Carlos Alcaraz is the new US Open champion. If a Grand Slam title represents the ultimate goal of a professional tennis player, his victory over the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the final it also brought other very important extra prizes.
The most, the world number one. At the age of 19, the Murcian became the youngest of 28 players to lead the ATP ranking at some point, which was established in 1973 after the introduction of computer aids.
the of El Palmar his cherished dream came true, he has already revealed that when he was young he thought more about being No. 1 than winning a Grand Slam, although usually one leads to the other.
Carlitos Alcaraz lifts the Flushing Meadows champion trophy, the manufacturing of which he oversees Tiffany since 1987.
He was also given a check $2,600,000. Polish champion Iga Swiatek received the same the day before, who joked that he was grateful they didn’t give him the money in cash.
The Murcian left with almost 3 kilos more, which was increasing $7,391,733 (slightly higher figure in euros) their earnings for the season. Overtook leadership Rafael Nadal who added 278,000 as the eighth finalist to reach 6,699,851.
The Balearic just came a little closer to Novak Djokovic in the ATP all-time earnings ranking. The Serbian, who did not participate, pocketed $158,996,253 in tournaments on the circuit, not counting fixed or advertising revenue, which is the most relevant part. Nadal counts 131,661,446.
Not yet completing his second full season at the highest professional level, Carlos Alcaraz has 9,119,045, breaking into the top-100 in ATP history.
The US Open distributed more than 60 million dollars (60,102,000) in all categories, breaking the record of 57.5 since 2021.
Who brought in the most money this year, Iga Swiatek. This is $9,217,225. He won 57 of 64 matches (51 of 50 Alcaraz) and seven titles, including two Grand Slams and 4 1000 category events. The Murcian has five titles, including his first Grand Slam and a 1000 (Miami).
Source: La Verdad
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