Despite ‘Setback’, Sinner $19.7M Second-Most Season Earnings In ATP History
Friday, January 10, 2025 at 03:44PM By Barry Janoff
Photo: ATPUPDATED January 10, 2025: AP Sports: Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport’s highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday it scheduled a closed-doors hearing on April 16-17 at its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
WADA is challenging a decision last year by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) not to suspend Sinner for what it judged was accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid last March. (Full story here.)
December 26, 2024: After twice testing positive in March for Clostebol, a prohibited substance, and losing prize money ($325,000) and ranking points (400) earned during the BNP Paribas Indian Wells Open, Jannik Sinner still finished 2024 as the ATP No. 1 ranked player in the world.
On June 10, Sinner became the first man or woman from Italy to reach World No. 1 in singles since computerized rankings were introduced in 1973. He has not relinquished his place since and will retain it at least through the end of the season.
He has also claimed the No. 1 spot in prize money.
His earnings in 2024 of $19,735,703 were the second-most single-season total in ATP history, behind only Novak Djokovic’s $21,646,145 in 2015.
Driving Sinner’s total was the Australian Open, where he and 2024 women’s singles champion Aryna Sabalenka each won a record $2.08 million from a pool of $57.8 million; and a record $3.6 million as the U.S. Open men's singles champion.
He also earned $4,881,500 in prize money in November at the Nitto ATP Finals, the biggest winner's prize money in the history of the Tour.
Sinner was followed by Alexander Zverev, who earned $11,501,623 this past season; and Carlos Alcaraz with $10,358,429, the first time that three ATP players topped $10 million in single-season winning.
Among his achievements, the 23-year-old Sinner recorded an overall record 70-6 record overall, becoming the first men’s player with 70 or more wins in a season since Andy Murray's 78 in 2016, according to the ATP.
He also won more titles (eight) than the number of matches he lost.
On the Hologic WTA Tour, Sabalenka was No. 1 with $9,729,260 in prize money followed by Coco Gauff with $9,353,847.
Gauff earned $34.4 million overall this past year including endorsements, per Forbes, No. 1 among all female athletes.
Iga Świątek earned $23.8 million overall. No. 2 among all female athletes. Zheng Qinwen was no. 4 overall ($20.6 million) and Sabalenka No. 5 ($18.7 million).
Świątek also failed a drug test this past season, for trimetazidine, and was suspended from Sept. 12-Oct. 4 (missing three tournaments) after the ITIA supported her explanation that it was caused by contamination from her sleep medication.
Although the International Tennis Integrity Agency declared that Sinner bore “no fault or negligence,” the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed against the verdict and has requested a one- to two-year suspension by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. That decision is expected in early 2025.
ATP Prize Money Leaders 2024
$19,735,703: Jannik Sinner
$11,501,623: Alexander Zverev
$10,358,429: Carlos Alcaraz
$8,250,064: Taylor Fritz
$6,519,660: Daniil Medvedev
$5,744,515: Casper Ruud
$5,589,848: Andrey Rublev
$4,421,915: Novak Djokovic
$4,293,441: Stefanos Tsitsipas
Source: ATP
Top Ten Highest-Earning Seasons In ATP History
$21,646,145: Novak Djokovic (2015)
$19,735,703: Jannik Sinner (2024)
$16,349,701: Andy Murray (2016)
$16,349,586: Rafael Nadal (2019)
$15,967,184: Novak Djokovic (2018)
$15,952,044: Novak Djokovic (2023)
$15,864,000: Rafael Nadal (2017)
$15,196,504: Carlos Alcaraz (2023)
$14,570,935: Rafael Nadal (2013)
$14,269,462: Novak Djokovic (2014)
Source: ATP
WTA Prize Money Leaders 2024
$9,729,260: Aryna Sabalenka
$9,353,847: Coco Gauff
$8,550,693: Iga Swiatek
$5,820,798: Jasmine Paolini
$5,559,555: Zheng Qinwen
$4,770,340: Barbora Krejcikova
$4,186,622: Jessica Pegula
$3,876,915: Elena Rybakina
$2,783,414: Elise Mertens
$2,751,968: Emma Navarro
Source: Hologic WTA
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