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TENNIS · 149 CAREERS

Tennis prize money in the 2020s

$859,727,721 won by the 149 careers centred on the 2020s, Jannik Sinner ahead of them on $69,586,568.

A career is filed on its midpoint, so this is the generation whose best years fell between 2020 and 2029 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 $859.7m
RICHEST CAREER $69.6m
AVERAGE CAREER $5.8m
PAST $10M 19
FROM THE MAJORS 37.8%

The twenty richest careers of the 2020s

Career prize money, for players centred on the decade

149 careers

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 2020s

Ranked by career prize money

149 players

# Player Career Titles W-L From majors Prize money
001 Jannik Sinner Italy 2015 to 2026 40 535-183 38.5% $69,586,568$69.6m
002 Carlos Alcaraz Spain 2018 to 2026 34 422-97 43.6% $64,997,599$65.0m
003 Stefanos Tsitsipas Greece 2013 to 2026 28 736-403 24.2% $38,144,064$38.1m
004 Andrey Rublev Russia 2013 to 2026 31 764-423 24.6% $33,936,242$33.9m
005 Taylor Fritz United States 2014 to 2026 18 615-367 30.0% $32,008,660$32.0m
006 Casper Ruud Norway 2014 to 2026 17 574-317 28.2% $29,338,458$29.3m
007 Alex de Minaur Australia 2015 to 2026 16 560-332 30.9% $25,648,129$25.6m
008 Felix Auger-Aliassime Canada 2015 to 2026 20 547-313 29.1% $23,331,231$23.3m
009 Frances Tiafoe United States 2013 to 2026 12 521-376 42.3% $18,033,134$18.0m
010 Holger Rune Denmark 2018 to 2025 15 346-167 22.8% $15,739,773$15.7m
011 Denis Shapovalov Canada 2013 to 2026 13 483-335 35.4% $15,404,295$15.4m
012 Lorenzo Musetti Italy 2017 to 2026 8 368-235 33.0% $15,330,924$15.3m
013 Cameron Norrie Great Britain 2013 to 2026 13 519-359 36.2% $14,943,054$14.9m
014 Tommy Paul United States 2014 to 2026 17 586-352 39.8% $14,927,007$14.9m
015 Ben Shelton United States 2021 to 2026 12 296-167 35.3% $13,875,246$13.9m
016 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Spain 2015 to 2026 6 396-282 33.0% $12,257,202$12.3m
017 Ugo Humbert France 2015 to 2026 23 466-320 29.8% $11,738,776$11.7m
018 Francisco Cerundolo Argentina 2016 to 2026 19 446-311 26.5% $10,992,565$11.0m
019 Lorenzo Sonego Italy 2013 to 2026 16 511-416 43.5% $10,069,956$10.1m
020 Alexei Popyrin Australia 2016 to 2026 7 318-304 36.9% $9,768,453$9.8m
021 Jiri Lehecka Czechia 2017 to 2026 12 361-226 36.4% $9,297,572$9.3m
022 Miomir Kecmanovic Serbia 2015 to 2026 11 406-345 41.9% $9,114,473$9.1m
023 Flavio Cobolli Italy 2017 to 2026 8 312-250 47.9% $9,079,034$9.1m
024 Sebastian Korda United States 2016 to 2026 8 354-234 31.4% $8,999,774$9.0m
025 Jack Draper Great Britain 2017 to 2026 16 289-144 33.1% $8,942,331$8.9m
026 Tallon Griekspoor Netherlands 2014 to 2026 30 608-410 36.0% $8,232,391$8.2m
027 Brandon Nakashima United States 2016 to 2026 11 331-217 36.0% $8,205,935$8.2m
028 Arthur Fils France 2021 to 2026 8 247-166 18.6% $8,125,870$8.1m
029 Jaume Munar Spain 2014 to 2026 27 570-428 46.5% $7,609,457$7.6m
