How much prize money has Jannik Sinner won since his two failed drug tests?

Kevin Palmer
Jannik Sinner celebrates his win at the Australian Open
Jannik Sinner celebrates his win

Jannik Sinner’s dominant win in the Australian Open final against Alexander Zverev added another cash windfall to his career prize money haul, with his earnings since his two failed drug tests last March making for remarkable reading.

Sinner tested positive for a banned substance twice in March and was controversially allowed to continue playing before he was absolved of fault or negligence by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed against that verdict and has asked for Sinner to be banned for one to two years, with the case set to be decided upon in April.

Sinner will be facing some time away from tennis if the verdict goes against him, but the initial decision to allow him to continue playing has been hugely lucrative.

Sinner went on to win his first event after his failed drug test at the Miami Open, collecting prize money of $1,100,000.

The Italian then won €274,425 after a run to the Monte-Carlo Masters semi-finals and €161,995 from his quarter-final appearance at the Madrid Masters.

He collected €650,000 from a semi-final appearance at the French Open, €421,790 from winning the Halle grass court tournament and £375,000 from a quarter-final appearance at Wimbledon.

A $170,940 prize money payment went to Sinner from a quarter-final appearance at the Canadian Open in August and he got $1,049,460 for winning the Cincinnati Masters and $3,600,000 from his US Open win.

A defeat against Carlos Alcaraz in the China Open final saw him add $374,340 to his total, with $1,100,000 coming his way after a win at the Shanghai Masters.

Throw in the $7.5million he collected for his win at the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia and he has earned a staggering $13,970,000 since he failed a drug test at the Indian Wells Masters tournament eight months ago.

Now he has added another $4.88million from his convincing victory at the ATP Finals in Turin, where he collected the bonus payment on offer to any player who wins the title and is undefeated throughout the tournament.

In total and including the Six Kings Slam event prize money, Sinner has won an eye-watering $18,851,500 since his failed drug test, with the financial impact of the decision to allow him to continue seeing him rise to 10th in the all-time prize money list for men’s tennis with career earnings in non-exhibition events now standing at $33,989,584.

Throw in the $3.5 million Australian dollars he won by beating Zverev in predictably dominant fashion and you have a cash mountain that will ensure Sinner has more than enough money to get by if he is banned from tennis for a substantial period.

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Sinner broke into the top ten of the all-time earners in tennis last year, with his haul of $37,238,688 prior to the Australian Open boosted to $39,492,811 after his third Grand Slam win, with those figures in US dollars.

Sinner is sweeping up the titles in the men’s game at such a rate that he will soon be threatening the top five of the all-time big-earners in tennis, with that possible suspension from the sport the biggest obstacle facing him in 2025 as he appears to be better than every other player in the men’s game right now.

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