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TENNIS · 106 CAREERS

Tennis prize money in the 2000s

$656,712,251 won by the 106 careers centred on the 2000s, David Ferrer ahead of them on $31,483,910.

A career is filed on its midpoint, so this is the generation whose best years fell between 2000 and 2009 rather than everybody who happened to play a match in those seasons. The figures are whole careers, including what these players won before the decade opened and after it closed.

WON IN ALL $656.7m
RICHEST CAREER $31.5m
AVERAGE CAREER $6.2m
PAST $10M 19
FROM THE MAJORS 28.3%

The twenty richest careers of the 2000s

Career prize money, for players centred on the decade

106 careers

David Ferrer $31m Andy Roddick $21m Nikolay Davydenko $16m Gustavo Kuerten $15m Jonas Bjorkman $15m Marat Safin $14m Mikhail Youzhny $14m Juan Carlos Ferrero $14m Tommy Haas $14m Carlos Moya $13m Daniel Nestor $13m Max Mirnyi $12m Tim Henman $12m Radek Stepanek $11m Patrick Rafter $11m David Nalbandian $11m Robin Soderling $10m Ivan Ljubicic $10m Ivo Karlovic $10m Julien Benneteau $9.6m

Whole careers rather than what these players won inside the decade, which is the only way the chart compares like with like: a player peaks once, and cutting his earnings at a decade boundary would rank him on where the calendar fell rather than on how good he was.

