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TENNIS · 272 PLAYERS PAID

The 2010 tennis prize money list

$96,579,161 won on court in 2010, split between 272 players. Rafael Nadal took $10,171,999 of it.

Every player the tour paid in 2010, 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 1.3% on 2009, and is the 17th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

PAID OUT $96.6m
TOP EARNER $10.2m
PLAYERS PAID 272
OVER $1M 18
FROM THE MAJORS 31.6%

The twenty biggest earners of 2010

Prize money won in the 2010 season

Top ten hold 42.4%

Rafael Nadal $10m Roger Federer $7.7m Novak Djokovic $4.3m Andy Murray $4.0m Robin Soderling $3.7m David Ferrer $2.6m Tomas Berdych $2.5m Jurgen Melzer $2.0m Fernando Verdasco $2.0m Andy Roddick $1.9m Mikhail Youzhny $1.9m Gael Monfils $1.3m Sam Querrey $1.3m Ivan Ljubicic $1.3m Nicolas Almagro $1.2m Jo-Wilfried Tsonga $1.2m Marin Cilic $1.2m John Isner $1.1m Nikolay Davydenko $948k Marcos Baghdatis $941k

Ten players out of 272 took 42.4% 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

2010 against 2009, for the ten biggest earners of 2010

2009 to 2010

# Player 2009 2010 Change
01 Rafael Nadal Spain $6,466,515 $10,171,999 +57.3%
02 Roger Federer Switzerland $8,768,112 $7,698,290 -12.2%
03 Novak Djokovic Serbia $5,476,472 $4,278,856 -21.9%
04 Andy Murray Great Britain $4,421,058 $4,046,805 -8.5%
05 Robin Soderling Sweden $2,313,786 $3,731,528 +61.3%
06 David Ferrer Spain $1,032,799 $2,593,353 +151.1%
07 Tomas Berdych Czechia $765,509 $2,509,121 +227.8%
08 Jurgen Melzer Austria $866,530 $2,037,084 +135.1%
09 Fernando Verdasco Spain $1,916,630 $1,971,365 +2.9%
10 Andy Roddick United States $2,478,720 $1,917,613 -22.6%

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 2009 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 2010

