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Jannik Sinner Beats Carlos Alcaraz in Season Finale for $5.1M Prize

Sinner and Alcaraz split their six meetings this year, all of which were tournament finals.

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The ATP season came to a fitting end: Another battle between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

At the ATP Finals in Turin on Sunday, world No. 2 Sinner triumphed over No. 1 Alcaraz to win the $5.1 million prize for the second year in a row. By going undefeated in the tournament, Sinner secured the largest prize on the 2025 men’s tennis calendar, slightly more than the $5 million Alcaraz won at the US Open by defeating Sinner in the final.

It was the sixth official battle of the season between the two rivals, with Alcaraz winning four times and Sinner taking two. 

With the win, Sinner, 24, set the second-largest single-season record with $19.1 million, surpassing his own personal best mark of $16.9 million last year. On top of the ATP Final, Sinner made the finals at all four Grand Slams, winning two of them (Australian Open and Wimbledon). He also won the Paris Masters, an ATP 1000 tournament.

He still fell short of the single-season record set by Novak Djokovic in 2015 ($21.15 million).

Despite the loss, Alcaraz, who won $2.7 million, moved to fifth all-time in career earnings ($57.5 million), ahead of world No. 3 Alexander Zverev ($56.7 million). Zverev won about $730,000 in Turin after being eliminated in the group stages. 

Sinner is right behind Zverev in seventh ($56.6 million), though he took home the $6 million prize at the Six Kings Slam exhibition in Saudi Arabia last month, which is not considered in the official ATP earnings count.

The Italian also beat Alcaraz in the final of that tournament, though it’s also not considered in their official head-to-head standings.

If the two young stars replicate their 2025 seasons next year, they will both pass Andy Murray ($64.7 million) for fourth in career earnings. But they are a long way from catching tennis’ Big Three of Roger Federer ($130.6 million), Rafael Nadal ($134.9 million), and Djokovic ($191.3 million).

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