Every career centred on the 2000s

Ranked by career prize money

106 players

# Player Career Titles W-L From majors Prize money
001 David Ferrer Spain 1999 to 2019 38 1040-567 27.7% $31,483,910$31.5m
002 Andy Roddick United States 1999 to 2015 40 786-293 37.1% $20,640,033$20.6m
003 Nikolay Davydenko Russia 1998 to 2014 28 721-482 21.7% $16,186,482$16.2m
004 Gustavo Kuerten Brazil 1993 to 2008 33 601-368 20.1% $14,807,001$14.8m
005 Jonas Bjorkman Sweden 1990 to 2013 73 1311-702 32.4% $14,598,675$14.6m
006 Marat Safin Russia 1997 to 2009 19 587-414 30.9% $14,373,295$14.4m
007 Mikhail Youzhny Russia 1998 to 2018 32 857-707 34.3% $14,264,449$14.3m
008 Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain 1997 to 2017 20 575-307 30.2% $13,998,166$14.0m
009 Tommy Haas Germany 1996 to 2017 19 736-453 26.1% $13,609,988$13.6m
010 Carlos Moya Spain 1994 to 2010 22 681-389 20.2% $13,443,973$13.4m
011 Daniel Nestor Canada 1989 to 2018 104 1445-685 30.8% $12,820,678$12.8m
012 Max Mirnyi Belarus 1995 to 2018 66 1258-764 30.8% $11,743,121$11.7m
013 Tim Henman Great Britain 1992 to 2007 20 704-397 23.1% $11,635,542$11.6m
014 Radek Stepanek Czechia 1995 to 2017 38 990-666 30.6% $11,343,460$11.3m
015 Patrick Rafter Australia 1990 to 2014 28 685-363 31.0% $11,133,128$11.1m
016 David Nalbandian Argentina 1997 to 2013 18 559-309 27.8% $11,123,125$11.1m
017 Robin Soderling Sweden 2000 to 2011 19 466-266 29.2% $10,423,127$10.4m
018 Ivan Ljubicic Croatia 1995 to 2012 17 668-495 18.4% $10,181,124$10.2m
019 Ivo Karlovic Croatia 1995 to 2021 26 850-693 35.5% $10,160,240$10.2m
020 Julien Benneteau France 1998 to 2018 29 863-693 37.5% $9,556,741$9.6m
021 Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus 1999 to 2019 20 609-434 41.6% $8,918,915$8.9m
022 Fernando Gonzalez Chile 1996 to 2012 19 604-386 33.3% $8,862,276$8.9m
023 Leander Paes India 1990 to 2020 93 1352-734 41.7% $8,587,586$8.6m
024 Michael Llodra France 1998 to 2014 49 901-597 37.0% $8,533,353$8.5m
025 Sebastien Grosjean France 1996 to 2010 11 511-393 28.6% $8,131,804$8.1m
026 Juan Monaco Argentina 2000 to 2017 19 592-499 22.8% $8,090,162$8.1m
027 Paul Haarhuis Netherlands 1988 to 2011 57 1014-531 27.2% $7,751,963$7.8m
028 Jarkko Nieminen Finland 1998 to 2016 23 848-659 31.2% $7,743,344$7.7m
029 Albert Costa Spain 1993 to 2006 16 478-349 23.7% $7,685,228$7.7m
030 Jiri Novak Czechia 1993 to 2007 36 834-549 19.7% $7,618,613$7.6m
031 Nicolas Kiefer Germany 1994 to 2010 13 516-448 21.7% $7,480,467$7.5m
032 Mardy Fish United States 1998 to 2015 25 606-401 28.0% $7,460,641$7.5m
033 Rainer Schuettler Germany 1994 to 2012 16 677-672 27.1% $7,407,510$7.4m
034 Thomas Johansson Sweden 1993 to 2009 15 519-431 28.6% $7,168,031$7.2m
035 Arnaud Clement France 1996 to 2012 19 709-639 35.2% $7,125,229$7.1m
036 Dominik Hrbaty Slovakia 1995 to 2014 20 798-705 24.1% $7,070,092$7.1m
037 Mark Philippoussis Australia 1992 to 2015 16 489-315 30.6% $6,987,402$7.0m
038 Andrei Medvedev Ukraine 1990 to 2015 11 382-264 18.7% $6,721,598$6.7m
039 Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina 1997 to 2012 22 656-482 27.0% $6,572,493$6.6m
040 Nicolas Lapentti Ecuador 1993 to 2017 17 720-595 20.3% $6,315,144$6.3m
041 Paul-Henri Mathieu France 1999 to 2017 9 546-530 33.4% $6,299,093$6.3m
042 Gaston Gaudio Argentina 1997 to 2010 19 442-319 30.7% $6,066,157$6.1m
043 Gilles Muller Luxembourg 2000 to 2018 21 754-582 40.6% $5,991,879$6.0m
044 Dmitry Tursunov Russia 1998 to 2017 37 708-542 34.0% $5,920,130$5.9m
045 Guillermo Coria Argentina 1997 to 2009 21 350-186 25.7% $5,915,620$5.9m
046 Albert Montanes Spain 1998 to 2017 19 640-634 28.8% $5,866,341$5.9m
047 Martin Damm Czechia 1989 to 2011 52 961-728 25.4% $5,730,974$5.7m
048 Xavier Malisse Belgium 1996 to 2022 18 564-463 38.9% $5,702,871$5.7m
049 Felix Mantilla Spain 1994 to 2007 16 409-283 16.6% $5,332,214$5.3m
050 Guillermo Canas Argentina 1994 to 2009 26 539-388 21.3% $5,285,577$5.3m
051 Andrei Pavel Romania 1991 to 2009 18 594-516 22.7% $5,225,029$5.2m
052 Sjeng Schalken Netherlands 1994 to 2006 18 509-444 28.1% $5,192,798$5.2m
