Highest-paid men’s tennis players 2023: Novak Djokovic finishes on top despite 100% reduction in bonus as 4 players breach $10M mark for the first time

Novak Djokovic finds his name topping another chart in 2023. The Serbian ends the season with more than 10 million dollars, even with a 100% deduction in bonuses. This year also marked an incredible record where four players earned over 10 million dollars.

While Novak Djokovic is on top with almost 16M Dollars without any bonus, following him closely is the young Spanish prodigy Carlos Alcaraz who crossed the 15M mark but earned a bonus of 4.4M which got him past the mark.

The other two players who managed to cross the 10M threshold are Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner, standing at 11.5M and10.4M,M respectively. All of them got a bonus amount to increase their price, but Djokovic managed to earn it only through the tournaments and without any bonus.

The Top 4 have had a phenomenal season. With the Serbian dominating throughout, Alcaraz managed to shock the world in between the years but slowly trailed off and was replaced by Jannik Sinner, who ended the year with a bang even by beating the Serbian twice in a single day.

These feats have earned them a lot and helped them create history by crossing the 10M mark.

This was the first year that this achievement was achieved, while previously, only two players managed to cross the threshold in four years.

Novak Djokovic did not receive any bonus money from 2 pools

The ATP finally released its prize money standings for the 2023 season. With no surprise, Novak Djokovic tops the charts with the most earnings throughout the year without any bonus pool money to aid him. 

He was penalized in the first pool draw for not playing at least three ATP tournaments in the year. The second pool of money was awarded to the top 5 performers at the ATP 500 during the year, and Nole was not in the top 5 players.

However, the Serbian was outstanding throughout the year to earn himself that much throughout the year. From the get-go at the Australian Open to the season-ending ATP Finals, Djokovic has maintained his level of consistency and won all the tournaments he has played in except Wimbledon.

All four top players will be watched closely in the upcoming season, and they might break records in the future.

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