How much cash does an average professional tennis player make per year?
Whenever there’s talk of money and tennis, it’s usually about Roger Federer’s $106.3 million salary in 2020 alone, which placed him atop the list of the world’s highest-paid athletes.
There are thousands of tennis players around the world, including Federer. What is the reality for most professional tennis players? Would they all moor their yachts in Monte Carlo and travel the world in style, or would they all have vastly different lives?
The Average Tennis Players Salary
The average income for a male tennis player among the top thousand in 2021 was $185,106.59.
Averaging $9,100,547 for world number one Djokovic and $4,273 for world number 1000 Michal Mikula is misleading because extreme values are at either end of the pay scale.
Hence, $22,362 represents the median more accurately.
As there were only 550 female players earning prize money in 2021, the comparison is not exact. WTA players earned an average of $254,394.55 and a median of $75,888 in 2014.
The average prize money can also be broken down by ranking blocks, such as 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc. In the table below and bar chart below, you can see that information.
Average ATP Tennis Player Earnings in 2021
| Ranking | Average Earnings in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 | $5,982,539 | 263% |
| 11 to 20 | $1,646,734 | 30% |
| 21 to 30 | $1,271,304 | 21% |
| 31-40 | $1,048,603 | 17% |
| 41-50 | $893,602 | 9% |
| 51-60 | $816,885 | 12% |
| 61-70 | $727,478 | 9% |
| 71-80 | $664,599 | 12% |
| 81-90 | $592,524 | 9% |
| 91-100 | $545,303 | 70% |
| 101-200 | $321,503 | 131% |
| 201-300 | $139,478 | 128% |
| 301-400 | $61,150 | 103% |
| 401-500 | $30,197 | 65% |
| 501-600 | $18,355 | 45% |
| 601-700 | $12,632 | 39% |
| 701-800 | $9,082 | 36% |
| 801-900 | $6,674 | 34% |
| 901-1000 | $4,994 | 124% |
| 1001-1500 | $2,230 | 218% |
| 1501-2000 | $701 |
Average WTA Tennis Player Earnings in 2021
| Ranking | Average Earnings 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 | $2,811,484 | 74% |
| 11 to 20 | $1,614,396 | 33% |
| 21 to 30 | $1,209,845 | 36% |
| 31-40 | $888,169 | 21% |
| 41-50 | $731,739 | 19% |
| 51-60 | $614,339 | 9% |
| 61-70 | $564,318 | 8% |
| 71-80 | $521,465 | 8% |
| 81-90 | $483,610 | 8% |
| 91-100 | $447,755 | 77% |
| 101-200 | $252,676 | 160% |
| 201-300 | $97,257 | 160% |
| 301-400 | $37,352 | 116% |
| 401-500 | $17,304 | 47% |
| 501-550 | $11,738 |
How Many Tennis Players Made Over $1 Million in 2021?
On the women’s side, 31 players made more than $1 million, while 37 made more than $1 million on the men’s.
| Earnings | ATP Players | WTA Players |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million + | 37 | 31 |
| $800k-$999k | 20 | 8 |
| $600k-$799k | 26 | 18 |
| $400k-$599k | 42 | 49 |
| $200k-$399k | 42 | 49 |
| $200k+ | 194 | 173 |
How Much Do Tennis Players Make Per Tournament?
In comparison to Challenger and Future level tournaments, grand slams and larger ATP tournaments offer significantly more prize money.
Medvedev’s $2,500,000 prize was 173 times greater than what a Challenger 100 tournament winner typically makes ($14,400).
Generally, players earn more in a season than they do in a Grand Slam, even if they lose in the first round.
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Players usually have to be ranked among the top 104 players in the world to qualify for Grand Slams, however.
ATP 500, ATP 250, Challenger and Futures prize money will be distributed at all four Grand Slams in 2021.
| Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semifinal | Quarterfinal | Round 4 | Round 3 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | $2,127,868 | $1,160,655 | $657,705 | $406,229 | $247,606 | $166,361 | $116,066 | $77,377 | $40,623 | $27,082 | $19,344 |
| French Open | $1,700,261 | $910,854 | $455,427 | $309,690 | $206,460 | $137,235 | $102,016 | $72,868 | $31,090 | $19,432 | $12,145 |
| Wimbledon | $2,378,421 | $1,259,164 | $650,568 | $419,721 | $253,232 | $160,893 | $104,930 | $67,155 | $35,676 | $21,686 | $11,892 |
| US Open | $2,500,000 | $1,250,000 | $675,000 | $425,000 | $265,000 | $180,000 | $115,000 | $75,000 | $42,000 | $32,000 | $20,000 |
| Masters 1000 | $1,209,730 | $640,000 | $335,000 | $175,000 | $92,000 | $51,895 | $29,045 | $18,155 | – | $9,110 | $4,785 |
| ATP 500 | $350,755 | $178,500 | $91,500 | $48,000 | – | $24,400 | $13,300 | $7,520 | – | $3,685 | $1,970 |
| ATP 250 | $92,515 | $54,355 | $32,050 | $18,310 | – | – | $10,595 | $6,195 | – | $3,025 | $1,575 |
| Challenger 125 | $21,600 | $12,720 | $7,530 | $4,380 | – | – | $2,580 | $1,560 | – | $780 | $390 |
| Challenger 100 | $14,400 | $8,480 | $5,020 | $2,920 | – | $1,720 | $1,040 | $520 | $260 | ||
| Challenger 90 | 10645 | 6248 | 3760 | 2140 | – | 1273 | 764 | – | 382 | 191 | |
| Challenger 80 | $7,200 | $4,240 | $2,510 | $1,460 | – | – | $860 | $520 | – | $260 | $130 |
| Challenger 50 | $5,150 | $3,050 | $1,800 | $1,050 | – | $620 | $375 | $190 | $115 | ||
| Futures 25k | $3,600 | $2,120 | $1,255 | 730 | – | – | $430 | $260 | – | – | |
| Futures 15k | $2,160 | $1,272 | $753 | $438 | – | – | $258 | $156 | – | – |
Earnings per tournament on average
As a result of playing just 14 tournaments in 2021, Novak Djokovic earned $9,069,225, or $647,802 per event.
A relatively large drop-off occurred after the first eight players averaged over $100k per tournament.
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The use of wildcards has also helped some players significantly increase their earnings.
The average pay per tournament for Leo Borg was 310th and he ranked 595th overall, outside of the top 1000.
| Player | Tournaments Played | Average Earnings Per Tournament |
|---|---|---|
| Novak Djokovic | 14 | $647,802 |
| Daniil Medvedev | 23 | $324,621 |
| Alexander Zverev | 23 | $276,573 |
| Matteo Berrettini | 21 | $152,435 |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 26 | $134,754 |
| Rafael Nadal | 11 | $134,439 |
| Roger Federer | 5 | $129,531 |
| Andrey Rublev | 28 | $111,838 |
| Cameron Norrie | 31 | $81,251 |
| Felix Auger-Aliassime | 28 | $73,421 |
| Diego Schwartzman | 25 | $68,736 |
| Hubert Hurkacz | 32 | $67,914 |
| Casper Ruud | 35 | $63,731 |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 27 | $59,919 |
| Denis Shapovalov | 28 | $57,144 |
| Grigor Dimitrov | 25 | $54,774 |
| Kei Nishikori | 19 | $54,726 |
| Nikoloz Basilashvili | 32 | $51,648 |
| Jannik Sinner | 42 | $51,417 |
| Pablo Carreno Busta | 25 | $51,370 |
| Roberto Bautista Agut | 27 | $50,061 |
| Dominic Thiem | 15 | $46,576 |
| Karen Khachanov | 29 | $43,414 |
| Reilly Opelka | 28 | $42,676 |
| Lloyd Harris | 31 | $42,255 |
| Gael Monfils | 24 | $42,230 |
| John Isner | 18 | $41,732 |
