Tennis News: The top three money winners on the 2022 ATP and WTA Tour
Top tennis players get the opportunity to make millions of dollars in paycheques every year. However, unlike in sports such as football and basketball, tennis players don’t have fixed salaries and earn prizes based on their performance at different events
Novak Djokovic won 34 of his last 36 matches and five titlesLet’s take a look at the top three money winners on the 2022 ATP Tour:
1 - Novak Djokovic
Prize Money: USD 9.93 million
Novak Djokovic recently secured a straight-set victory over Norwegian sensation Casper Ruud to win the 2022 ATP Finals, resulting in the Serb earning a payday of USD 4.7 million. The price pot for the winner was bigger than USD 2.38 million at Wimbledon and USD 2.29 million at the French Open.
The victory made Novak Djokovic the top earner in terms of prize money on the 2022 ATP Tour, with total earnings of USD 9.93 million. The 35-year-old achieved the feat despite a troublesome season, having missed the Australian Open and US Open due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Novak Djokovic won 34 of his last 36 matches and five titles, including Wimbledon, after a slow start to the season.
2 - Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
Prize Money: USD 7.63 million
Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz Garfia had his breakout season this year and is finishing as the World's No. 1 player on the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings.
He is also the second-highest earner on the 2022 ATP Tour, having won five titles, including his maiden Grand Slam at the US Open and ATP Masters titles in Miami and Madrid.
3 - Rafael Nadal
Prize Money: USD 7.44 million
Rafael Nadal began the 2022 season as the World's No. 6 on the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings. However, he finished the season as the World's No. 2 to reclaim his 2021 rankings.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion won the Grand Slam titles at the French Open and Australian Open on the 2022 Tour. He also won titles at Melbourne and Acapulco Open with his dominance on the outdoor hard courts to accumulate Prize Money of USD 7.44 million.
Top three money winners on the 2022 WTA Tour
The 2022 WTA Tour has seen more than USD 118 million from the Top 100 players on the WTA rankings.
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Iga Swiatek emerged as the top money winner with total earnings of USD 9.875 million after winning the Grand Slam titles at the French and US Open and the WTA Masters titles at Qatar, Indian Wells, and Miami Open.
Ons Jaberur of Tunisia follows the 21-year-old Pole at the second spot, who won just 3k short of USD 5 million. The winner of the WTA Finals, Caroline Garcia, is in the third spot with total prize money of USD 3.72 million.