Stunning ATP Next Gen Finals prize money revealed – but it’s not in Jannik Sinner’s league
The ATP Next Gen Finals were conceived at a time when tennis chiefs were concerned about the ‘what comes next’ question as the careers of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic edged towards a conclusion.
Their plan to promote the next stars to the tennis world has real merit at a time when the ‘Big 3’ dominated the men’s game with their relentless brilliance and the plan has proved to be successful, with the loss of champions including 2019 winner Jannik Sinner and 2021 winner Carlos Alcaraz.
Of course, those two giants have gone on to become the new shining stars of the ATP Tour, with world No 1 Sinner winning his first two Grand Slam titles this year at the Australian Open and US Open.
Alcaraz has been even more impressive at the start of his career, claiming four Grand Slam titles that included wins at the French Open and Wimbledon this year.
Now this year’s ATP Next Gen Finals are about to get underway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the prize money is up for grabs in mouthwatering.
Four top-50 players – Arthur Fils, Alex Michelsen, Jakub Mensik, and Shang Juncheng – will be in action, joined by fellow rising stars Learner Tien, Luca Van Assche, Nishesh Basavareddy, and Joao Fonseca.
In the Blue Group Blue Group, top seed Fils is joined by Mensik, Tien and Fonseca and in the red group, Michelsen is joined by Shang Juncheng, Van Assche and Basavareddy.
Fils, Michelsen, Mensik and Juncheng have all started to feel the benefits of their lofty world rankings as their prize money totals are already rising rapidly.
At the tender age of 20, Fils has already won $2,174,206 in prize money and Michelsen has banked $1,192,328.
Now those totals are set to be boosted by the mega-money up for grabs over the next few days in Jeddah.
Each player taking part in the ATP Finals will be handed a $150,000 appearance fee, with a group stage win worth $36,660.
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A win in the semi-final guarantees $113,500 and a win in the final is worth $153,000.
Any player who moves through the tournaments and lifts the title without losing a game will claim $526,480.
These figures are hugely attractive for young players, but they are a long way from what the biggest names in men’s tennis collect at the end-of-season ATP Finals.
Wimbledon paid just under $3.5m to their champions Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova, Roland Garros gave Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek $2,6m each while Sinner and Sabalenka earned $2.1m for their Australian Open title runs.
However, those figures – both for the ATP Finals and Grand Slams – are pale in comparison to unofficial exhibition tournaments like the Six Kings Slam where the winner received $6,000,000 while each participant is guaranteed $1.5m.
The eight players at this year’s ATP Finals in Turin each received a $331,000 participation fee if they competed in all three round robin matches while the two alternates got $155,000.
A group win at the ATP Finals was worth $396,500 and the two semi-final winners earned $1,123,400 each while Sinner won $2,237,200 for his victory in the final against Taylor Fritz.
As Sinner won all three round-robin matches ($1,189,500), the semi-final ($1,123,400) and the final ($2,237,200), he walked away from the ATP Finals in Turin as a champion who had $4,881,100 deposited into his bank account.
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