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Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek’s $30 Million Elite Club Gains a New Member in Jannik Sinner After ATP Finals Triumph
Jannik Sinner is unstoppable at the moment! Starting off the season with a title triumph at the AO, followed by a title in the US, the Italian has now also clinched the ATP Finals title. Sinner thrashed America’s Taylor Fritz in front of the Italian crowd in this epic final on Sunday. With this emphatic victory, Sinner earned record prize money of $4,4881,500! Not just this, he has joined the likes of Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek in the $30 million club.
What a year this has been for this 23-year-old Italian superstar! With his 70th win of the season at the ATP Finals win, Jannik Sinner has become the first Italian to claim the prestigious title in the tournament’s 55-year-old history. Interestingly, Jannik Sinner didn’t even drop a set in the entire tournament. He’s the first male player to do so after Ivan Lendl in 1986. After the match, Sinner said, “It’s amazing, it’s my first title in Italy and it means so much to me.”
Prior to this tournament, Jannik Sinner had amassed $29,108,484 in career prize money. Now, with this incredible 6-4,6-4 win over Fritz, he has now earned a place in the Top 10 highest ATP career prize money earners of all time. Moreover, he has also become the third player born in the 2000s to surpass the $30 million in career prize money, joining the likes of Carlos Alcaraz ($36,876,485) and Iga Swiatek (33,141,991).