030 Sebastian Baez Argentina 2016 to 2026 20 366-273 31.6% $7,071,241$7.1m
031 Jakub Mensik Czechia 2021 to 2026 9 220-135 37.4% $7,066,214$7.1m
032 Tomas Martin Etcheverry Argentina 2014 to 2026 16 494-381 40.4% $7,051,723$7.1m
033 Tomas Machac Czechia 2017 to 2026 13 369-227 42.0% $6,786,945$6.8m
034 Corentin Moutet France 2014 to 2026 12 377-281 53.1% $6,546,955$6.5m
035 Reilly Opelka United States 2013 to 2026 9 289-246 40.2% $6,150,028$6.2m
036 Alejandro Tabilo Chile 2013 to 2026 19 543-410 32.0% $6,104,928$6.1m
037 Matteo Arnaldi Italy 2018 to 2026 8 259-216 46.6% $5,921,817$5.9m
038 Daniel Altmaier Germany 2013 to 2026 22 504-399 43.1% $5,777,274$5.8m
039 Nuno Borges Portugal 2014 to 2026 34 503-277 51.6% $5,504,389$5.5m
040 Luciano Darderi Italy 2019 to 2026 18 376-256 35.1% $4,892,077$4.9m
041 Alex Michelsen United States 2022 to 2026 7 244-160 33.0% $4,858,883$4.9m
042 Fabian Marozsan Hungary 2016 to 2026 14 353-260 39.7% $4,816,119$4.8m
043 Lloyd Harris South Africa 2014 to 2026 28 505-309 57.0% $4,737,799$4.7m
044 Benjamin Bonzi France 2013 to 2026 50 735-457 54.5% $4,694,538$4.7m
045 Max Purcell Australia 2013 to 2026 36 596-384 55.2% $4,685,748$4.7m
046 Roman Safiullin Russia 2014 to 2026 31 540-322 52.4% $4,679,462$4.7m
047 Learner Tien United States 2022 to 2026 16 203-97 38.7% $4,604,350$4.6m
048 Emil Ruusuvuori Finland 2014 to 2025 16 355-246 39.1% $4,484,399$4.5m
049 Alexandre Muller France 2013 to 2026 19 564-472 45.1% $4,441,930$4.4m
050 Zizou Bergs Belgium 2014 to 2026 18 416-291 40.9% $4,402,079$4.4m
051 Rinky Hijikata Australia 2017 to 2026 18 368-298 57.6% $4,275,866$4.3m
052 Joao Fonseca Brazil 2021 to 2026 8 137-78 39.0% $4,193,674$4.2m
053 Hugo Gaston France 2015 to 2026 12 329-291 56.6% $4,190,748$4.2m
054 Andrea Vavassori Italy 2013 to 2026 42 770-492 29.8% $4,181,984$4.2m
055 Jenson Brooksby United States 2016 to 2026 7 173-128 49.3% $4,106,832$4.1m
056 Kamil Majchrzak Poland 2013 to 2026 27 568-356 57.4% $3,990,426$4.0m
057 Aleksandr Shevchenko Kazakhstan 2017 to 2026 9 342-319 41.3% $3,730,919$3.7m
058 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard France 2018 to 2026 11 224-192 39.6% $3,611,971$3.6m
059 Valentin Vacherot Monaco 2014 to 2026 13 298-195 16.5% $3,575,970$3.6m
060 Soonwoo Kwon South Korea 2013 to 2026 21 405-264 58.3% $3,353,824$3.4m
061 Mariano Navone Argentina 2018 to 2026 13 303-245 42.5% $3,215,232$3.2m
062 Aleksandar Kovacevic United States 2016 to 2026 6 260-254 43.8% $3,197,124$3.2m
063 Hamad Medjedovic Serbia 2019 to 2026 11 202-137 38.8% $3,142,235$3.1m
064 Maxime Cressy United States 2016 to 2025 21 339-260 47.0% $2,957,520$3.0m
065 Alex Molcan Slovakia 2014 to 2026 12 360-254 46.5% $2,901,572$2.9m
066 Camilo Ugo Carabelli Argentina 2015 to 2026 21 511-375 42.4% $2,873,257$2.9m
067 Luca Van Assche France 2020 to 2026 10 235-197 43.2% $2,813,806$2.8m
068 Mikael Ymer Sweden 2014 to 2025 8 312-194 54.4% $2,804,334$2.8m
