Jannik Sinner just couldn’t resist the temptation, it was stronger than him: yet another confirmation.
He collected 9 thousand points and put in his pocket, in prize money, a beauty of 10.5 million. These are, in a nutshell, as well as extremely succinctly, the numbers that best tell the story of Jannik Sinner’s success. Those pertinent to 2024 alone, of course, because far more lavish, of course, are the earnings related to his entire career.
Taking into consideration the current year alone, the one that consecrated his rise to king of tennis, in terms of receipts he has managed to surpass anyone. Even Carlos Alcaraz, the circuit’s other Scrooge, who in these first 9 months of 2024 has done almost as well as his colleague and rival of Alto Adige origin. Yet despite the fact that winning the last Slam – the New York one – brought 3.2 million euros into his pockets, the San Candido champion has not yet lost the “habit.”
Those who have been following the world number 1 since his debut on the major circuit will know, without a shadow of a doubt, that he is a rather “unusual” character. It is quite rare, in fact, that an athlete who has achieved his own success not only does not mount his head in the slightest, but even remains with his feet firmly planted on the ground. Well, Sinner represents, in that sense, a magnificent exception.
Sinner, this is just a confirmation: we already knew it
We will never see him squander his money on futile things. He has always said, if anything, that he places great value on it, because that’s how he was taught by mother Siglinde and father Hanspeter.
– zowy|AO & US OPEN WINNER (@zoe4tennis) September 15, 2024
He even told once that he is very careful about the menu when he has lunch or dinner at a restaurant. He tends to choose things that cost less, “Not because I’m cheap,” his words, “but because I respect money. And it falls into place, in this regard, the joke, which immediately went viral, that he let slip a few hours ago
Arriving in Bologna to support his teammates competing in the Davis Cup, he discovered in real time that the Italian national team had already automatically qualified. Which gave him the cue to throw it out there and confirm his modus operandi: “Are we already qualified? I’ll eat for free and leave!” he can be heard saying in a video, circulated on social media, that ensured fat laughs from the people of the web. Because a leopard may lose its fur, yes, but not its vice.
