For Berrettini, it’s been a muted year in every respect: he didn’t even make this podium.
There should be no need to specify who is at the top. He has won several titles and boasts such a portfolio of sponsorships that it is entirely superfluous to say that right now, in terms of appeal and earnings, no one is like him. Like that Jannik Sinner guy who, in recent months, has literally made the blue audience “fly”.
He is, but we are sure that this does not surprise you one bit, the blue tennis player who has earned more than anyone else in this 2023 now drawing to a close. In terms of prize money, not counting the 700,000 euros that went into the pockets of the players who won the Davis Cup, he took home a whopping $8.3 million. At the circuit level, there are those who have done better than him, namely the three bigs ahead of him in the rankings-Danill Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz, and Novak Djokovic. This does not detract, however, from the fact that in the Italian scene he is way ahead of all his compatriots.
You will be curious to find out, at this point, how the other Italians ranked in this all-Italian ranking. Well, there you have it: second in the ranking is Lorenzo Musetti, now the 27th best player in the world, who in a less-than-stellar 2023 in terms of results still won $1.9 million. For a total, then, of 2.6 million, if we consider the sum he secured by contributing to Italy’s triumph in Malaga.
Berrettini, friend Sonego did better than him
The third place, somewhat surprisingly, goes to the Italian who is now 46th in the Atp ranking, namely Lorenzo Sonego. The Turin native, considering the “slice” he got thanks to the Davis Cup victory, has banked 2 million euros in total.
Twice as much, then, as those earned by his colleague and best friend Matteo Berrettini, off the podium of the highest-paid Italian tennis players in 2023. Nothing unexpected, at any rate, since the Roman played very little and added no new titles to his fine collection of achievements. In a season in which the biggest achievement was hitting the Wimbledon round of 16, Berrettini took home $1.03 million. That’s a bit low for someone who, like him, was used to far larger earnings.
Immediately after him in the rankings is Matteo Arnaldi, who actually, if the 700,000 euros from Davis are taken into account-which the ranking, however, does not consider, since it is extra-Atp money-has earned more overall than Berrettini: with the $955,000 in prize money he secured, he has soared to about $1.7 million. Fabio Fognini and Flavio Cobolli close the rankings, who won $617,000 and $282,000, respectively.