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TENNIS · PRIZE MONEY · AGE 15

Tennis prize money at 15

Michael Chang won $25,681 in 1987, the year he turned 15. That is the most any of the 696 men we hold won at 15, across 82 seasons. The median season at 15 paid $290.

MOST AT 15 $25,681 Michael Chang, 1987
MEDIAN SEASON $290 27th of 27 ages
SEASONS 82 none at seven figures

The twenty biggest seasons at 15

Prize money won in the calendar year a player turned 15, singles and doubles together

Michael Chang (1987) $26k Stefan Kozlov (2013) $6,588 Donald Young (2004) $5,688 Felix Auger-Aliassime (2015) $4,008 Alexander Zverev (2012) $1,998 Adrian Andreev (2016) $1,489 Stefano Napolitano (2010) $1,471 Corentin Moutet (2014) $1,395 Henri Laaksonen (2007) $1,264 Franco Davin (1985) $1,240 Yuki Bhambri (2007) $1,142 Mario Ancic (1999) $1,090 Richard Gasquet (2001) $893 Coleman Wong (2019) $860 Rafael Nadal (2001) $857 Marc Polmans (2012) $828 Thomas Enqvist (1989) $805 Mischa Zverev (2002) $788 Andrea Collarini (2007) $762 Todd Woodbridge (1986) $702

Every season at 15

Ranked by prize money. Win-loss is singles.

82 seasons
Every season a tennis player we hold had in the year he turned 15, ranked by prize money won, with the year and his singles win-loss record.
# PLAYER YEAR PRIZE MONEY W-L
1 Michael Chang 1987 $25,681 9-4
2 Stefan Kozlov 2013 $6,588 7-8
3 Donald Young 2004 $5,688 1-3
4 Felix Auger-Aliassime 2015 $4,008 11-3
5 Alexander Zverev 2012 $1,998 10-7
6 Adrian Andreev 2016 $1,489 1-3
7 Stefano Napolitano 2010 $1,471 3-6
8 Corentin Moutet 2014 $1,395 5-4
9 Henri Laaksonen 2007 $1,264 0-3
10 Franco Davin 1985 $1,240 1-1
11 Yuki Bhambri 2007 $1,142 3-4
12 Mario Ancic 1999 $1,090 2-3
13 Richard Gasquet 2001 $893 2-4
14 Coleman Wong 2019 $860 0-3
15 Rafael Nadal 2001 $857 1-2
16 Marc Polmans 2012 $828 1-4
17 Thomas Enqvist 1989 $805 0-1
18 Mischa Zverev 2002 $788 0-4
19 Andrea Collarini 2007 $762 1-5
20 Todd Woodbridge 1986 $702 3-1
21 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2013 $692 1-4
22 Denis Istomin 2001 $596 0-2
23 Chun-Hsin Tseng 2016 $568 3-3
24 Liam Broady 2009 $566 2-4
25 Denis Shapovalov 2014 $504 0-2
26 Carlos Alcaraz 2018 $492 2-1
27 Thanasi Kokkinakis 2011 $476 1-2
28 Joao Fonseca 2021 $450 0-1
29 Daniil Medvedev 2011 $435 1-1
30 Otto Virtanen 2016 $400 0-2
31 Thiago Monteiro 2009 $366 0-2
32 David Nalbandian 1997 $365 -
33 Guillermo Coria 1997 $365 -
34 Juan Martin del Potro 2003 $354 0-3
35 Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 2014 $354 1-1
36 Juan Sebastian Cabal 2001 $352 0-2
37 Frederico Ferreira Silva 2010 $341 0-2
38 Emilio Gomez 2006 $298 0-1
39 Roberto Quiroz 2007 $298 0-1
40 Dmitry Popko 2011 $298 0-1
41 Marcos Baghdatis 2000 $290 2-1
42 Ryan Harrison 2007 $290 2-1
43 Lorenzo Musetti 2017 $260 0-1
44 Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 2019 $252 0-2
45 Emil Ruusuvuori 2014 $229 2-2
46 Tung-Lin Wu 2013 $210 0-1
47 Pedro Martinez 2012 $208 0-1
48 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 2014 $208 0-2
49 Nicolas Almagro 2000 $200 1-1
50 Thomas Fabbiano 2004 $180 -
51 Fabio Fognini 2002 $176 0-1
52 Santiago Giraldo 2002 $176 0-1
53 Yuichi Sugita 2003 $176 0-1
54 Jason Kubler 2008 $176 0-1
55 Mitchell Krueger 2009 $176 0-2
56 Mackenzie McDonald 2010 $176 0-1
57 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 2018 $160 -
58 Hugo Gaston 2015 $156 0-1
59 Shintaro Mochizuki 2018 $156 0-1
60 Flavio Cobolli 2017 $150 -
61 Daniel Altmaier 2013 $140 1-2
62 Michael Mmoh 2013 $140 0-1
63 Giulio Zeppieri 2016 $140 0-1
64 Thiago Seyboth Wild 2015 $136 0-1
65 Joao Domingues 2008 $135 -
66 Sergiy Stakhovsky 2001 $130 -
67 Sam Querrey 2002 $118 0-1
68 Daniel Evans 2005 $118 0-1
69 Guido Pella 2005 $118 0-1
70 Renzo Olivo 2007 $118 0-1
71 Cem Ilkel 2010 $118 0-1
72 Cristian Garin 2011 $118 1-2
73 Jannik Sinner 2016 $108 -
74 Borna Gojo 2013 $104 0-1
75 Jay Clarke 2013 $104 0-2
76 Rudolf Molleker 2015 $104 0-1
77 Thiago Agustin Tirante 2016 $104 0-1
78 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1998 $90 -
79 Roman Jebavy 2004 $90 -
80 Zizou Bergs 2014 $64 -
81 Ignacio Buse 2019 $54 -
82 Frances Tiafoe 2013 $36 -

The biggest seasons at 15 before 2010

Prize money has grown every decade, so the older seasons are ranked on their own

The five biggest seasons at 15 before 2010, by prize money won.
# PLAYER YEAR PRIZE MONEY
1 Michael Chang 1987 $25,681
2 Donald Young 2004 $5,688
3 Henri Laaksonen 2007 $1,264
4 Franco Davin 1985 $1,240
5 Yuki Bhambri 2007 $1,142

15 against the ages either side

The median season and the record at each age

0 players peaked at 15
The median season, the biggest season and the number of players whose best season came at that age, for the ages around 15.
AGE MEDIAN MOST PRIZE MONEY PEAKED
15 $290 Michael Chang $25,681 0
16 $497 Michael Chang $153,553 0
17 $1,944 Michael Chang $682,130 0
18 $5,654 Carlos Alcaraz $1,632,678$1.6m 0

Peaked counts the players whose biggest season in prize money came at that age. Across all 696, the most common age for a best season is 27.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most prize money a tennis player has won at 15?

Michael Chang won $25,681 in 1987, singles and doubles together.

How much prize money does a tennis player win at 15?

The median season at 15 among the 696 men we hold paid $290. 0 of the 82 seasons at 15 paid a million dollars or more.

Was 15 Michael Chang's best year?

No. His biggest season came in 1995, at 23, when he won $2,655,870.

At what age do tennis players win the most prize money?

The median season is highest at 27. The single biggest season at any age is Carlos Alcaraz's $21,354,778 at 22, in 2025. More of the players we hold had their best season at 27 than at any other age: 72 of them.

Where to next

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Tennis prize money by age sets all 27 side by side. Tennis prize money has every event's ladder, and men's vs women's tennis prize money sets the two tours against each other.