Which tennis players won the most prize money in history?
Apart from prestige and ATP / WTA points, winning a Grand Slam makes tennis players a lot of money. The Australian Open and Roland Garros have been known to award around 2 million dollars to its winners, while the US Open and Wimbledon hand out prize money of around 3 million.
Obviously, the prizes have increased over the years. This means that the list of tennis players who've won the most money in history tends to have a lot of players on it from the last 20 years. Still, we can also find some of the 'older' tennis legends on our list of best earning champions.
Earnings in prize money: $147,744,252
Earnings: $129,981,743
Earnings: $123,843,596
Earnings: $94,236,271
Earnings: $61,832,826
Earnings: $43,280,489
Earnings: $42,065,362
Earnings: $38,777,962
Prize money: $37,426,198
Prize money: $35,233,415
Earnings: $34,778,261
Earnings: $32,762,802
Earnings: $32,458,760
Earnings: $31,483,911
Earnings: $31,152,975
Earnings: $29,950,250
Earnings: $29,491,328
Earnings: $28,567,121
Earnings: $28,381,805
Earnings: $27,683,807
Earnings: $25,889,586
Prize money: $25,617,078
Earnings: $25,080,956
Earnings: $24,749,074
Earnings: $24,422,695
Earnings: $24,238,379
Earnings: $23,883,797
Earnings: $23,843,799
Earnings: $22,179,851
Earnings: $22,166,338
Earnings: $21,895,277
Prize money: $21,693,823
Earnings: $21,626,089
Prize money: $21,262,417
Prize money: $20,889,965
Earnings: $20,863,335
Earnings: $20,640,030
Prize money: $20,613,441
Earnings: $20,599,271
Prize money: $20,147,127
Prizes won: $20,076,456