| Aslan Karatsev | 40 | $40,366 |
| Taylor Fritz | 35 | $39,738 |
| Alex de Minaur | 29 | $39,433 |
| Marton Fucsovics | 30 | $38,757 |
| Fabio Fognini | 30 | $38,265 |
| Frances Tiafoe | 33 | $37,001 |
| Marin Cilic | 26 | $34,685 |
| Yen-Hsun Lu | 7 | $33,755 |
| Daniel Evans | 33 | $32,155 |
| Cristian Garin | 30 | $30,999 |
| Nick Kyrgios | 13 | $30,995 |
| Ilya Ivashka | 28 | $30,538 |
| Andy Murray | 17 | $30,250 |
| Jan-Lennard Struff | 31 | $30,104 |
| Filip Krajinovic | 28 | $30,080 |
| Lorenzo Sonego | 36 | $29,929 |
| Dusan Lajovic | 34 | $29,432 |
| Sam Querrey | 19 | $28,296 |
| Sebastian Korda | 39 | $28,196 |
| Milos Raonic | 14 | $26,878 |
| Kevin Anderson | 21 | $26,569 |
| Alexander Bublik | 39 | $26,453 |
| Mackenzie McDonald | 36 | $25,815 |
| Alexei Popyrin | 32 | $25,403 |
| Jenson Brooksby | 24 | $24,969 |
| Tommy Paul | 35 | $23,921 |
| Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 36 | $23,757 |
| Jeremy Chardy | 24 | $23,733 |
| Botic van de Zandschulp | 36 | $23,540 |
| Guido Pella | 27 | $23,451 |
| Marcos Giron | 33 | $23,349 |
| Federico Delbonis | 33 | $22,999 |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | 19 | $22,410 |
| Laslo Djere | 35 | $21,787 |
| James Duckworth | 37 | $21,731 |
| Brandon Nakashima | 27 | $21,478 |
| David Goffin | 25 | $21,329 |
| Dominik Koepfer | 40 | $21,239 |
| Aljaz Bedene | 23 | $21,186 |
| Mikael Ymer | 32 | $20,925 |
| Adrian Mannarino | 37 | $20,781 |
| Jordan Thompson | 33 | $20,759 |
| Ugo Humbert | 36 | $20,076 |
| Albert Ramos-Vinolas | 40 | $19,963 |
| Yoshihito Nishioka | 30 | $19,927 |
| Corentin Moutet | 27 | $19,888 |
| Feliciano Lopez | 30 | $19,562 |
| Ricardas Berankis | 30 | $19,402 |
| Vasek Pospisil | 24 | $19,380 |
| Benoit Paire | 43 | $19,185 |
| Miomir Kecmanovic | 36 | $18,826 |
| John Millman | 38 | $18,430 |
| Richard Gasquet | 29 | $17,915 |
| Pablo Andujar | 37 | $17,771 |
| Lorenzo Musetti | 47 | $17,658 |
| Pedro Martinez | 43 | $17,228 |
| Soonwoo Kwon | 35 | $16,678 |
| Peter Gojowczyk | 31 | $16,239 |
| Egor Gerasimov | 37 | $16,128 |
| Steve Johnson | 31 | $16,048 |
| Pablo Cuevas | 28 | $15,852 |
| Marco Cecchinato | 36 | $15,810 |
| Andreas Seppi | 37 | $15,728 |
| Emil Ruusuvuori | 43 | $15,273 |
| Gianluca Mager | 42 | $14,998 |
| Henri Laaksonen | 36 | $14,210 |
| 34 | $13,961 | |
| Thiago Monteiro | 36 | $13,820 |
| Jack Sock | 19 | $13,812 |
| Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 33 | $13,619 |
| Facundo Bagnis | 39 | $13,324 |
| Salvatore Caruso | 36 | $13,278 |
| Roberto Carballes Baena | 44 | $13,143 |
| Radu Albot | 38 | $12,928 |
| Jaume Munar | 38 | $12,913 |
| Mikhail Kukushkin | 29 | $12,732 |
| Denis Kudla | 38 | $12,108 |
| Kamil Majchrzak | 31 | $11,953 |
| Hugo Gaston | 41 | $11,825 |
| Lucas Pouille | 31 | $11,699 |
| Jiri Vesely | 43 | $11,507 |
| Federico Coria | 47 | $11,432 |
| Yannick Hanfmann | 37 | $11,392 |
| Borna Coric | 16 | $11,104 |
| Stefano Travaglia | 46 | $10,987 |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 18 | $10,822 |
| Norbert Gombos | 40 | $10,738 |
| Oscar Otte | 47 | $10,491 |
| Arthur Rinderknech | 54 | $10,283 |
| Alex Bolt | 28 | $10,096 |
| Stan Wawrinka | 14 | $10,035 |