069 Bernabe Zapata Miralles Spain 2013 to 2026 14 469-467 45.5% $2,651,851$2.7m
070 Juan Manuel Cerundolo Argentina 2017 to 2026 17 364-252 46.9% $2,593,739$2.6m
071 Vit Kopriva Czechia 2015 to 2026 23 576-441 46.2% $2,559,859$2.6m
072 J.J. Wolf United States 2016 to 2026 9 221-159 46.1% $2,551,608$2.6m
073 Juncheng Shang China 2021 to 2026 6 141-105 44.8% $2,515,315$2.5m
074 Thiago Seyboth Wild Brazil 2014 to 2026 15 328-292 43.2% $2,500,924$2.5m
075 Mattia Bellucci Italy 2018 to 2026 15 302-232 50.0% $2,488,604$2.5m
076 Adam Walton Australia 2015 to 2026 15 311-218 53.0% $2,431,747$2.4m
077 Rafael Jodar Spain 2022 to 2026 4 95-39 39.4% $2,387,282$2.4m
078 Terence Atmane France 2019 to 2026 9 248-190 31.7% $2,344,351$2.3m
079 Arthur Cazaux France 2019 to 2026 7 221-158 57.0% $2,301,036$2.3m
080 Ethan Quinn United States 2021 to 2026 7 185-148 50.3% $2,300,807$2.3m
081 Pavel Kotov Russia 2015 to 2026 10 363-309 41.4% $2,263,272$2.3m
082 Thiago Agustin Tirante Argentina 2016 to 2026 11 336-287 52.5% $2,207,230$2.2m
083 Emilio Nava United States 2017 to 2026 9 288-214 55.4% $2,190,806$2.2m
084 Zachary Svajda United States 2018 to 2026 11 217-181 66.8% $2,183,260$2.2m
085 Marc-Andrea Huesler Switzerland 2014 to 2026 23 479-394 38.4% $2,172,876$2.2m
086 Arthur Fery Great Britain 2019 to 2026 11 223-121 84.1% $2,070,812$2.1m
087 Jan Zielinski Poland 2013 to 2026 24 388-244 29.7% $2,064,116$2.1m
088 Yibing Wu China 2015 to 2026 10 180-124 50.2% $2,056,117$2.1m
089 Shintaro Mochizuki Japan 2018 to 2026 12 311-261 60.7% $2,030,573$2.0m
090 Alexander Blockx Belgium 2022 to 2026 6 165-101 26.4% $1,985,449$2.0m
091 Dominic Stricker Switzerland 2019 to 2026 12 235-163 48.2% $1,983,849$2.0m
092 Joran Vliegen Belgium 2013 to 2026 50 527-307 30.6% $1,923,930$1.9m
093 Facundo Diaz Acosta Argentina 2017 to 2026 18 329-227 48.1% $1,843,422$1.8m
094 Sumit Nagal India 2013 to 2026 18 430-330 49.7% $1,804,959$1.8m
095 Manuel Guinard France 2013 to 2026 38 592-439 25.4% $1,800,756$1.8m
096 Valentin Royer France 2018 to 2026 12 294-191 53.9% $1,796,587$1.8m
097 Jurij Rodionov Austria 2015 to 2026 12 397-304 46.0% $1,792,339$1.8m
098 Chun-Hsin Tseng Chinese Taipei 2016 to 2026 12 322-266 44.6% $1,750,709$1.8m
099 Hugo Grenier France 2013 to 2026 14 544-442 55.8% $1,696,396$1.7m
100 Martin Landaluce Spain 2022 to 2026 2 134-110 34.1% $1,693,310$1.7m
101 Raphael Collignon Belgium 2020 to 2026 16 261-141 51.5% $1,689,436$1.7m
102 Otto Virtanen Finland 2016 to 2026 13 299-232 54.6% $1,665,227$1.7m
103 Tomas Barrios Vera Chile 2013 to 2026 20 539-349 46.9% $1,664,878$1.7m
104 Ignacio Buse Peru 2019 to 2026 7 219-155 28.7% $1,664,076$1.7m
105 Nathaniel Lammons United States 2015 to 2026 40 472-355 26.7% $1,601,799$1.6m
106 Borna Gojo Croatia 2013 to 2026 6 312-226 52.9% $1,596,350$1.6m
107 Carlos Taberner Spain 2013 to 2026 16 498-388 47.9% $1,588,702$1.6m
108 Yosuke Watanuki Japan 2014 to 2026 11 321-233 44.2% $1,583,949$1.6m
