Jannik Sinner Wins Australian Open, Earns $2.2M in Prize Money
Italian Jannik Sinner on Sunday won a second straight Australian Open, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3, over Germany's Alexander Zverev. The 23-year-old dropped only two sets during the year's first major tournament and earned $2.2 million for the title. Zverev made $1.2 million and is still seeking his first slam after losing for a third time in the final of one.
On Saturday, American Madison Keys won her first Grand Slam title beating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in three sets.
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Sinner continues his dominant run that kicked off at last year's Australian Open where he won his first major title. He added a win at the U.S. Open among his eight official ATP 2024 tournament wins. In June, he ascended to the No. 1 ranking—becoming the first Italian to do so since the rankings were introduced in 1973.
For the year, Sinner made $19.7 million in official tournament winnings and bonuses—he also earned $6 million for an unofficial event in Saudi Arabia, the Six Kings Slam. The earnings haul was the second highest for a single season after Novak Djokovic's dominant 2015 that included 11 titles and $21.1 million in winnings.
Sinner's on-court record is 80-6 since the start of 2024.
The run has boosted his off-court earnings from more than a dozen sponsors, including Nike, Head, Gucci, Lavazza and Rolex.
The one blemish on Sinner's year was over revelations that he twice tested positive in March for low levels of a banned anabolic steroid. In August, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) revealed that its investigation found that Sinner had 'no fault or negligence.' The ITIA concluded that Sinner's physiotherapist used a spray containing clostebol, an anabolic steroid. The decision to clear Sinner was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, with a final ruling expected this April.
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