| Juan Ignacio Londero | 30 | $9,982 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | 22 | $9,976 |
| Sam Riffice | 8 | $9,969 |
| Gilles Simon | 35 | $9,906 |
| Dennis Novak | 35 | $9,805 |
| Roman Safiullin | 26 | $9,804 |
| Maxime Cressy | 38 | $9,774 |
| Yuki Bhambri | 2 | $9,748 |
| Christopher O’Connell | 38 | $9,334 |
| Carlos Taberner | 40 | $9,176 |
| Tallon Griekspoor | 39 | $8,903 |
| Bernabe Zapata Miralles | 46 | $8,902 |
| Taro Daniel | 40 | $8,815 |
| Fernando Verdasco | 30 | $8,336 |
| Yasutaka Uchiyama | 36 | $8,259 |
| Zachary Svajda | 17 | $8,186 |
| Daniel Elahi Galan | 43 | $8,180 |
| Alex Molcan | 44 | $8,141 |
| Holger Rune | 45 | $8,037 |
| Benjamin Bonzi | 46 | $8,021 |
| Marco Trungelliti | 31 | $7,846 |
| Yuichi Sugita | 29 | $7,840 |
| Li Tu | 11 | $7,688 |
| Michael Mmoh | 23 | $7,657 |
| Gregoire Barrere | 31 | $7,650 |
| Samir Banerjee | 3 | $7,327 |
| Viktor Troicki | 23 | $7,088 |
| Joao Sousa | 41 | $7,038 |
| Sebastian Baez | 40 | $7,003 |
| Ernesto Escobedo | 36 | $6,942 |
| Mario Vilella Martinez | 33 | $6,900 |
| Maximilian Marterer | 33 | $6,895 |
| Mubarak Shannan Zayid | 2 | $6,858 |
| Ivo Karlovic | 19 | $6,736 |
| Liam Broady | 42 | $6,562 |
| Max Purcell | 29 | $6,490 |
| Tomas Machac | 33 | $6,451 |
| Pedro Sousa | 32 | $6,395 |
| Francisco Cerundolo | 42 | $6,378 |
| Antoine Hoang | 40 | $6,361 |
| Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 25 | $6,152 |
| Matthew Ebden | 26 | $6,142 |
| Marc Polmans | 43 | $6,133 |
| Bjorn Fratangelo | 29 | $6,104 |
| Mathias Bourgue | 29 | $6,056 |
| Damir Dzumhur | 37 | $6,039 |
| Hugo Dellien | 38 | $5,754 |
| Andrej Martin | 48 | $5,719 |
| Bernard Tomic | 26 | $5,718 |
| Illya Marchenko | 37 | $5,676 |
| Quentin Halys | 40 | $5,658 |
| Elias Ymer | 37 | $5,542 |
| Christopher Eubanks | 35 | $5,338 |
| Ernests Gulbis | 28 | $5,258 |
| Evgeny Donskoy | 41 | $5,238 |
| Enzo Couacaud | 42 | $5,181 |
| Robin Haase | 32 | $5,147 |
| Sumit Nagal | 34 | $5,134 |
| Juan Manuel Cerundolo | 47 | $4,958 |
| Alessandro Giannessi | 35 | $4,894 |
| Zhizhen Zhang | 26 | $4,835 |
| Ben Shelton | 8 | $4,826 |
| J.J. Wolf | 20 | $4,755 |
| Jack Draper | 27 | $4,728 |
| Jozef Kovalik | 35 | $4,687 |
| Alexandre Muller | 41 | $4,661 |
| Christian Harrison | 16 | $4,593 |
| Eliot Spizzirri | 8 | $4,537 |
| Lukas Lacko | 29 | $4,524 |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky | 35 | $4,508 |
| Arthur Cazaux | 27 | $4,448 |
| Andrey Kuznetsov | 21 | $4,445 |
| Nikola Milojevic | 36 | $4,397 |
| Mikael Torpegaard | 31 | $4,367 |
| Frederico Ferreira Silva | 41 | $4,329 |
| Dominic Stricker | 18 | $4,319 |
| Thomas Fabbiano | 34 | $4,286 |
| Aleksandar Vukic | 45 | $4,242 |
| Jurij Rodionov | 42 | $4,175 |
| Nicolas Mahut | 8 | $4,110 |
| Sebastian Ofner | 40 | $4,013 |
| Cem Ilkel | 44 | $4,004 |
| Alejandro Tabilo | 45 | $3,948 |
| Daniel Masur | 38 | $3,934 |
| Denis Istomin | 39 | $3,900 |
| Marius Copil | 27 | $3,841 |
| Ruben Bemelmans | 33 | $3,838 |
| Daniel Altmaier | 52 | $3,708 |
| Emilio Nava | 27 | $3,693 |
| Blaz Rola | 43 | $3,684 |
| Kimmer Coppejans | 42 | $3,674 |
| Ramkumar Ramanathan | 45 | $3,667 |
| Jason Jung | 38 | $3,651 |
| John-Patrick Smith | 16 | $3,627 |
