12 competitions, 7 championships, 36-year-old Djokovic, how much money has he won this year
In the final of the ATP Finals, Djokovic easily defeated the host player Sinner 6-3 in two to win the championship. The championship prize money is 4,411,500 US dollars, 1,300 points, and the total points reach 11,245 points, and the second-ranked Arca only has 8,855 points, firmly sitting on the top spot in the world. If Sinner releases water in the group stage and loses to Rune in the last game, Djokovic will not be able to qualify from the group. At that time, I thought that Deyo had qualified, and the championship battle might still be between Sinner and Deyo, and in the end Sinner lost to Deyo, which was true.
Djokovic has played in 12 tournaments this year, winning seven titles: the Australian Open, French Open, US Open, Adelaide, Cincinnati, Paris Masters and today the Turin Finals. There is also 1 Wimbledon runner-up. Now 36 years old, Deyo is really an old man, and he has won a total of 98 titles in his career, which is only one step away from 100 titles. In 2023, Djokovic will receive at least $14.995 million in bonuses, which is equivalent to about 108.14 million yuan.
Federer's retirement and injury gave Deyo a chance to surpass, but Deyo's strict discipline and tenacity, as well as his long standby, played a decisive role. Nadal's style of play is inherently injury-prone, and if you think about it another way, if Nadal hadn't won 22 Grand Slams without using a physically injurious style of play, it would have been much less, and injuries would have been part of the game.
The GOAT argument was put to an end at the beginning of the year, and Djokovic is not just the GOAT of the ATP, he can become the GOAT of the entire tennis world, against players from three eras. It will be too difficult for future generations to reach this height. Djokovic is not a dream to win 10 year-end finals, and the only way to beat him is the post-10s.
I think this is because he has more sense of responsibility and mission than Federer and Nadal, and this is the fundamental motivation for him to continue to soar with high quality.