Ranked by prize money won that season

272 players

# Player Titles W-L Events From majors Prize money
001 Rafael Nadal Spain 8 87-14 23 $4,774,364 $10,171,999$10.2m
002 Roger Federer Switzerland 5 78-15 21 $2,822,446 $7,698,290$7.7m
003 Novak Djokovic Serbia 3 80-23 30 $1,580,883 $4,278,856$4.3m
004 Andy Murray Great Britain 3 63-22 25 $1,516,579 $4,046,805$4.0m
005 Robin Soderling Sweden 2 71-25 29 $1,107,249 $3,731,528$3.7m
006 David Ferrer Spain 2 71-30 32 $274,464 $2,593,353$2.6m
007 Tomas Berdych Czechia 62-32 34 $1,141,009 $2,509,121$2.5m
008 Jurgen Melzer Austria 4 95-48 55 $764,560 $2,037,084$2.0m
009 Fernando Verdasco Spain 2 59-30 34 $386,733 $1,971,365$2.0m
010 Andy Roddick United States 2 58-23 24 $360,821 $1,917,613$1.9m
011 Mikhail Youzhny Russia 3 64-36 42 $675,571 $1,900,351$1.9m
012 Gael Monfils France 1 58-30 35 $337,598 $1,303,547
013 Sam Querrey United States 6 69-40 47 $243,859 $1,252,096
014 Ivan Ljubicic Croatia 1 41-28 29 $161,956 $1,251,619
015 Nicolas Almagro Spain 2 66-44 46 $342,456 $1,205,540
016 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France 44-21 21 $642,042 $1,166,154
017 Marin Cilic Croatia 2 54-29 33 $504,475 $1,151,954
018 John Isner United States 2 68-37 40 $227,049 $1,066,839
019 Nikolay Davydenko Russia 1 41-23 24 $243,186 $948,391
020 Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus 1 53-29 32 $136,417 $941,344
021 Mardy Fish United States 4 64-31 36 $218,000 $933,880
022 Viktor Troicki Serbia 2 63-47 49 $148,854 $915,219
023 Daniel Nestor Canada 7 68-19 27 $324,046 $905,430
024 Albert Montanes Spain 3 53-44 47 $268,513 $888,581
025 Stan Wawrinka Switzerland 2 47-27 29 $352,619 $862,678
026 Michael Llodra France 3 68-41 50 $173,663 $849,319
027 Juan Monaco Argentina 1 43-26 27 $85,802 $761,311
028 Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain 3 40-14 17 $137,452 $731,393
029 Marcel Granollers Spain 5 96-57 61 $206,556 $726,938
030 Andrey Golubev Kazakhstan 1 62-48 54 $102,156 $723,168
031 Feliciano Lopez Spain 1 40-40 41 $225,964 $721,520
032 Lukasz Kubot Poland 3 68-50 52 $216,139 $702,395
033 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Spain 2 41-36 38 $110,685 $701,008
034 Ernests Gulbis Latvia 1 35-22 24 $55,837 $689,921
035 Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany 45-42 42 $178,055 $684,816
036 Thomaz Bellucci Brazil 1 52-44 46 $198,774 $682,262
037 Tommy Robredo Spain 47-39 40 $240,805 $658,359
038 Richard Gasquet France 2 48-32 34 $136,837 $657,597
039 Sergiy Stakhovsky Ukraine 3 48-50 54 $139,196 $650,838
040 Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina 3 54-38 41 $158,170 $609,511
041 Julien Benneteau France 1 52-31 36 $235,503 $607,565
042 David Nalbandian Argentina 1 29-11 15 $50,000 $597,046
043 Denis Istomin Uzbekistan 56-52 55 $172,488 $590,768
044 Jarkko Nieminen Finland 2 73-53 56 $162,424 $588,404
045 Jeremy Chardy France 1 46-48 49 $134,954 $578,717
046 Andreas Seppi Italy 1 47-52 53 $126,982 $563,330
047 Potito Starace Italy 1 75-52 58 $118,152 $560,537
048 Benjamin Becker Germany 57-53 52 $129,410 $553,433
049 Yen-Hsun Lu Chinese Taipei 3 55-35 38 $262,348 $547,621
050 Horacio Zeballos Argentina 2 52-50 53 $165,567 $546,600
051 Janko Tipsarevic Serbia 48-42 45 $135,845 $534,231
052 Gilles Simon France 1 32-22 25 $96,309 $532,414
053 Lleyton Hewitt Australia 1 36-16 22 $246,479 $531,667
054 Florian Mayer Germany 2 48-32 35 $130,171 $513,955
055 Michael Berrer Germany 1 35-40 41 $92,990 $508,830
056 Victor Hanescu Romania 33-31 35 $171,369 $495,676
057 Leander Paes India 2 45-21 23 $137,784 $479,888
058 Arnaud Clement France 44-57 60 $172,290 $447,936
059 Pablo Cuevas Uruguay 2 67-46 50 $75,337 $446,738