| Emilio Gomez | 48 | $3,546 |
| Marc-Andrea Huesler | 43 | $3,542 |
| Federico Gaio | 50 | $3,541 |
| Tomas Barrios Vera | 41 | $3,538 |
| Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 34 | $3,538 |
| Mitchell Krueger | 39 | $3,514 |
| Constant Lestienne | 37 | $3,387 |
| Blaz Kavcic | 20 | $3,324 |
| Tatsuma Ito | 27 | $3,314 |
| Juan Pablo Varillas | 42 | $3,309 |
| Blake Mott | 6 | $3,280 |
| Thiago Seyboth Wild | 40 | $3,275 |
| Jay Clarke | 39 | $3,267 |
| Attila Balazs | 22 | $3,238 |
| Borna Gojo | 36 | $3,142 |
| Altug Celikbilek | 42 | $3,129 |
| Roberto Marcora | 47 | $3,123 |
| Martin Klizan | 20 | $3,113 |
| Tobias Kamke | 34 | $3,043 |
| Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | 34 | $3,005 |
| Steven Diez | 40 | $2,974 |
| Filip Horansky | 42 | $2,968 |
| Brayden Schnur | 42 | $2,959 |
| Zdenek Kolar | 54 | $2,921 |
| Go Soeda | 33 | $2,901 |
| Yannick Maden | 34 | $2,856 |
| Aleksandar Kovacevic | 20 | $2,833 |
| Mats Moraing | 43 | $2,826 |
| Guido Andreozzi | 28 | $2,815 |
| Danilo Petrovic | 36 | $2,794 |
| Maxime Janvier | 53 | $2,788 |
| Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | 43 | $2,748 |
| Lukas Rosol | 34 | $2,738 |
| Kacper Zuk | 40 | $2,726 |
| Arthur Fery | 13 | $2,699 |
| Stefan Kozlov | 29 | $2,693 |
| Govind Nanda | 15 | $2,682 |
| Joao Menezes | 47 | $2,666 |
| Zane Khan | 22 | $2,641 |
| Gastao Elias | 29 | $2,638 |
| Paolo Lorenzi | 38 | $2,605 |
| Tomas Martin Etcheverry | 50 | $2,531 |
| Ulises Blanch | 33 | $2,511 |
| Renzo Olivo | 50 | $2,505 |
| Dimitar Kuzmanov | 38 | $2,474 |
| Dustin Brown | 20 | $2,462 |
| Tommy Robredo | 20 | $2,443 |
| Joao Domingues | 34 | $2,407 |
| Gian Marco Moroni | 40 | $2,386 |
| Jiri Lehecka | 44 | $2,380 |
| Peter Polansky | 40 | $2,202 |
| Dmitry Popko | 50 | $2,192 |
| Zizou Bergs | 43 | $2,180 |
| Nicolas Kicker | 21 | $2,148 |
| Lorenzo Giustino | 58 | $2,079 |
| Andrea Collarini | 47 | $2,038 |
| Leonardo Mayer | 20 | $2,024 |
| Andrea Pellegrino | 45 | $2,023 |
| Alastair Gray | 12 | $1,991 |
| Jason Kubler | 28 | $1,973 |
| Roberto Cid Subervi | 40 | $1,924 |
| Malek Jaziri | 35 | $1,920 |
| Arthur Fils | 19 | $1,906 |
| Anton Matusevich | 22 | $1,905 |
| Flavio Cobolli | 26 | $1,879 |
| Jack Pinnington Jones | 13 | $1,874 |
| Facundo Mena | 43 | $1,860 |
| Mohamed Safwat | 47 | $1,847 |
| Luca Van Assche | 18 | $1,837 |
| Nicola Kuhn | 37 | $1,835 |
| Lukas Klein | 36 | $1,796 |
| Tristan Schoolkate | 21 | $1,724 |
| Tung-Lin Wu | 36 | $1,677 |
| Nicolas Jarry | 35 | $1,675 |
| Mischa Zverev | 25 | $1,666 |
| Carlos Gimeno Valero | 18 | $1,652 |
| Hugo Grenier | 51 | $1,590 |
| Rinky Hijikata | 27 | $1,574 |
| Gerald Melzer | 13 | $1,564 |
| Dane Sweeny | 31 | $1,561 |
| Vit Kopriva | 50 | $1,521 |
| Hamad Medjedovic | 12 | $1,465 |
| Juan Pablo Ficovich | 36 | $1,454 |
| Matthias Bachinger | 30 | $1,441 |
| Shintaro Mochizuki | 37 | $1,430 |
| Rudolf Molleker | 32 | $1,371 |
| Matteo Viola | 46 | $1,364 |
| Andrew Harris | 21 | $1,336 |
| Filippo Baldi | 29 | $1,295 |
| James Ward | 20 | $1,295 |
| Zhe Li | 19 | $1,287 |
| Franco Agamenone | 34 | $1,286 |
| Nuno Borges | 28 | $1,269 |
| Dudi Sela | 15 | $1,252 |
| Elliot Benchetrit | 32 | $1,252 |
| Andrea Vavassori | 25 | $1,249 |
