NEWS ABOUT TENNIS – AND WILL IT BE ROGER FEDERER TO BE THE FIRST PLAYER TO EARN 100 MILLION DOLLARS OR NOVAK DJOKOVIC?

Written by: on 28th December 2015
International Premier League 2015 in Singapore
NEWS ABOUT TENNIS - AND WILL IT BE ROGER FEDERER TO BE THE FIRST PLAYER TO EARN 100 MILLION DOLLARS OR NOVAK DJOKOVIC?

epa05074272 Swiss Roger Federer addressing journalists during a press conference at the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) held at the indoor stadium in Singapore, 18 December 2015. EPA/WALLACE WOON  |

It will be all-go from next week in the prize-money race resumes on the ATP as Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic battle to reach the career $100 million mark. The figure is merely symbolic, though, with both elite aces earning many multiples of that heady amount over the years through rich sponsorship contracts, appearances and endorsements.

 

While the top players have moved well beyond the point of worrying over a million here or there, becoming the game’s first $100 million man still must hold some prestige for Federer and his junior rival from Serbia.

 

Swiss Roger Federer of the Obi UAE Royals in action against Stan Wawrinka of the OUE Singapore Slammers during their match at the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) held at the indoor stadium in Singapore, 18 December 2015. EPA/WALLACE WOON

The 17-time grand slam event champion Swiss has earned $97.3 million through the end of the 2015 season while Djokovic is following closely on $94 million in career prize packets. Federer could break the barrier with a win at January’s Australian Open, worth $3.85 million to the winner.

 

Djokovic made major inroads in 2015 as he won 11 titles as surpassed $21 million in prize payouts alone. With inflation, the sums now banked by the best in the game make past standards looks pitiful: Rod Laver finished his career with a total of $1.5 million while John McEnroe claimed $12.5 million. Pete Sampras retired 13 years ago after winning $43 million.

 

Federer, the king of blue-ribbon sponsorships still ranked as only the fifth highest-earning sportsman in 2015 with his $58 million in endorsements.

 

Djokovic stood 13th ($31 million in endorsements), On the women’s side, No. 1 Serena Williams can count $74 million on court, but her commercial portfolio is dwarfed by that of popular Maria Sharapova, the world’s richest sportswoman by way of endorsements.

 

Story Via Bob Larson Tennis News Service / copyright 2015

Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return to Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain during their match on the seventh day of the 2015 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 06 September 2015. The US Open runs through 13 September, which is a return to a 14-day schedule. EPA/JASON SZENES

 

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