060 Alexandr Dolgopolov Ukraine 1 55-41 42 $118,037 $446,252
061 Fabio Fognini Italy 4 50-46 51 $152,548 $424,469
062 Daniel Gimeno-Traver Spain 1 47-45 42 $132,998 $420,928
063 Florent Serra France 29-41 41 $138,160 $408,327
064 Max Mirnyi Belarus 1 39-22 23 $30,688 $408,233
065 Paul-Henri Mathieu France 25-28 24 $161,477 $392,901
066 Xavier Malisse Belgium 37-36 36 $123,608 $389,239
067 Radek Stepanek Czechia 39-28 30 $36,979 $386,431
068 Santiago Giraldo Colombia 1 47-40 42 $101,595 $378,944
069 Lukas Lacko Slovakia 33-40 41 $135,747 $340,677
070 Igor Andreev Russia 32-35 35 $73,503 $335,169
071 Ivo Karlovic Croatia 26-14 16 $133,690 $331,335
072 Olivier Rochus Belgium 26-41 42 $93,970 $326,494
073 Michael Russell United States 1 34-44 43 $97,756 $322,772
074 Teymuraz Gabashvili Russia 48-50 49 $157,769 $319,514
075 Mischa Zverev Germany 40-49 49 $51,033 $318,804
076 Leonardo Mayer Argentina 34-32 32 $141,939 $315,970
077 Alejandro Falla Colombia 21-39 39 $133,068 $315,041
078 Kevin Anderson South Africa 2 62-32 34 $111,008 $315,006
079 Illya Marchenko Ukraine 38-30 30 $94,687 $306,289
080 Fernando Gonzalez Chile 23-12 13 $158,027 $305,498
081 Rainer Schuettler Germany 39-36 36 $106,430 $284,957
082 Dudi Sela Israel 2 40-31 32 $99,276 $283,052
083 Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan 3 65-40 45 $23,940 $281,380
084 Rohan Bopanna India 2 61-36 38 $138,562 $276,934
085 Robby Ginepri United States 14-24 23 $146,654 $274,201
086 Rajeev Ram United States 2 47-59 60 $98,152 $271,508
087 James Blake United States 21-23 23 $95,714 $265,885
088 Taylor Dent United States 28-29 28 $119,259 $258,403
089 Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Pakistan 1 52-32 34 $138,562 $253,719
090 Igor Kunitsyn Russia 2 50-39 42 $72,425 $250,144
091 Robin Haase Netherlands 7 59-31 39 $71,292 $247,041
092 Simone Bolelli Italy 1 53-40 45 $54,240 $228,673
093 Dmitry Tursunov Russia 1 26-22 23 $68,134 $218,639
094 Marc Gicquel France 2 36-32 31 $99,905 $197,714
095 Nicolas Mahut France 6 64-35 40 $69,706 $193,583
096 Bjorn Phau Germany 2 52-37 39 $37,525 $191,387
097 Ivan Dodig Croatia 3 64-37 41 $90,299 $191,355
098 Pablo Andujar Spain 2 70-45 46 $31,430 $184,909
099 Paolo Lorenzi Italy 2 36-45 48 $64,841 $181,968
100 Edouard Roger-Vasselin France 6 70-40 46 $57,697 $176,720
101 Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands 2 31-30 32 $28,008 $172,707
102 Kei Nishikori Japan 4 40-18 22 $98,101 $171,395
103 Steve Darcis Belgium 2 54-28 32 $49,859 $170,195
104 Bruno Soares Brazil 1 39-33 35 $48,731 $165,778
105 Kristof Vliegen Belgium 1 23-30 31 $90,531 $162,944
106 Marcelo Melo Brazil 1 37-34 37 $48,731 $155,899
107 Maximo Gonzalez Argentina 2 35-29 31 $47,061 $154,106
108 Ryan Harrison United States 1 46-35 37 $69,246 $153,038
109 Adrian Mannarino France 2 45-25 27 $52,430 $148,040
110 Stefan Koubek Austria 36-28 27 $72,710 $146,662
111 Carlos Berlocq Argentina 8 108-45 53 $28,879 $144,418
112 Ricardas Berankis Lithuania 2 52-22 28 $68,665 $138,251
113 Filip Polasek Slovakia 3 41-31 35 $31,923 $130,543
114 Donald Young United States 2 54-39 41 $55,931 $129,856
115 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo Spain 6 88-49 55 $31,440 $128,708
116 Filippo Volandri Italy 2 55-29 32 $2,470 $119,046
117 Christophe Rochus Belgium 1 25-41 42 $27,755 $118,909
118 Albert Ramos-Vinolas Spain 2 62-59 59 $10,472 $114,030
119 Jamie Murray Great Britain 5 42-26 31 $8,605 $108,654
120 Benoit Paire France 4 62-42 46 $57,461 $108,572
121 Nicolas Massu Chile 26-37 38 $35,529 $101,566
122 Bernard Tomic Australia 1 34-23 25 $55,757 $99,606
123 Milos Raonic Canada 2 59-39 41 $19,000 $95,775