| Leo Borg | 12 | $1,218 |
| Evan Furness | 48 | $1,212 |
| Felix Gill | 21 | $1,211 |
| Nicolas Moreno De Alboran | 34 | $1,209 |
| Evgeny Karlovskiy | 40 | $1,202 |
| Manuel Guinard | 54 | $1,166 |
| Jesper De Jong | 44 | $1,166 |
| Hiroki Moriya | 40 | $1,144 |
| Yosuke Watanuki | 27 | $1,132 |
| Adrian Andreev | 33 | $1,122 |
| Ryan Peniston | 37 | $1,110 |
| Kyrian Jacquet | 38 | $1,101 |
| Arthur De Greef | 16 | $1,074 |
| Stuart Parker | 25 | $1,045 |
| Julian Lenz | 42 | $990 |
| Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | 24 | $989 |
| Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | 20 | $955 |
| Akira Santillan | 31 | $951 |
| Giulio Zeppieri | 33 | $948 |
| Harold Mayot | 23 | $948 |
| Timo Legout | 21 | $941 |
| Duje Ajdukovic | 36 | $922 |
| Matteo Martineau | 43 | $922 |
| Gonzalo Lama | 31 | $915 |
| Tristan Lamasine | 47 | $912 |
| Filip Misolic | 23 | $911 |
| Nino Serdarusic | 55 | $910 |
| Alexey Vatutin | 45 | $885 |
| Ryan Harrison | 16 | $876 |
| Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida | 32 | $875 |
| Tim Van Rijthoven | 36 | $864 |
| Gustavo Heide | 15 | $861 |
| Michael Geerts | 32 | $858 |
| Thiago Agustin Tirante | 42 | $850 |
| Leandro Riedi | 20 | $841 |
| Alexander Erler | 42 | $835 |
| Paul Jubb | 28 | $827 |
| Andrea Arnaboldi | 42 | $822 |
| Agustin Velotti | 28 | $816 |
| Henri Squire | 15 | $808 |
| Pavel Kotov | 43 | $804 |
| Alibek Kachmazov | 28 | $791 |
| Roberto Quiroz | 52 | $780 |
| Harry Bourchier | 27 | $780 |
| Vitaliy Sachko | 45 | $775 |
| Camilo Ugo Carabelli | 48 | $775 |
| Dalibor Svrcina | 31 | $774 |
| Darian King | 17 | $772 |
| Raul Brancaccio | 48 | $772 |
| Lucas Miedler | 48 | $751 |
| Mirza Basic | 35 | $750 |
| Adrian Menendez-Maceiras | 34 | $748 |
| Gerardo Lopez Villasenor | 34 | $748 |
| Zsombor Piros | 33 | $740 |
| Pedro Cachin | 45 | $738 |
| Yshai Oliel | 43 | $735 |
| Aidan McHugh | 44 | $720 |
| Mate Valkusz | 20 | $717 |
| Teymuraz Gabashvili | 47 | $712 |
| Timofey Skatov | 51 | $707 |
| Evgenii Tiurnev | 37 | $698 |
| Hernan Casanova | 44 | $687 |
| Luca Nardi | 26 | $684 |
| Pedja Krstin | 41 | $683 |
| Luciano Darderi | 21 | $679 |
| Lucas Catarina | 49 | $678 |
| Michail Pervolarakis | 40 | $672 |
| Matteo Arnaldi | 30 | $670 |
| Otto Virtanen | 26 | $669 |
| Ergi Kirkin | 43 | $654 |
| Pawel Cias | 23 | $654 |
| Lukas Neumayer | 23 | $649 |
| Jonas Forejtek | 43 | $641 |
| Oliver Crawford | 29 | $637 |
| Jelle Sels | 40 | $624 |
| Miljan Zekic | 40 | $607 |
| Nicolas Mejia | 47 | $605 |
| Nerman Fatic | 34 | $601 |
| Noah Rubin | 20 | $601 |
| Antoine Escoffier | 45 | $598 |
| Viktor Durasovic | 45 | $594 |
| Chun-hsin Tseng | 41 | $590 |
| Johan Nikles | 40 | $583 |
| Facundo Diaz Acosta | 45 | $582 |
| Orlando Luz | 45 | $582 |
| Calvin Hemery | 30 | $566 |
| Eduard Esteve Lobato | 33 | $562 |
| Jeremy Beale | 21 | $560 |
| Carlos Gomez-Herrera | 37 | $552 |
| Alexander Shevchenko | 41 | $548 |
| Yu Hsiou Hsu | 36 | $540 |
| Alexander Ritschard | 36 | $538 |
| Geoffrey Blancaneaux | 46 | $533 |
| Marvin Moeller | 23 | $524 |
| Louis Wessels | 35 | $524 |
| Alex Rybakov | 36 | $522 |
| Oscar Jose Gutierrez | 36 | $521 |
| Pedro Sakamoto | 41 | $520 |
