Jannik Sinner will have his entire ATP year-end bonus docked for failing to meet an important requirement in the ATP’s 2025 rulebook.
As part of OneVision, the ATP’s strategic plan to take tennis to new heights and which launched in the 2023 season, one of its key pillars is to ensure that tennis players can compete without worrying about their financial well-being.
A major driver for that pillar is the substantial increase in prize money year-on-year, the introduction of base earnings for lower-ranked players, and bonuses to reward the top-performing players in a season.
In 2025, the ATP’s Bonus Pool will cater to award the Top 30 players (up from 12) with the most ranking points at the Masters 1000 tournaments and the ATP Finals (for those who will qualify). The total bonus is a whopping $21 million this season, nearly double what the ATP offered in its first year when OneVision launched.
Additionally, a second bonus pool of up to $3 million will be shared among the top six players with the most points from ATP 500 tournaments.
Why Sinner will lose his full ATP year-end bonus
Sinner is ranked 16th in the ATP Masters Bonus Pool standings with 650 points and is currently competing in only his second Masters tournament of the season at the Cincinnati Open.
However, it is pertinent to note that the ATP year-end bonuses are subject to player participation in the Mandatory tournaments. Players who earned a bonus but missed four or more ATP 1000s will forfeit 100% of those earnings. In Sinner’s case, he is set to lose the full bonus at the end of the season for missing at least four Masters 1000 tournaments.
Three absences were enforced. Sinner was infamously suspended for three months earlier this year because of two failed doping tests dating back to last season. He eventually reached a case resolution agreement with WADA and resumed playing in May. By that time, he had missed the Indian Wells Masters, Miami Open, and Madrid (Monte Carlo is a non-Mandatory Masters), which all count as missed events. Last month, Sinner withdrew from the Toronto Masters, taking his total absences to four Masters 1000s, which means he will not receive a penny in bonuses.
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