053 Vincent Spadea United States 1992 to 2017 12 563-595 25.2% $5,004,861$5.0m
054 Jacco Eltingh Netherlands 1988 to 2011 50 638-358 27.7% $4,920,411$4.9m
055 Olivier Rochus Belgium 1998 to 2014 21 675-577 34.0% $4,905,752$4.9m
056 Igor Andreev Russia 2001 to 2013 13 450-397 29.7% $4,510,377$4.5m
057 Benjamin Becker Germany 2000 to 2017 16 546-514 34.1% $4,399,584$4.4m
058 Nicolas Massu Chile 1995 to 2019 21 636-572 21.6% $4,344,833$4.3m
059 Victor Hanescu Romania 1999 to 2016 18 554-515 33.8% $4,330,343$4.3m
060 Younes El Aynaoui Morocco 1990 to 2017 22 524-414 22.8% $4,043,817$4.0m
061 Mario Ancic Croatia 1999 to 2010 16 449-275 35.3% $4,024,687$4.0m
062 Filippo Volandri Italy 1998 to 2016 15 622-573 24.5% $3,949,633$3.9m
063 Robby Ginepri United States 2000 to 2015 10 366-397 36.1% $3,897,124$3.9m
064 Alberto Martin Spain 1994 to 2010 18 655-629 22.1% $3,840,889$3.8m
065 Potito Starace Italy 1998 to 2015 27 675-560 27.4% $3,796,322$3.8m
066 Agustin Calleri Argentina 1997 to 2009 24 500-393 18.6% $3,753,390$3.8m
067 Wayne Arthurs Australia 1989 to 2015 21 631-535 30.9% $3,687,809$3.7m
068 Jose Acasuso Argentina 1999 to 2011 17 485-387 21.4% $3,642,425$3.6m
069 Jan-Michael Gambill United States 1995 to 2016 10 405-408 20.5% $3,612,893$3.6m
070 Bohdan Ulihrach Czechia 1993 to 2011 9 390-369 18.0% $3,553,302$3.6m
071 Paradorn Srichaphan Thailand 1997 to 2009 9 403-326 20.0% $3,459,655$3.5m
072 Stefan Koubek Austria 1994 to 2011 6 417-436 25.5% $3,365,025$3.4m
073 Mariano Zabaleta Argentina 1994 to 2009 6 343-363 21.1% $3,204,128$3.2m
074 Alejandro Falla Colombia 2000 to 2017 24 573-493 41.2% $3,086,544$3.1m
075 Albert Portas Spain 1992 to 2014 22 548-520 18.0% $2,972,634$3.0m
076 Florent Serra France 1999 to 2015 7 494-518 34.9% $2,969,799$3.0m
077 Davide Sanguinetti Italy 1993 to 2013 18 468-517 26.1% $2,935,586$2.9m
078 Fernando Vicente Spain 1995 to 2011 19 555-584 22.1% $2,917,020$2.9m
079 Igor Kunitsyn Russia 1998 to 2013 21 592-546 28.2% $2,861,068$2.9m
080 Michael Berrer Germany 1998 to 2016 13 603-514 28.6% $2,766,701$2.8m
081 Christophe Rochus Belgium 1994 to 2012 10 438-512 25.8% $2,753,300$2.8m
082 Marc-Kevin Goellner Germany 1991 to 2015 12 489-488 18.6% $2,700,899$2.7m
083 Luis Horna Peru 1995 to 2009 25 522-408 31.8% $2,648,483$2.6m
084 Sargis Sargsian Armenia 1993 to 2006 9 329-349 30.4% $2,603,732$2.6m
085 Justin Gimelstob United States 1994 to 2009 34 552-471 32.8% $2,575,522$2.6m
086 Marc Gicquel France 1999 to 2017 31 582-428 38.4% $2,513,522$2.5m
087 Michael Russell United States 1997 to 2015 27 639-545 35.8% $2,452,574$2.5m
088 Hyung-Taik Lee South Korea 1994 to 2015 38 564-381 34.5% $2,355,685$2.4m
089 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo Spain 1996 to 2019 40 984-786 26.6% $2,346,406$2.3m
090 Andrei Cherkasov Russia 1988 to 2015 10 488-521 14.2% $2,260,281$2.3m
091 Jerome Golmard France 1993 to 2006 10 303-264 19.8% $2,215,784$2.2m
092 Bjorn Phau Germany 1997 to 2014 18 574-527 28.7% $2,189,473$2.2m
093 Mikael Tillstrom Sweden 1991 to 2013 22 339-255 25.0% $2,030,526$2.0m
094 Kristof Vliegen Belgium 1999 to 2011 18 369-309 32.1% $1,964,019$2.0m
095 Chris Woodruff United States 1993 to 2007 8 220-223 22.5% $1,900,659$1.9m
096 Lars Burgsmuller Germany 1992 to 2008 8 431-502 24.7% $1,887,165$1.9m
097 Adrian Voinea Romania 1992 to 2007 5 210-240 25.5% $1,836,277$1.8m
098 Marcos Ondruska South Africa 1989 to 2025 25 536-497 26.0% $1,835,183$1.8m
099 Galo Blanco Spain 1994 to 2006 5 256-298 26.7% $1,832,691$1.8m
100 Mariano Puerta Argentina 1996 to 2009 22 454-373 13.5% $1,781,371$1.8m
101 Raemon Sluiter Netherlands 1995 to 2010 16 382-346 27.3% $1,726,538$1.7m
102 Paul Goldstein United States 1993 to 2008 25 456-372 31.0% $1,620,456$1.6m
103 Antony Dupuis France 1993 to 2013 14 377-371 24.3% $1,590,833$1.6m
104 David Sanchez Spain 1996 to 2005 7 211-233 22.9% $1,451,767$1.5m
105 Ramon Delgado Paraguay 1995 to 2014 15 472-375 26.9% $1,385,410$1.4m
106 Juan Antonio Marin Costa Rica 1996 to 2019 7 317-357 15.5% $1,210,291