| Titouan Droguet | 24 | $519 |
| Francesco Passaro | 25 | $508 |
| Sandro Ehrat | 29 | $507 |
| Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna | 41 | $504 |
| Thomaz Bellucci | 24 | $503 |
| Donald Young | 25 | $495 |
| Filip Cristian Jianu | 49 | $494 |
| Daniel Dutra da Silva | 34 | $493 |
| Alvaro Lopez San Martin | 39 | $486 |
| Gauthier Onclin | 34 | $485 |
| Aziz Dougaz | 44 | $483 |
| Michael Vrbensky | 41 | $483 |
| Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo | 49 | $480 |
| Alexandar Lazarov | 42 | $480 |
| Francesco Forti | 42 | $480 |
| Naoki Nakagawa | 27 | $479 |
| Valentin Royer | 24 | $475 |
| Dragos Nicolae Madaras | 37 | $472 |
| Petros Tsitsipas | 29 | $470 |
| Goncalo Oliveira | 61 | $465 |
| Nick Hardt | 44 | $458 |
| Javier Barranco Cosano | 51 | $457 |
| Jakub Paul | 34 | $456 |
| Alexis Gautier | 40 | $455 |
| Facundo Juarez | 43 | $453 |
| Maximilian Neuchrist | 29 | $445 |
| Nicolas Alvarez | 38 | $443 |
| Riccardo Bonadio | 56 | $442 |
| Gijs Brouwer | 40 | $441 |
| Gilbert Klier Junior | 37 | $438 |
| Alejandro Gonzalez | 38 | $437 |
| Dan Added | 50 | $432 |
| JC Aragone | 42 | $430 |
| Sebastian Fanselow | 37 | $428 |
| Elmar Ejupovic | 31 | $426 |
| Nicolas Alvarez Varona | 36 | $423 |
| Alex Hernandez | 27 | $421 |
| Toby Alex Kodat | 31 | $417 |
| Eric Vanshelboim | 36 | $416 |
| Igor Sijsling | 33 | $416 |
| Alessandro Bega | 45 | $403 |
| Nick Chappell | 48 | $401 |
| Damien Wenger | 34 | $396 |
| Nicholas David Ionel | 38 | $393 |
| Antoine Bellier | 37 | $390 |
| Filip Peliwo | 38 | $387 |
| Denis Yevseyev | 52 | $386 |
| Marek Gengel | 48 | $384 |
| Roberto Ortega-Olmedo | 56 | $383 |
| Cristian Rodriguez | 34 | $381 |
| Fabian Marozsan | 39 | $381 |
| Yanki Erel | 33 | $380 |
| Yan Bondarevskiy | 41 | $373 |
| Georgii Kravchenko | 39 | $369 |
| Kaichi Uchida | 50 | $366 |
| Oleksii Krutykh | 38 | $365 |
| Daniel Michalski | 41 | $362 |
| Mats Rosenkranz | 58 | $359 |
| Carlos Sanchez Jover | 48 | $355 |
| Peter Heller | 40 | $354 |
| Jonathan Mridha | 34 | $351 |
| Mukund Sasikumar | 40 | $348 |
| Alex Marti Pujolras | 40 | $348 |
| Alexander Weis | 45 | $348 |
| Oriol Roca Batalla | 42 | $343 |
| Vladyslav Orlov | 44 | $340 |
| Pol Martin Tiffon | 46 | $335 |
| Genaro Alberto Olivieri | 43 | $333 |
| Yunseong Chung | 35 | $332 |
| Ryan Nijboer | 40 | $331 |
| Giovanni Fonio | 38 | $327 |
| Uladzimir Ignatik | 43 | $319 |
| Jacopo Berrettini | 41 | $319 |
| Bastian Malla | 36 | $317 |
| Christian Langmo | 45 | $314 |
| Clement Tabur | 38 | $310 |
| Ivan Gakhov | 48 | $308 |
| Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin | 54 | $307 |
| Aldin Setkic | 49 | $307 |
| Juan Pablo Paz | 47 | $305 |
| Christopher Heyman | 43 | $298 |
| Corentin Denolly | 48 | $297 |
| Roman Andres Burruchaga | 39 | $295 |
| Matias Zukas | 48 | $294 |
| Bogdan Bobrov | 52 | $290 |
| Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva | 40 | $286 |
| Skander Mansouri | 50 | $280 |
| Matthieu Perchicot | 47 | $275 |
| David Poljak | 46 | $273 |
| Tiago Cacao | 46 | $267 |
| Mateus Alves | 43 | $265 |
| Gage Brymer | 44 | $262 |
| Benjamin Lock | 47 | $256 |
| Rio Noguchi | 56 | $226 |
How Much Do Tennis Players Make Per Match?