124 Juan Martin del Potro Argentina 3-3 3 $82,058 $95,273
125 Martin Klizan Slovakia 3 64-44 47 $31,523 $89,529
126 Lukas Rosol Czechia 3 55-44 47 $26,828 $88,494
127 Martin Damm Czechia 1 19-20 21 $31,923 $87,499
128 Roberto Bautista Agut Spain 3 48-37 40 $21,292 $81,012
129 Nicolas Lapentti Ecuador 5-16 14 $36,837 $78,745
130 Gilles Muller Luxembourg 1 50-35 36 $11,551 $78,604
131 Filip Krajinovic Serbia 28-33 33 $8,513 $75,179
132 Ramon Delgado Paraguay 31-26 27 $32,515 $74,971
133 Matthew Ebden Australia 5 62-35 40 $39,418 $70,707
134 Tommy Haas Germany 4-5 5 $47,944 $69,899
135 Jose Acasuso Argentina 1 11-11 12 $32,276 $67,086
136 Alberto Martin Spain 18-20 20 $2,470 $67,052
137 Grigor Dimitrov Bulgaria 6 67-25 33 $2,644 $61,932
138 Carlos Moya Spain 3-7 7 $17,979 $61,149
139 Federico Delbonis Argentina 1 45-40 40 $8,114 $56,862
140 John Millman Australia 4 55-34 38 $26,404 $53,317
141 Mario Ancic Croatia 1 21-15 16 $0 $52,466
142 Juan Sebastian Cabal Colombia 7 96-49 56 $3,000 $49,115
143 Andrej Martin Slovakia 7 78-37 44 $5,776 $49,058
144 Robert Farah Colombia 8 62-19 27 $8,000 $49,020
145 Philipp Oswald Austria 7 75-52 58 $10,637 $48,320
146 Yuichi Sugita Japan 3 40-32 34 $16,002 $47,455
147 Nicolas Kiefer Germany 1 5-8 9 $16,671 $41,668
148 Evgeny Donskoy Russia 55-36 36 $3,000 $38,344
149 Raven Klaasen South Africa 3 59-35 38 $0 $38,109
150 Attila Balazs Hungary 7 68-31 39 $5,470 $37,702
151 Sebastien Grosjean France 6-7 7 $17,979 $34,844
152 Nikola Mektic Croatia 4 61-40 44 $8,269 $34,541
153 Andrea Arnaboldi Italy 2 80-56 56 $7,749 $34,326
154 Vasek Pospisil Canada 5 77-52 57 $0 $34,160
155 Dominik Hrbaty Slovakia 13-23 23 $5,358 $33,421
156 Facundo Bagnis Argentina 1 53-46 47 $3,000 $29,891
157 Daniel Evans Great Britain 3 65-40 42 $11,055 $29,486
158 Joao Sousa Portugal 8 89-41 49 $0 $28,768
159 Gaston Gaudio Argentina 1 16-17 18 $4,940 $27,739
160 Jason Kubler Australia 22-18 18 $22,397 $27,616
161 Yuki Bhambri India 32-25 24 $2,644 $27,595
162 Thomas Fabbiano Italy 4 71-45 49 $0 $26,955
163 Matwe Middelkoop Netherlands 7 93-48 55 $3,000 $26,844
164 David Goffin Belgium 4 60-27 31 $0 $25,980
165 Treat Huey Philippines 3 56-44 48 $3,890 $24,978
166 Andres Molteni Argentina 11 99-37 48 $0 $24,364
167 Jack Sock United States 1 24-21 22 $19,000 $23,527
168 Malek Jaziri Tunisia 2 61-43 44 $2,644 $20,964
169 Younes El Aynaoui Morocco 1-2 2 $0 $20,360
170 Dusan Lajovic Serbia 4 52-32 36 $0 $19,335
171 Alessandro Giannessi Italy 4 63-44 48 $0 $18,346
172 Pierre-Hugues Herbert France 4 56-31 35 $0 $18,261
173 Fabrice Santoro France 0-1 1 $17,979 $17,979
174 Pablo Carreno Busta Spain 3 78-40 42 $0 $15,992
175 Guido Pella Argentina 1 46-32 33 $0 $15,977
176 Denis Kudla United States 3 36-23 26 $0 $15,196
177 Daniel Dutra da Silva Brazil 6 74-32 38 $0 $15,025
178 Jan-Lennard Struff Germany 1 50-34 35 $0 $14,984
179 Thomas Muster Austria 2-11 11 $0 $14,664
180 Michael Venus New Zealand 3 58-44 47 $0 $14,315
181 Pedro Sousa Portugal 53-34 35 $0 $14,123
182 Peter Gojowczyk Germany 27-31 31 $0 $13,835
183 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Germany 3 38-24 27 $0 $13,609
184 Fabrice Martin France 6 64-30 36 $0 $13,082
185 Diego Schwartzman Argentina 6 79-43 49 $0 $12,860
186 Steve Johnson United States 8-9 9 $3,000 $12,468
187 Kevin Krawietz Germany 5 36-21 26 $0 $12,403
188 Steven Diez Canada 1 48-41 42 $0 $11,476
189 Andrea Collarini Argentina 1 50-36 37 $3,000 $11,460
190 Roman Jebavy Czechia 2 80-53 55 $0 $10,986
191 Nikola Cacic Serbia 40-44 44 $0 $10,795
192 Radu Albot Moldova 2 56-39 40 $0 $10,168
193 Marco Trungelliti Argentina 2 44-29 31 $0 $10,112
194 Antony Dupuis France 1 34-24 25 $0 $9,607
