Jannik Sinner’s Davis Cup prize money completes most lucrative year in tennis history
Jannik Sinner’s dream 2024 season on court reached a thrilling finale as he guided Italy to Davis Cup glory for a second successive year and he collected a final cash windfall for his national service.
The dominant Sinner beat Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(2), 6-2 in Malaga to secure a 2-0 victory for the defending champions against the Netherlands, as he added the Davis Cup to his haul of 2024 silverware, which also includes the Australian Open, US Open, ATP Finals and three Masters 1000 titles.
His dominance over the men’s game for most of 2024 was complete and despite the doping case hanging over his head, he ended up winning 29 of his last 30 singles matches.
“I’m very, very proud of the whole team. There’s a lot of work behind it and we are very happy to hold this trophy again,” said Sinner.
“It was a very difficult day today because everything can happen. It feels like to be in Italy so we are very happy. It’s a very important competition for the whole of Italy.
“You have different pressure and a different weight of having Italy on your shoulders. But I think we all handled it really, really well.
“If it was not important, I would not be here. It means so much to me. I’m very happy and honoured to be part of this.”
Officially, Sinner had won $16,914,035 in prize money prior to Italy’s win at the Davis Cup, where the prize money for the winning team was $2,678,571.
That money is split between the team members and they may decide to give captain Filippo Volandri a slice of that cash pot after he marshalled his team to victory once again.
Italy’s team has included Sinner, Matteo Berrettini, Matteo Arnaldi, Lorenzo Musetti, Flavio Cobolli, Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli over the course of 2024, so they could split that prize money total seven ways to result in a $382,653 windfall for each player.
A conservative estimate would suggest Sinner collected $300,000 for his trio of singles wins at the Davis Cup in Malaga that also included one doubles win alongside Berrettini against Argentina in the quarter-finals.
That would bring his prize money total for 2024 to well beyond the record $21,146,145 collected by Novak Djokovic in his magical 2015 season, although the official records may not confirm this is a record-breaking financial year for Sinner.
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The Davis Cup money will take Sinner over $17million in prize money for 2024 and that would see him claim second place in the all-time list for the most lucrative years in the history of the sport.
Yet when the $7.5million Sinner collected from his win at the Six Kings Slam exhibition event in Saudi Arabia last month is also thrown into the mix, he comfortably beats Djokovic’s 2015 and has enjoyed the most lucrative year in the history of the men’s game.
With a version of the Six Kings Slam set to return once again next year, players averaging over $20million may become the norm rather than the exception for the game’s biggest stars, especially with prize money at the ATP Finals set to leap after a new deal was agreed for the event to stay in Turin until 2030.
It is remarkable to note that Sinner is likely to have won in excess of $20million since he failed two drug tests back in March, when he could have been expected to be suspended from tennis while his appeal was heard.
That decision has certainly proved to be lucrative for the 23-year-old and may have changed the course of tennis history.
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