<figure id="attachment_3134908" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3134908" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3134908" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1ec65131-atp-logo-afp-140825.webp" alt="ATP logo AFP 140825" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3134908" class="wp-caption-text">Profit-sharing helped push ATP player compensation to a record US$261 million for the 2024 season. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
BENGALURU: Men&#8217;s tennis players will pocket a record US$18.3 million in profit-sharing bonuses from the 2024 season, the ATP said today, as the tour stepped up its efforts to forge a more sustainable and financially aligned future for the sport.
The bonus amount, a 177% increase on the previous season&#8217;s pay-out, will be distributed to players based on performance at the nine ATP 1000 tournaments, which rank just below the four Grand Slams in prestige.
&#8220;This is exactly what profit sharing was designed to do: ensure that players and tournaments share equally in the sport&#8217;s financial upside,&#8221; ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said.
&#8220;The US$18.3 million is a huge milestone. For us, it&#8217;s proof that strengthening the premium product and aligning interests creates value.
&#8220;We&#8217;re proud to be strengthening our partnership and building a stronger, more sustainable ATP Tour.&#8221;
The profit-sharing plan, introduced in 2022, splits profits generated at ATP Masters 1000 events – above onsite base prize money – equally between players and tournaments and is a cornerstone of the tour&#8217;s OneVision strategic plan.
Profit-sharing helped push ATP player compensation to a record US$261 million for the 2024 season for a total of US$378 million when combined with Grand Slam prize money.
The men&#8217;s elite body added that it was on track to deliver more compensation records, including US$28.5 million in Challenger Tour prize money and a US$3 million ATP 500 bonus pool.
The expansion of most of the Masters events to 96-player draws had increased earning opportunities for players, widening the number of those able to make a sustainable living from the sport, the ATP added.
It said there was a &#8220;wave of infrastructure investment&#8221; as Madrid, Rome, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris, among other venues, had upgraded facilities to enhance the experience for players and spectators.

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ATP players handed record US$18.3mil profit-sharing bonus

The expansion of most of the Masters events to 96-competitor draws has increased earning opportunities.

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