Top 10 combined tennis prize money earners in 2024: Jannik Sinner jumps to No 1 ahead of Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek

Jannik Sinner’s US Open title run has seen him surge ahead of both Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek in the latest combined ATP-WTA prize money earners list.

The Italian was third ahead of the North American hard-court swing, but he won the Cincinnati Open and the season-ending Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows to claim top spot with only a couple more months left in the 2024 tennis season.

WTA No 1 Swiatek was the early leader following her success on clay before Alcaraz took over at the top with his titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

Meanwhile, tennis’ all-time top prize money earner Novak Djokovic remains in the top 10 despite his lacklustre season.

Outside the top 10, 22 men have earned more than $2m this year with Andrey Rublev ($3,494,885), Alex de Minaur ($3,420,709), Stefanos Tsitispas ($3,146,458), Grigor Dimitrov ($2,817,251), Hubert Hurkacz ($2,677,537), Tommy Paul ($2,651,912), Frances Tiafoe ($2,550,360), Jordan Thompson ($2,456,568), Lorenzo Musetti ($2,338,042), Sebastian Korda ($2,185,286), Alexei Popyrin ($2,152,352), Jack Draper ($2,091,782) and Holger Rune ($2,055,857) also getting past that barrier.

On the WTA side, Elena Rybakina ($3,051,915), Coco Gauff ($2,964,408), Elise Mertens ($2,242,722) and Danielle Collins ($2,239,398) have also cracked the $2m milestone.

Top 10 combined tennis prize-money earners in 2024:

10. Barbora Krejcikova – $3,504,115

Barbora Krejcikova was well down this last before Wimbledon, but she collected a $3m cheque for winning the grass-court Grand Slam.

The Czech, who also won the 2021 French Open, also reached the quarter-final of the Australian Open, but has done very little in the singles outside of that, losing in the second at the recent US Open.

9. Casper Ruud – $3,792,183

Casper Ruud has won two titles in 2024 as he lifted the Barcelona Open ($524,085) and Geneva Open ($94,510).

But his biggest paydays came from reaching the semi-final of the French Open as he collected $695,243 and finishing runner-up at the Monte Carlo Masters ($540,638).

8. Novak Djokovic – $3,836,915

Novak Djokovic found himself in 15th place after the French Open, but a run to the final at Wimbledon ($1,777,168) helped him to move into the top 10.

He has won only one title this year, gold in the singles at the 2024 Paris Games, but no prize money is awarded at the Olympics. But it is never about prize money as winning gold for Serbia was his top priority.

Last year he earned $15,952,044 and he is unlikely to come close to that but having already amassed $184,480,269 over his career, he won’t care.

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8. Jasmine Paolini – $4,274,510

What a season Jasmine Paolini is enjoying as she finished runner-up at back-to-back Grand Slams and also won gold in the women’s doubles at the Paris Olympics.

The Italian earned $1,283,525 for her run at Roland Garros, $1,777,168 for finishing runner-up at Wimbledon and $454,500 for winning the title in Dubai.

7. Taylor Fritz – $4,365,435

Taylor Fritz was outside the top 10 before the US Open, but the American’s earnings was boosted by his incredible display at Flushing Meadows.

Fritz reached his maiden Grand Slam final as he finished runner-up to Jannik Sinner and that earned him $1,800,000.

He also reached the quarter-final at the Australian Open ($405,900) and Wimbledon ($476,027) while he won two ATP 250 events.

6. Aryna Sabalenka – $4,384,145

Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended her Australian Open title at the start of the year and earned $2,130,975 as a result.

The Belarusian also finished runner-up at the Madrid Open ($589,099) and the Italian Open ($419,767) while she lost in the quarter-final of the French Open.

But her biggest cheque came at the 2024 US Open as her title run boosted her bank balance by $3,600,000.

5. Daniil Medvedev – $4,457,413

Former world No 1 Daniil Medvedev hasn’t won a title in 2024, but he finished runner-up at the Australian Open ($1,166,963) and runner-up at Indian Wells ($585,000). He also earned $907,625 for reaching the semi-final at Wimbledon and quarter-final of the US Open ($530,000).

He will need to win a couple of titles during the latter half of the season if he is to come close to his record earnings of $11,548,023 in 2023.

4. Alexander Zverev – $6,288,069

Alexander Zverev is enjoying a brilliant comeback season following his injury woes the past two years.

He finished runner-up to Alcaraz at the French Open ($1,283,525), won the Italian Open ($1,033,165) and reached the semi-final of the Australian Open ($669,735).

3. Iga Swiatek – $6,985,693

Iga Swiatek earned $9,875,525 in 2022 and $9,857,686 in 2023 and she remains on course to beat those totals as we still have a couple of big events to come in 2024, including the season-ending WTA Finals.

The five-time Grand Slam winner collected $2,567,051 at the French Open, $1,100,000 at the Indian Wells Open, $1,025,144 at the Madrid Open, $804,644 at the Italian Open and $523,485 at the Qatar Open.

Swiatek sits ninth on the all-time list for career earnings on the WTA Tour with $31,419,512.

1. Carlos Alcaraz – $8,155,657

Carlos Alcaraz found himself well down the last at the start of June, but he won the French Open ($2,567,051) and Wimbledon ($3,427,396) and rocketed to No 1.

He also won the Indian Wells Open ($1,100,000) and reached the quarter-final of the Australian Open ($405,900), but hasn’t had much success after Wimbledon.

The four-time Grand Slam winner earned $15,196,504 in prize money in 2023 while he is already up to ninth in the overall list for career prize money with $34,992,775.

1. Jannik Sinner – $10,590,709

Jannik Sinner added $2,130,975 to his bank account when he won his maiden Grand Slam, the 2024 Australian Open, and he then earned a cool $3,600,000 for his efforts at the US Open.

The Italian also won the Miami Open ($1,100,000), reached the semi-final at Roland Garros ($695,243) and won the Rotterdam Open ($430,260) and Halle Open ($461,689).

Last year Sinner earned $10,456,264 and he has already gone past that total.