109 Jaime Faria Portugal 2021 to 2026 17 304-207 66.0% $1,566,713$1.6m
110 Dino Prizmic Croatia 2021 to 2026 8 163-88 46.8% $1,490,457$1.5m
111 Francesco Passaro Italy 2017 to 2026 9 273-233 39.7% $1,463,511$1.5m
112 Roman Andres Burruchaga Argentina 2018 to 2026 11 328-244 45.4% $1,445,680$1.4m
113 Felipe Meligeni Alves Brazil 2015 to 2026 36 541-346 49.5% $1,431,527$1.4m
114 Alexander Erler Austria 2013 to 2026 45 527-358 16.5% $1,428,733$1.4m
115 Giulio Zeppieri Italy 2016 to 2026 6 228-202 59.1% $1,425,837$1.4m
116 Zdenek Kolar Czechia 2013 to 2026 44 807-573 48.0% $1,344,328
117 Harold Mayot France 2018 to 2026 4 261-241 51.0% $1,298,833
118 Robert Galloway United States 2015 to 2026 35 462-326 29.3% $1,287,025
119 Jay Clarke Great Britain 2013 to 2026 28 503-378 57.9% $1,277,038
120 Coleman Wong Hong Kong 2018 to 2026 4 233-202 46.5% $1,272,352
121 Titouan Droguet France 2018 to 2026 13 334-197 57.1% $1,270,097
122 Patrick Kypson United States 2015 to 2026 11 248-186 54.3% $1,220,092
123 Filip Misolic Austria 2019 to 2026 10 206-143 54.5% $1,216,401
124 Timofey Skatov Kazakhstan 2017 to 2026 6 279-271 55.7% $1,171,218
125 Brandon Holt United States 2015 to 2026 15 256-192 55.8% $1,159,554
126 Sho Shimabukuro Japan 2015 to 2026 11 324-255 45.3% $1,154,110
127 Martin Damm United States 2018 to 2026 14 301-213 51.7% $1,094,722
128 Zsombor Piros Hungary 2015 to 2026 16 360-234 50.1% $1,068,318
129 Geoffrey Blancaneaux France 2014 to 2026 27 551-503 47.2% $1,062,088
130 Juan Pablo Ficovich Argentina 2013 to 2026 16 521-491 44.6% $1,017,146
131 Daniel Merida Spain 2021 to 2026 9 221-155 38.3% $946,617
132 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran United States 2014 to 2026 12 287-197 53.8% $934,529
133 Yu Hsiou Hsu Chinese Taipei 2015 to 2026 47 614-358 48.1% $892,847
134 Gijs Brouwer Netherlands 2013 to 2026 17 474-363 43.2% $875,948
135 Adolfo Daniel Vallejo Paraguay 2019 to 2026 15 236-167 42.7% $829,611
136 Genaro Alberto Olivieri Argentina 2014 to 2026 10 421-392 44.7% $819,764
137 Arthur Gea France 2021 to 2026 12 188-129 48.9% $801,118
138 Rudolf Molleker Germany 2015 to 2026 9 332-326 32.3% $785,838
139 Aziz Dougaz Tunisia 2013 to 2026 42 619-396 46.1% $744,322
140 Duje Ajdukovic Croatia 2017 to 2026 12 308-269 35.9% $722,788
141 Nicolas Mejia Colombia 2016 to 2026 17 397-361 38.1% $712,227
142 Paul Jubb Great Britain 2016 to 2026 14 252-145 61.5% $685,095
143 Tung-Lin Wu Chinese Taipei 2013 to 2026 7 356-329 30.3% $683,180
144 Santiago Rodriguez Taverna Argentina 2014 to 2026 26 568-477 38.6% $638,185
145 Lukas Neumayer Austria 2020 to 2026 9 278-214 42.9% $623,079
146 Oliver Crawford Great Britain 2016 to 2026 16 338-191 57.3% $617,478
147 Adrian Andreev Bulgaria 2015 to 2026 3 212-208 36.7% $535,725
148 Kacper Zuk Poland 2015 to 2026 24 347-236 30.0% $367,849
149 Daniel Michalski Poland 2017 to 2026 20 378-249 0.0% $279,068

