This is how Sinner makes ends meet: everything you need to know about the behind-the-scenes champions.
No one in the history of world tennis has ever won more than him in the span of 365 days. The record belonged, previously, to Novak Djokovic, but Jannik Sinner managed to take this incredible record away from the Serbian champion as well. In 2024, he secured, think about it, a whopping 20 million euros or so. Only on the court, of course, since the money from sponsors is not included in this astronomical figure.
At the Nitto Atp Finals, he got another 4.6 million euros: he won the tournament without ever having lost a single set and, in case the winner was a player who came to the finals undefeated, the prize money increased. He has no financial problems, in short, our Sinner. Who, however, it should be emphasized, has paid a very high price to get to where he is today, that is, on the roof of the world.
Nicolas Lozito, a journalist for the newspaper La Stampa, tried to do the math in the pockets not only of the South Tyrolean champion, but of all the top players who, like him, have to face, every year, all the expenses necessary to play at a certain level. Did you know, for example, how much of an impact on the monthly budget is the fact of turning to a coach with proven experience? Probably not, so it’s time, perhaps, to share some numbers so you can get an idea of how much a tennis player on the circuit spends annually.
Sinner, the bill is very high: the whole truth
Let’s start right with the coach-related expenses, which are certainly the most significant. La Stampa reports that a good coach can cost as much as 5 thousand euros a week. Sinner has two, Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, so he pays a very high-but fair-price to be followed by two professionals of their caliber.
In addition, the coach is entitled to receive 1 or 2 percent of the prize money collected from the player. In addition to the salaries earmarked for the other elements that make up the team, such as athletic trainer and physical therapist, there is to cover the costs related to their travel. Air travel-sometimes by private jet-is borne by the tennis player. As for stays, it is usually the tournament organization that pays for hotel accommodations, but the player will foot the bill for any extra rooms.
Rackets and various accessories are provided by the sponsors, while a separate discussion should be made about stringing: fixing rackets costs something like 10 thousand euros a year, another expense that greatly affects the year-end budget. For all this, accounts in hand, a professional tennis player comes to spend, depending on the circumstances, from half a million to a million euros a year. Sums that, fortunately, do not move champions of Sinner’s caliber even by a millimeter. But which penalizes, of course, those who, on the other hand, fail to consistently monetize their talent.
