian $1.3m Max Mirnyi $1.2m Jonas Bjorkman $1.1m Jiri Novak $933k Mark Philippoussis $932k Tim Henman $922k Lleyton Hewitt $874k Nicolas Massu $814k Paradorn Srichaphan $794k Younes El Aynaoui $784k Felix Mantilla $781k Sebastien Grosjean $781k Gustavo Kuerten $768k

Ten players out of 202 took 34.4% 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

2003 against 2002, for the ten biggest earners of 2003

2002 to 2003

# Player 2002 2003 Change
01 Roger Federer Switzerland $1,995,027 $4,000,680 +100.5%
02 Andy Roddick United States $1,060,878 $3,227,342 +204.2%
03 Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain $2,761,498 $3,026,760 +9.6%
04 Andre Agassi United States $2,186,006 $2,530,929 +15.8%
05 Guillermo Coria Argentina $269,134 $1,971,162 +632.4%
06 Rainer Schuettler Germany $586,434 $1,875,002 +219.7%
07 Carlos Moya Spain $1,772,314 $1,322,935 -25.4%
08 David Nalbandian Argentina $914,882 $1,280,383 +40.0%
09 Max Mirnyi Belarus $968,672 $1,238,847 +27.9%
10 Jonas Bjorkman Sweden $786,909 $1,053,432 +33.9%

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 2002 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 2003