195 Blaz Rola Slovenia 3 49-24 28 $0 $9,381
196 Aljaz Bedene Slovenia 22-10 11 $5,776 $9,198
197 Federico Gaio Italy 25-32 32 $0 $9,060
198 Raemon Sluiter Netherlands 6-9 9 $0 $8,306
199 Mohamed Safwat Egypt 1 40-36 37 $0 $8,055
200 Stefano Travaglia Italy 1 43-30 31 $0 $7,760
201 Emilio Gomez Ecuador 1 32-31 32 $0 $7,632
202 Miguel Reyes-Varela Mexico 5 61-33 40 $0 $7,537
203 James Duckworth Australia 15-17 17 $2,644 $6,181
204 Nikoloz Basilashvili Georgia 1 31-35 36 $0 $6,097
205 Renzo Olivo Argentina 3 43-20 23 $0 $5,719
206 Vincent Spadea United States 1-5 5 $0 $5,675
207 Albano Olivetti France 2 24-25 27 $0 $5,413
208 Aleksandr Nedovyesov Kazakhstan 3 26-6 9 $0 $5,105
209 Gastao Elias Portugal 34-27 27 $0 $5,085
210 Fernando Vicente Spain 15-13 13 $0 $4,831
211 Norbert Gombos Slovakia 22-22 22 $0 $4,764
212 Nicolas Barrientos Colombia 1 31-33 34 $0 $4,603
213 Wesley Koolhof Netherlands 1 22-22 23 $0 $4,496
214 Sam Weissborn Austria 1 28-21 22 $0 $4,281
215 Lorenzo Giustino Italy 17-31 31 $0 $4,014
216 Guido Andreozzi Argentina 1 22-18 19 $0 $3,688
217 Tomislav Brkic Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 17-18 19 $0 $3,478
218 Marco Cecchinato Italy 6-20 20 $0 $3,374
219 Austin Krajicek United States 17-13 13 $0 $3,336
220 Juan Ignacio Londero Argentina 18-26 26 $0 $3,008
221 Yasutaka Uchiyama Japan 1 14-7 8 $0 $2,893
222 Jan-Michael Gambill United States 7-11 11 $0 $2,843
223 Roberto Carballes Baena Spain 1 10-5 6 $0 $2,568
224 Jiri Vesely Czechia 9-10 10 $0 $2,458
225 Federico Coria Argentina 19-18 18 $0 $2,227
226 Damir Dzumhur Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 13-8 11 $0 $2,213
227 Ariel Behar Uruguay 9-16 17 $0 $2,143
228 Marcelo Arevalo El Salvador 13-13 14 $0 $2,089
229 Marton Fucsovics Hungary 2-8 8 $0 $1,961
230 Egor Gerasimov Belarus 8-12 12 $0 $1,899
231 Marcos Giron United States 5-14 14 $0 $1,766
232 Roberto Quiroz Ecuador 1 6-7 8 $0 $1,748
233 Hugo Dellien Bolivia 1 16-10 12 $0 $1,674
234 Dominic Thiem Austria 2-4 4 $0 $1,635
235 Tennys Sandgren United States 1 11-10 11 $0 $1,559
236 Taro Daniel Japan 5-8 8 $0 $1,518
237 Stefano Napolitano Italy 5-11 11 $0 $1,471
238 Alex Bolt Australia 6-10 10 $0 $1,346
239 Nicolas Kicker Argentina 7-22 22 $0 $1,272
240 Yannick Hanfmann Germany 6-6 6 $0 $1,256
241 Thiago Monteiro Brazil 7-12 12 $0 $1,209
242 Neal Skupski Great Britain 6-3 3 $0 $1,143
243 Dimitar Kuzmanov Bulgaria 5-11 11 $0 $1,126
244 Liam Broady Great Britain 7-8 8 $0 $950
245 Henri Laaksonen Switzerland 3-5 5 $0 $884
246 Bjorn Fratangelo United States 2-9 9 $0 $880
247 Franco Agamenone Italy 5-11 11 $0 $649
248 Joris De Loore Belgium 4-5 5 $0 $608
249 Hugo Nys Monaco 2-4 4 $0 $547
250 John-Patrick Smith Australia 0-1 1 $0 $520
251 Mark Philippoussis Australia 0-1 1 $0 $520
252 Tim Puetz Germany 2-1 1 $0 $435
253 Mats Moraing Germany 1-4 4 $0 $429
254 Jozef Kovalik Slovakia 2-4 4 $0 $408
255 Matej Sabanov Serbia 2-5 5 $0 $401
256 Joao Domingues Portugal 2-4 4 $0 $371
257 Frederico Ferreira Silva Portugal 3-3 3 $0 $341
258 Omar Camporese Italy 1-2 2 $0 $311
259 Salvatore Caruso Italy 1-5 5 $0 $311
260 Mate Pavic Croatia 1-1 1 $0 $300
261 Alexander Ritschard Switzerland 1-1 1 $0 $200
262 Lloyd Glasspool Great Britain 0-1 1 $0 $176
263 Lucas Pouille France 1-2 2 $0 $176
264 Mackenzie McDonald United States 0-1 1 $0 $176
265 Ilya Ivashka Belarus 1-3 3 $0 $135
266 Ivan Sabanov Serbia 1-2 2 $0 $135
267 Andreas Mies Germany 0-2 2 $0 $118
268 Cem Ilkel Turkey 0-2 2 $0 $118
269 Filip Horansky Slovakia 1-3 3 $0 $118
270 Hunter Reese United States 0-2 2 $0 $118
271 Jeff Tarango United States 2-2 2 $0 $118
272 Oscar Otte Germany 0-2 2 $0 $118

