08 September 2024 | 22.37
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Jannik Sinner wins the 2024 US Open, secures first place in the ATP ranking and today, September 8, he pockets a check for 3.6 million dollars with the triumph in the final in New York against the American Taylor Fritz. The 23-year-old Italian wins the second title of his career in a Slam after the victory in the Australian Open at the beginning of 2024. The ride at Flushing Meadows consolidates Sinner’s lead in the ATP rankings, which he has now led for 14 weeks.
The new ranking
The South Tyrolean, already very sure of a place in the ATP Finals in Turin, flies to 11,180 points and has over 4,000 points of advantage over the German Alex Zverev, second in the ranking ahead of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the Serbian Novak Djokovic. Fritz, knocked out in the first Slam final of his career, consoles himself by rising from 12th to seventh place.
The super prize
The American exploit, a non-negligible detail, also guarantees Sinner a stellar prize. The Italian collects the super cheque of 3.6 million dollars destined for the winner of the tournamenta figure increased by 20% compared to 2023. Fritz instead receives $1.8 million as a defeated finalist.
The world number 1, who started the year by winning the 2.1 million dollars up for grabs at the Australian Open, after the last Slam appointment flies to 27.6 million in total prize money earned in his career. In 2024 alone, so far, the South Tyrolean has bagged over 10.5 million dollars thanks above all to the successes in Rotterdam, Miami, Halle and Cincinnati which are added to the exploits in the 2 majors in a stellar season.
Sinner company in full swing
The overall prize money represents only a slice, and not even the main one, of the Sinner company’s turnover.. The world number 1 is a Nike man: the Swoosh giant has secured the Italian with a very long and lucrative contract. Jannik is the face of a series of top-ranking companies ranging from fashion to food, from automotive to luxury to telephony. The name of the best tennis player in the world is linked to Gucci and Fastweb, Rolex and Lavazza: a turnover of millions of euros per season, with excellent chances of reaching double figures.
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