Ranked by prize money won that season

202 players

# Player Titles W-L Events From majors Prize money
001 Roger Federer Switzerland 9 102-24 36 $1,086,225 $4,000,680$4.0m
002 Andy Roddick United States 6 86-29 34 $1,418,262 $3,227,342$3.2m
003 Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain 4 72-26 29 $1,646,955 $3,026,760$3.0m
004 Andre Agassi United States 4 50-10 13 $1,105,279 $2,530,929$2.5m
005 Guillermo Coria Argentina 5 68-23 27 $431,527 $1,971,162$2.0m
006 Rainer Schuettler Germany 2 91-55 56 $540,692 $1,875,002$1.9m
007 Carlos Moya Spain 3 63-29 34 $214,220 $1,322,935
008 David Nalbandian Argentina 56-36 39 $436,808 $1,280,383
009 Max Mirnyi Belarus 7 119-47 59 $238,342 $1,238,847
010 Jonas Bjorkman Sweden 4 79-43 50 $594,275 $1,053,432
011 Jiri Novak Czechia 1 71-48 50 $185,746 $932,786
012 Mark Philippoussis Australia 1 50-29 34 $565,743 $931,963
013 Tim Henman Great Britain 2 38-21 24 $177,704 $921,609
014 Lleyton Hewitt Australia 2 47-16 24 $221,248 $873,598
015 Nicolas Massu Chile 4 58-34 45 $90,556 $814,391
016 Paradorn Srichaphan Thailand 2 73-45 49 $162,142 $794,362
017 Younes El Aynaoui Morocco 54-44 45 $314,219 $783,849
018 Felix Mantilla Spain 1 32-28 29 $149,433 $781,218
019 Sebastien Grosjean France 1 51-28 31 $358,447 $780,607
020 Gustavo Kuerten Brazil 2 52-31 34 $126,367 $768,447
021 Fernando Gonzalez Chile 2 51-38 42 $206,080 $741,945
022 Sjeng Schalken Netherlands 3 60-40 44 $313,979 $736,739
023 Tommy Robredo Spain 53-49 49 $220,170 $697,900
024 Fabrice Santoro France 2 72-45 47 $286,528 $695,863
025 Agustin Calleri Argentina 2 44-36 40 $79,540 $695,320
026 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Russia 2 63-49 52 $191,964 $675,879
027 Mardy Fish United States 1 46-42 43 $108,888 $663,993
028 Albert Costa Spain 36-31 34 $309,602 $645,477
029 Feliciano Lopez Spain 44-50 50 $148,458 $617,058
030 Todd Woodbridge Australia 4 52-19 26 $395,466 $576,758
031 Wayne Arthurs Australia 4 66-46 56 $153,506 $574,586
032 Radek Stepanek Czechia 3 46-42 43 $148,710 $569,335
033 Vincent Spadea United States 36-30 31 $86,484 $568,844
034 Gaston Gaudio Argentina 48-40 41 $94,411 $560,676
035 Wayne Ferreira South Africa 2 34-24 27 $241,951 $545,506
036 Taylor Dent United States 3 28-23 28 $102,877 $544,457
037 Jarkko Nieminen Finland 63-50 53 $168,664 $536,321
038 Sargis Sargsian Armenia 2 52-42 48 $146,109 $530,664
039 Mariano Zabaleta Argentina 1 39-35 37 $119,835 $519,325
040 Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina 47-42 43 $139,106 $511,811
041 Arnaud Clement France 1 37-31 32 $127,113 $489,513
042 Ivan Ljubicic Croatia 41-35 36 $121,738 $486,848
043 Mikhail Youzhny Russia 37-44 46 $109,252 $480,977
044 Michael Llodra France 1 46-31 43 $238,820 $478,015
045 James Blake United States 1 50-40 40 $135,189 $475,914
046 Robby Ginepri United States 2 44-31 35 $74,736 $469,121
047 Nikolay Davydenko Russia 2 39-45 46 $80,274 $466,384
048 Daniel Nestor Canada 6 69-18 29 $140,474 $442,685
049 Jan-Michael Gambill United States 2 38-44 47 $91,427 $426,422
050 Karol Kucera Slovakia 2 34-26 28 $124,362 $420,837
051 Olivier Rochus Belgium 31-40 42 $123,497 $415,867
052 Stefan Koubek Austria 1 24-29 34 $85,400 $414,880
053 Fernando Vicente Spain 28-50 52 $108,227 $387,092
054 Dominik Hrbaty Slovakia 53-55 59 $92,396 $381,236
055 Nicolas Lapentti Ecuador 38-35 40 $150,788 $378,238
056 David Sanchez Spain 2 35-41 43 $64,654 $375,204
057 Raemon Sluiter Netherlands 39-40 43 $77,601 $356,693
058 Xavier Malisse Belgium 32-31 32 $169,876 $350,186
059 Hyung-Taik Lee South Korea 4 36-36 43 $86,675 $349,050
060 Hicham Arazi Morocco 29-31 40 $87,717 $337,242
061 Alberto Martin Spain 31-44 50 $107,197 $329,777
062 David Ferrer Spain 27-41 42 $85,715 $323,820
063 Andrei Pavel Romania 15-19 20 $9,844 $316,199
064 Filippo Volandri Italy 2 35-26 39 $49,150 $311,208
065 Nicolas Kiefer Germany 1 31-29 33 $71,928 $308,333
066 Marcelo Rios Chile 17-13 11 $14,790 $308,140
067 Alex Corretja Spain 29-38 40 $41,806 $307,616
068 Davide Sanguinetti Italy 2 51-44 49 $75,244 $289,744
069 Paul-Henri Mathieu France 18-28 28 $49,337 $280,417
070 Todd Martin United States 18-17 18 $128,348 $278,663
071 Mario Ancic Croatia 2 39-34 41 $118,998 $277,743
072 Lars Burgsmuller Germany 41-47 50 $88,560 $276,430
073 Martin Damm Czechia 3 53-29 31 $59,847 $265,699
074 Antony Dupuis France 29-41 47 $95,971 $264,621
075 Leander Paes India 3 48-16 23 $98,975 $244,225
076 Rafael Nadal Spain 3 49-26 32 $66,238 $243,238
077 Thomas Enqvist Sweden 13-32 34 $61,494 $240,779
078 Albert Portas Spain 2 59-51 56 $89,186 $240,516
079 Luis Horna Peru 1 33-37 44 $70,041 $240,291
080 Jurgen Melzer Austria 36-40 47 $82,040 $239,010
081 Marat Safin Russia 16-20 20 $25,232 $237,377
082 Justin Gimelstob United States 5 54-47 56 $91,330 $233,405
083 Jose Acasuso Argentina 29-37 37 $72,341 $220,411
084 Kenneth Carlsen Denmark 37-39 45 $61,494 $215,754
085 Christophe Rochus Belgium 25-34 45 $66,846 $208,211
086 Nicolas Escude France 21-20 21 $74,590 $205,040
087 Victor Hanescu Romania 33-29 39 $92,058 $202,488
088 Franco Squillari Argentina 20-29 33 $63,942 $186,452
089 Scott Draper Australia 21-27 36 $77,515 $184,755
090 Albert Montanes Spain 34-36 39 $59,654 $179,849
091 Robin Soderling Sweden 3 40-28 36 $51,238 $177,867
092 Greg Rusedski Great Britain 1 16-11 12 $50,736 $159,671
093 Mariano Puerta Argentina 1 26-31 34 $68,942 $157,492
094 Magnus Norman Sweden 10-27 30 $27,290 $155,660
095 Marc Rosset Switzerland 2 22-24 31 $38,994 $152,409
