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The ATP Finals has confirmed a record-breaking prize pot for the season-ending championships this year. Five players have already qualified for the prestigious tournament including Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, and they will now be battling it out for the biggest winner’s cheque in tennis history as well as 1,500 ranking points and the trophy.
The winner of the ATP Finals is set to receive the biggest monetary prize in the history of tennis after the tournament announced the money on offer for each win at the year-end tournament. If a player wins the tournament without losing a match across the week they will pocket £4,230,030 ($4,740,300) – smashing the record amount of £3.9m ($4.2m) prize money Ash Barty received for winning the 2019 WTA Finals Shenzhen with one round robin loss during the week.
An undefeated doubles pairing will also receive a record winner’s cheque of £830,159 ($930,300). The total prize purse on offer at this year’s top-eight tournament in Turin is also a record at £13.16m ($14.75m), with even the alternates who don’t play a match in the singles taking home £134,000 ($150,000)
It comes after the 2019 edition of the WTA Finals broke the record for biggest total prize pot of £12.5m ($14m). That year, an undefeated champion would have taken home £4,216,377 ($4,725,000) but Barty received less for losing one of her matches during the round robin stage in the week.
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