Sinner breaches major prize money barrier with $1m Indian Wells haul
Jannik Sinner’s victory at Indian Wells took his career prize money to $60m, with the Italian averaging $142,000 per career match.
The Italian beat Russia’s Daniil Medvedev to win Indian Wells on Sunday and become the youngest man to win all six ATP Masters 1000 hard-court titles.
Australian Open semi-finalist Sinner, 24, won 7-6 7-6 in California to pick up the $1.1m in prize money.
The figure takes his 2026 figure to $2m and his career prize money – for singles and doubles – to $60m. Breaking through the $60m barrier sees four-time Grand Slam winner Sinner go seventh on the all-time ATP cartier prize money list.
Only Novak Djokovic ($193m), Rafael Nadal ($134m) and Roger Federer ($130m) have breached $100m, while the next highest active player is Carlos Alcaraz, who is fifth on $64m.
Alongside his victory at Indian Wells, Sinner has won the other five ATP Masters 1000 hard-court titles: Miami Open; Canadian Open; Cincinnati Open; Shanghai Masters; and Paris Masters.
Combined with hard court Grand Slam victories in the US and Australia, only Djokovic and Federer have achieved the same feat as the Italian.
And Sinner will now look to complete the Sunshine Double, with back-to-back wins from Indian Wells and Miami.
Sinner breaks barrier
In the women’s tournament Aryna Sabalenka needed three sets to beat Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina in a repeat of the Melbourne final.
It took the Belarusian to within $2.2m of the $50m prize money barrier, while the touted comeback of Serena Williams could see the American add to her $95m in career prize money and become the first women to breach the $100m barrier.
“I knew that this was a tournament I haven’t won, so I wanted to prepare in the best possible way, as professionally as possible,” said Sinner
“Having this achievement now means a lot to me. Now I have couple of days to relax – there is not so much time in between here and Miami.
“It’s again an important tournament in Miami, but we try to play the best tennis possible there too.”