096 Ivo Karlovic Croatia 2 48-37 46 $76,238 $152,058
097 Adrian Voinea Romania 8-23 27 $44,526 $151,446
098 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo Spain 1 41-37 45 $12,500 $145,353
099 Fernando Verdasco Spain 23-27 40 $51,860 $142,162
100 Nicolas Mahut France 10 79-31 48 $32,851 $140,703
101 Galo Blanco Spain 1 28-23 30 $40,820 $129,005
102 Julien Benneteau France 3 40-34 48 $42,695 $126,601
103 Igor Andreev Russia 3 64-40 45 $0 $115,982
104 Richard Gasquet France 4 42-29 35 $28,361 $112,721
105 Kristof Vliegen Belgium 2 26-22 37 $18,061 $112,720
106 Richard Krajicek Netherlands 12-13 13 $15,376 $99,941
107 Paul Haarhuis Netherlands 11-4 5 $90,446 $99,246
108 David Prinosil Germany 18-27 39 $22,930 $97,390
109 Paul Goldstein United States 4 78-38 52 $0 $92,624
110 Dmitry Tursunov Russia 2 49-28 39 $37,500 $89,788
111 Michael Chang United States 3-13 13 $27,290 $75,300
112 Fernando Meligeni Brazil 15-15 17 $14,516 $75,246
113 Stefano Pescosolido Italy 3 61-38 49 $0 $74,597
114 Bohdan Ulihrach Czechia 13-16 19 $30,000 $72,550
115 Tomas Berdych Czechia 6 70-30 40 $22,500 $70,628
116 Igor Kunitsyn Russia 16-22 34 $14,360 $69,635
117 Ramon Delgado Paraguay 1 18-12 19 $22,500 $64,870
118 Andrea Gaudenzi Italy 8-17 24 $9,844 $63,802
119 Bjorn Phau Germany 25-32 44 $9,844 $62,426
120 Janko Tipsarevic Serbia 2 40-44 52 $12,500 $53,976
121 Francisco Clavet Spain 8-11 16 $12,472 $52,944
122 Guillermo Canas Argentina 1 13-9 12 $18,004 $52,469
123 Renzo Furlan Italy 19-23 35 $15,376 $46,304
124 Stan Wawrinka Switzerland 2 26-18 22 $0 $45,998
125 Jeff Tarango United States 16-17 17 $15,315 $45,217
126 Jerome Golmard France 1 15-13 14 $28,361 $44,526
127 Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany 2 33-33 41 $12,500 $40,649
128 Florent Serra France 25-27 36 $0 $40,238
129 Potito Starace Italy 37-37 43 $0 $35,894
130 Yen-Hsun Lu Chinese Taipei 6 77-39 53 $0 $34,382
131 Juan Antonio Marin Costa Rica 17-20 26 $0 $32,595
132 Gilles Muller Luxembourg 1 36-39 47 $0 $32,151
133 Nicolas Almagro Spain 7 66-25 33 $0 $29,650
134 Rajeev Ram United States 1 21-20 25 $5,000 $29,041
135 Andreas Seppi Italy 1 30-33 42 $0 $28,785
136 Andrew Ilie Australia 1 17-17 22 $9,844 $27,571
137 Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Pakistan 8 70-35 46 $7,687 $25,535
138 Andrei Olhovskiy Russia 3-9 9 $14,521 $23,091
139 Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus 4 55-19 24 $0 $22,227
140 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Spain 4 52-40 45 $0 $22,152
141 Carlos Berlocq Argentina 8 85-36 46 $0 $22,063
142 Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands 2 38-35 43 $0 $21,856
143 Bruno Soares Brazil 9 98-44 54 $0 $21,034
144 Goran Ivanisevic Croatia 2-4 5 $0 $20,725
145 Edouard Roger-Vasselin France 3 44-29 33 $3,727 $19,750
146 Karim Alami Morocco 2-4 5 $0 $19,555
147 Marc-Kevin Goellner Germany 1 16-14 22 $0 $19,156
148 Dudi Sela Israel 2 31-22 26 $0 $18,577
149 Magnus Larsson Sweden 1 5-4 8 $9,844 $18,354
150 Alejandro Falla Colombia 5 55-30 35 $0 $17,899
151 Rohan Bopanna India 2 49-37 41 $0 $17,772
152 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France 30-21 22 $3,727 $15,703
153 Lukasz Kubot Poland 2 40-27 29 $0 $15,537
154 Florian Mayer Germany 2 35-22 25 $0 $15,309
155 Teymuraz Gabashvili Russia 5 46-25 31 $0 $14,988
156 Juan Monaco Argentina 4 54-30 37 $0 $14,514
157 Michael Berrer Germany 1 50-32 35 $0 $13,673
158 Michael Russell United States 3-8 12 $0 $13,066
159 Marc Gicquel France 3 35-16 23 $0 $12,193
160 Raven Klaasen South Africa 4 55-33 37 $0 $11,900
161 Thomas Johansson Sweden 2 $0 $10,000
162 Hendrik Dreekmann Germany 6-5 5 $0 $9,932
163 Paolo Lorenzi Italy 1 24-24 26 $0 $8,390
164 Daniel Vacek Czechia 0-2 2 $7,687 $7,687
165 Andy Murray Great Britain 1 20-15 18 $0 $7,609
166 Gilles Simon France 2 37-36 38 $0 $7,523
167 Marcel Granollers Spain 1 23-20 23 $0 $6,262
168 Marcelo Melo Brazil 4 38-19 24 $0 $6,175
169 Andrei Cherkasov Russia 19-19 21 $0 $5,907
170 Sergiy Stakhovsky Ukraine 1 21-14 18 $0 $5,808
171 Steve Darcis Belgium 2 29-15 17 $0 $5,545
172 John Isner United States 0-3 3 $5,000 $5,176
173 Simone Bolelli Italy 23-23 23 $0 $4,070
174 Sandon Stolle Australia 0-2 2 $2,628 $3,628
175 Matwe Middelkoop Netherlands 22-19 20 $0 $3,539
176 Malek Jaziri Tunisia 2 21-22 24 $0 $3,518
177 Maximo Gonzalez Argentina 1 20-13 14 $0 $3,247
178 Novak Djokovic Serbia 1 12-10 11 $0 $2,704
179 Mischa Zverev Germany 12-15 15 $0 $2,356
180 Gael Monfils France 7-12 12 $0 $1,953
181 Daniel Gimeno-Traver Spain 3-12 12 $0 $1,441
182 Santiago Giraldo Colombia 3-10 10 $0 $1,347
183 Lukas Rosol Czechia 7-11 11 $0 $1,299
184 Gianluca Pozzi Italy 0-1 3 $0 $1,280
185 Filip Polasek Slovakia 2-5 5 $0 $1,010
186 Andrea Arnaboldi Italy 2-12 12 $0 $999
187 Juan Sebastian Cabal Colombia 2-9 9 $0 $974
188 Viktor Troicki Serbia 4-9 9 $0 $918
189 Ivan Dodig Croatia 3-5 5 $0 $838
190 Robert Farah Colombia 3-8 8 $0 $819
191 Horacio Zeballos Argentina 4-6 6 $0 $816
192 Pablo Cuevas Uruguay 1-7 7 $0 $672
193 Marcos Ondruska South Africa 7-6 6 $0 $540
194 Fabio Fognini Italy 1-5 5 $0 $416
195 Juan Martin del Potro Argentina 0-4 4 $0 $354
196 Richard Fromberg Australia 3-3 3 $0 $330
197 Jamie Murray Great Britain 4-4 4 $0 $325
198 Alex O'Brien United States 1-1 1 $0 $320
199 Leonardo Mayer Argentina 1-1 1 $0 $200
200 Sam Querrey United States 1-2 2 $0 $200
201 Yuichi Sugita Japan 0-2 2 $0 $176
202 Miguel Reyes-Varela Mexico 0-1 1 $0 $118