130 of these 149 careers passed a million dollars and 19 passed ten million. Between them they won 2,473 titles and 56,406 matches against 40,147 defeats.

What the tour paid out, 2020 to 2029

Every season inside the decade, all players added together

$1,556,767,297 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 2020s money went to

Careers centred on the decade, grouped by flag

42 countries

# Country Careers Titles Share Prize money
01 United States 22 307 16.1% $138,448,695$138.4m
02 Italy 10 170 14.5% $124,440,312$124.4m
03 Spain 8 112 10.9% $94,132,020$94.1m
04 France 17 281 7.0% $60,535,856$60.5m
05 Australia 5 92 5.4% $46,809,943$46.8m
06 Argentina 12 198 4.9% $41,769,184$41.8m
07 Russia 3 72 4.8% $40,878,976$40.9m
08 Canada 2 33 4.5% $38,735,526$38.7m
09 Greece 1 28 4.4% $38,144,064$38.1m
10 Norway 1 17 3.4% $29,338,458$29.3m
11 Great Britain 6 98 3.3% $28,535,808$28.5m
12 Czechia 5 101 3.1% $27,054,918$27.1m
13 Denmark 1 15 1.8% $15,739,773$15.7m
14 Serbia 2 22 1.4% $12,256,708$12.3m
15 Belgium 4 90 1.2% $10,000,894$10.0m
16 Netherlands 2 47 1.1% $9,108,339$9.1m
17 Brazil 3 59 0.9% $8,126,125$8.1m
18 Chile 2 39 0.9% $7,769,806$7.8m
19 Portugal 2 51 0.8% $7,071,102$7.1m
20 Poland 4 95 0.8% $6,701,459$6.7m

Frequently asked questions

Who earned the most tennis prize money in the 2020s?

Jannik Sinner, $69,586,568 across a career running 2015 to 2026, with 40 titles.

How much did a 2020s tennis career pay?

$5,769,985 on average, across the 149 careers centred on the decade. 130 of them passed a million dollars and 19 passed ten million.

What share of 2020s prize money came from the grand slams?

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

How is a player filed under the 2020s?

On the midpoint of the career rather than its first season. A player who began in 2018 and finished in 2035 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 2020s?

$1,556,767,297 across the 7 seasons from 2020 to 2029. That is the money paid in those years, which is a different figure from the $859,727,721 these careers won in total: a player filed here was paid in the decade before it and the one after it too.

Where to next

The eras either side, the seasons inside this one, and the careers that made it

Tennis money in the 2010s