Where 2010 sits

Every season the tour has paid, in order

55 seasons

2010 is the 17th biggest season of the 55 on the chart.

Which countries won the 2010 money

The fifteen biggest flags on the 2010 list

59 countries paid

# Country Players Titles Share Prize money
01 Spain 20 46 22.2% $21,451,235$21.5m
02 Switzerland 4 7 8.9% $8,562,052$8.6m
03 France 22 42 8.1% $7,868,468$7.9m
04 United States 23 25 7.2% $6,913,753$6.9m
05 Serbia 8 9 6.0% $5,834,151$5.8m
06 Great Britain 6 11 4.3% $4,187,214$4.2m
07 Russia 7 7 4.2% $4,010,552$4.0m
08 Sweden 1 2 3.9% $3,731,528$3.7m
09 Argentina 22 46 3.6% $3,496,500$3.5m
10 Germany 18 15 3.3% $3,224,936$3.2m
11 Czechia 6 6 3.2% $3,084,989$3.1m
12 Croatia 7 11 3.1% $3,013,570$3.0m
13 Austria 6 12 2.3% $2,252,646$2.3m
14 Italy 17 22 2.3% $2,184,600$2.2m
15 Ukraine 3 4 1.5% $1,403,379$1.4m

59 countries had a player paid in 2010, and the top three of them took 39.2% 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 2010?

Rafael Nadal, $10,171,999 from 23 events, with 8 titles and a 87-14 record.

How much prize money did tennis pay out in 2010?

$96,579,161 across the 272 players on this list, the 17th biggest season of the 55 the list covers. The season is up 1.3% on 2009, and is the 17th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

How many tennis players earned a million dollars in 2010?

18 of them. The top ten took 42.4% of everything paid out that season.

What share of 2010 prize money came from the grand slams?

31.6%. The four majors paid $30,513,036 of the $96,579,161 won that season.

Which country won the most tennis prize money in 2010?

Spain, $21,451,235 across 20 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 2010. 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 2010

The 2009 money list · The 2011 money list

Every season

By era

The 2010 top sixty

Elsewhere in tennis