Where 2003 sits

Every season the tour has paid, in order

55 seasons

2003 is the 34th biggest season of the 55 on the chart.

Which countries won the 2003 money

The fifteen biggest flags on the 2003 list

47 countries paid

# Country Players Titles Share Prize money
01 Spain 22 29 16.0% $10,007,429$10.0m
02 United States 18 29 15.5% $9,680,034$9.7m
03 Argentina 16 23 9.9% $6,196,695$6.2m
04 Switzerland 3 13 6.7% $4,199,087$4.2m
05 France 17 31 5.9% $3,715,987$3.7m
06 Australia 8 12 5.1% $3,173,189$3.2m
07 Germany 11 9 4.3% $2,720,656$2.7m
08 Russia 10 14 3.5% $2,180,008$2.2m
09 Czechia 7 13 3.1% $1,919,984$1.9m
10 Chile 3 6 3.0% $1,864,476$1.9m
11 Sweden 6 8 2.6% $1,656,092$1.7m
12 Netherlands 6 5 2.1% $1,318,014
13 Belarus 1 7 2.0% $1,238,847
14 Morocco 3 1.8% $1,140,646
15 Belgium 5 4 1.7% $1,092,529

47 countries had a player paid in 2003, and the top three of them took 41.3% 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 2003?

Roger Federer, $4,000,680 from 36 events, with 9 titles and a 102-24 record.

How much prize money did tennis pay out in 2003?

$62,636,707 across the 202 players on this list, the 34th biggest season of the 55 the list covers. The season is down 1.6% on 2002, and is the 34th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

How many tennis players earned a million dollars in 2003?

10 of them. The top ten took 34.4% of everything paid out that season.

What share of 2003 prize money came from the grand slams?

30.7%. The four majors paid $19,252,856 of the $62,636,707 won that season.

Which country won the most tennis prize money in 2003?

Spain, $10,007,429 across 22 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 2003. 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 2003

The 2002 money list · The 2004 money list

Every season

By era

The 2003 top sixty

Elsewhere in tennis