The top player in this category is also Novak Djokovic, who averaged $156,366 per match in 2021.
Below are the averages for the top 20 countries.
Below the table is a graph showing the average prize money earned by the top 20 prize money earners ($48,296), the amount earned by players ranked 90-100 ($20,493) and the amount earned by players ranked 490-500 ($249).
| Rank | Player | Matches Played | Average Earnings Per Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 58 | $156,366 |
| 2 | Daniil Medvedev | 71 | $105,159 |
| 3 | Alexander Zverev | 74 | $85,962 |
| 4 | Matteo Berrettini | 53 | $60,399 |
| 5 | Rafael Nadal | 29 | $50,994 |
| 6 | Roger Federer | 13 | $49,820 |
| 7 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 74 | $47,346 |
| 8 | Andrey Rublev | 71 | $44,105 |
| 9 | Hubert Hurkacz | 59 | $36,835 |
| 10 | Cameron Norrie | 74 | $34,038 |
| 11 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | 62 | $33,158 |
| 12 | Carlos Alcaraz | 49 | $33,017 |
| 13 | Grigor Dimitrov | 42 | $32,603 |
| 14 | Jannik Sinner | 68 | $31,758 |
| 15 | Casper Ruud | 72 | $30,980 |
| 16 | Denis Shapovalov | 53 | $30,189 |
| 17 | Aslan Karatsev | 54 | $29,901 |
| 18 | Diego Schwartzman | 61 | $28,171 |
| 19 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 60 | $27,546 |
| 20 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 54 | $25,031 |
| 21 | Taylor Fritz | 56 | $24,836 |
What About Taxes?
Tennis players pay tax, and their income is usually taxed based on where they earned it. It’s a complicated subject, but in short, tennis players pay tax.
Do you remember when Wimbledon was played? As Novak Djokovic was not a UK resident during Wimbledon, he wasn’t required to pay UK income tax on any prize money or appearance fees he received.
In the absence of a double tax treaty, they may have to pay more taxes based on the tax laws and treaties of their own country. As a result, you will see many players with residences in Monaco, Switzerland, the UAE, and the Bahamas.
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Are Tennis Players Deserving of More Money?
Increasingly, lower-ranked players are using social media as a platform to raise awareness of what they perceive to be an unfair pay structure in professional sports.
According to the prevailing opinion, the prize money for lower-ranked tennis players needs to be restructured.
I have a different take on it, however. Meritocracy instead of ill-conceived ‘equality’ agendas based on idealistic/fashionable ideas.
Generally, lower-ranked players seeking change want to make good money playing low-level tournaments without ever improving or really challenging themselves.
In a sense, it’s the same as thinking that people flipping burgers for a living should get the same pay as restaurant owners.
Is it possible for a 29-year-old tennis player who ranks at 1000 in the world and hasn’t made any progress over the last two years to live comfortably on tennis? Not at all.
Only the best of the best rise to the top of tennis, as most people fail to realize. The goal of all sports is to chase dreams; mediocrity is not rewarded.
Does the current system of awarding prize money work well? No, not quite. More new players should be able to pursue that dream if the system is adjusted.
It requires more money plugging into the game’s very bottom, where players can barely make ends meet while not accruing financial losses, but not living comfortably enough to pick up some nice paycheques for several years by hovering around the lower rungs of the game.
What’s Next?
Tennis should be more accessible to those without wealthy parents and tournaments should subsidize travel and accommodations rather than award prizes.
You are rewarded for improving under a progressive system that emphasizes talent rather than reputation. It is either a case of improving, being satisfied with earning very little or looking for a new gig for players who don’t win enough matches.
Competitive sports should reward success only; it is neither the responsibility of the sport nor the sponsors to subsidize mediocrity.
How do you feel about how much tennis players earn a year? Does it meet your expectations, do you think it’s good or bad? If you would like to know how much tennis players make on average every year, please let me know in the comments.