106 of these 106 careers passed a million dollars and 19 passed ten million. Between them they won 2,426 titles and 63,468 matches against 49,427 defeats.

What the tour paid out, 2000 to 2009

Every season inside the decade, all players added together

$720,582,508 in all

This is money paid in the decade rather than money won by the decade's players, and the two are deliberately different figures: a career filed here was also being paid in the ten years before it and the ten after. Season by season is the one view with no judgement in it at all.

The eras side by side

Every decade with ten or more careers centred on it

5 eras

Era Careers Average career From the majors Won in all
The 1980s 38 $2,473,189 19.4% $93,981,194$94.0m
The 1990s 118 $4,985,636 20.0% $588,305,104$588.3m
The 2000s 106 $6,195,399 28.3% $656,712,251$656.7m
The 2010s 267 $8,570,493 39.9% $2,288,321,574$2.29bn
The 2020s 149 $5,769,985 37.8% $859,727,721$859.7m

The gap between the eras is money rather than merit, and the share column has a page of its own: the four majors paid a fifth of a 1980s career and pay two fifths of a current one, so a modern player earns more for the same result and earns it in a different place.

Which countries the 2000s money went to

Careers centred on the decade, grouped by flag

36 countries

# Country Careers Titles Share Prize money
01 Spain 12 242 14.2% $93,171,239$93.2m
02 Russia 7 160 9.2% $60,376,082$60.4m
03 Argentina 10 194 8.4% $55,434,448$55.4m
04 United States 9 191 7.5% $49,164,763$49.2m
05 France 9 179 7.5% $48,936,158$48.9m
06 Germany 8 115 6.5% $42,441,787$42.4m
07 Sweden 4 129 5.2% $34,220,359$34.2m
08 Czechia 4 135 4.3% $28,246,349$28.2m
09 Croatia 3 59 3.7% $24,366,051$24.4m
10 Australia 3 65 3.3% $21,808,339$21.8m
11 Netherlands 4 141 3.0% $19,591,710$19.6m
12 Belgium 4 67 2.3% $15,325,942$15.3m
13 Brazil 1 33 2.3% $14,807,001$14.8m
14 Chile 2 40 2.0% $13,207,109$13.2m
15 Canada 1 104 2.0% $12,820,678$12.8m
16 Belarus 1 66 1.8% $11,743,121$11.7m
17 Great Britain 1 20 1.8% $11,635,542$11.6m
18 Romania 3 41 1.7% $11,391,649$11.4m
19 Italy 3 60 1.6% $10,681,541$10.7m
20 Cyprus 1 20 1.4% $8,918,915$8.9m

Frequently asked questions

Who earned the most tennis prize money in the 2000s?

David Ferrer, $31,483,910 across a career running 1999 to 2019, with 38 titles.

How much did a 2000s tennis career pay?

$6,195,399 on average, across the 106 careers centred on the decade. 106 of them passed a million dollars and 19 passed ten million.

What share of 2000s prize money came from the grand slams?

28.3% of it, against 37.8% for careers centred on the 2020s.

How is a player filed under the 2000s?

On the midpoint of the career rather than its first season. A player who began in 1998 and finished in 2015 belongs to this decade in every way a reader means it, and filing on the first season would put him beside players who had retired before he won anything.

How much did tennis pay out during the 2000s?

$720,582,508 across the 10 seasons from 2000 to 2009. That is the money paid in those years, which is a different figure from the $656,712,251 these careers won in total: a player filed here was paid in the decade before it and the one after it too.

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