{"id":92458,"date":"2025-10-18T21:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=92458"},"modified":"2025-10-18T21:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:26:55","slug":"each-player-earn-six-kings-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/10\/18\/each-player-earn-six-kings-slam\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Did Each Player Earn at the Six Kings Slam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"382\">The second edition of the Six Kings Slam is in the books as World No.2 Jannik Sinner repeated his run from last year, overcoming World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz in the final with relative ease.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"659\">With no official title or ranking points on the line, these exhibitions will never quite carry the same pressure or bragging rights as a tour match. However, with a huge amount of money at stake, you can still expect the players to give it their all in an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/10\/14\/is-the-six-kings-slam-an-exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">exhibition match<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"781\">Here\u2019s how much every player earned this weekend in what is the biggest prize purse of any event on the tennis calendar.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"781\">How Much Did Every Player Earn at the Six Kings Slam<\/h2>\n<h4 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Alexander Zverev<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"266\">Alexander Zverev had the shortest time on court in this event, clocking just<strong data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"264\"> 58 minutes <\/strong>of action in total. His brief stay in Riyadh pocketed him a cool $1.5 million.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"436\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">That translates to about<strong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"436\" data-is-last-node=\"\"> $25,800 per minute, <\/strong>or roughly<strong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"436\" data-is-last-node=\"\"> $431 per second.<\/strong> For that kind of return, even a seventh consecutive loss to Taylor Fritz might be worth it.<\/p>\n<h4><strong data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"805\">Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The most unlikely player to have participated in this year\u2019s Six Kings Slam, here only because <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/09\/08\/jack-draper-to-miss-the-rest-of-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jack Draper had to end his season prematurely due to an arm injury<\/a>, the Greek will still have 1.5 million reasons to thank the Brit.<\/p>\n<p>Playing just <strong data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1064\">76 minutes<\/strong> the entire way, Stefanos Tsitsipas earned roughly <strong data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1128\">$19,700 per minute<\/strong> on court \u2014 an outrageous <strong data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1173\">$330 per second<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>Novak Djokovic<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"325\">The leader in both Major titles and career earnings by a distance, Novak Djokovic was also handed a $1.5 million purse for his efforts in Riyadh, where he lost all three sets played before retiring mid-match in the third-place playoff.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"498\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As always, it was a masterclass in efficiency from the great Serb, with his <strong data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"414\">139 minutes<\/strong> on court earning him around <strong data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"464\">$10,800 per minute<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"469\" data-end=\"488\">$180 per second<\/strong> in total.<\/p>\n<p><a  id=\"iyUH-jz_R6Vmxo4zOfccEg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2241844881\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'iyUH-jz_R6Vmxo4zOfccEg',sig:'PtAB7krzihOgG1T2R2jRWPLSKY2GEC2fff3C00ouXWM=',w:'594px',h:'387px',items:'2241844881',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Taylor Fritz<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"271\">The third-place winner this weekend, Taylor Fritz, had to work the hardest for his earnings, with the consolation being a $1.5 million prize.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"427\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Logging <strong data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"296\">204 minutes<\/strong> across the event, that works out to around <strong data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"361\">$7,350 per minute<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"384\">$122 per second<\/strong> \u2014 not too bad for three days of hard work.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"427\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"270\">Runner-up once again, Carlos Alcaraz received a first-round bye at this event and only had to play two matches, which guaranteed him his $1.5 million fee.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"490\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In total, he spent <strong data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"306\">143 minutes<\/strong> on court, and while he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/08\/25\/highest-paid-tennis-players-2025-alcaraz-sinner-gauff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">no stranger to large sums<\/a> given his status as the face of men\u2019s tennis, he still pocketed a more than handsome <strong data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"465\">$10,500 per minute<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"489\">$175 per second<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"490\">Jannik Sinner<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"291\">Champion for the second year running, Jannik Sinner was the player who spent the most time on court this weekend, <strong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"240\">212 minutes<\/strong> in total, and earned the biggest reward for it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"504\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With the winner\u2019s prize set at <strong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"338\">$6 million<\/strong>, he was effectively billed at a staggering <strong data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"404\">$28,300 per minute<\/strong> or about <strong data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"433\">$472 per second<\/strong>, leaving Riyadh with both the paycheck and the golden winner\u2019s racket.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Mike Frey-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second edition of the Six Kings Slam is in the books as World No.2 Jannik Sinner repeated his run from last year, overcoming World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz in the final with relative ease. 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