A Look at the Five Highest Earners in ATP Tour History

Jack Kramer, Cliff Drysdale, and Donald Dell created the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour in 1972 to serve as the governing body of the sport for men. Today, the association hosts ATP Masters 100, ATP 500, and ATP 250 events, as well as the season-ending ATP Finals. A total of 80 players have won at least $10 million on the ATP Tour since its inception. Novak Djokovic ranks first all-time with $154.8 million in career earnings as of November 22, 2021.

A 34-year-old native of Belgrade, Serbia, Djokovic was the top-ranked player in the world and had a career win-loss record of 985-199 as of November 2021. He had won 86 singles titles, including 20 Grand Slams, since 2003. Djokovic has won the Australian Open more times (nine) than any other male player in history and is also a six-time winner at Wimbledon, three-time winner at the US Open, and two-time winner at the French Open. He’s one of four men in the Open Era to win each of the four Grand Slams.

In regard to prize money, Djokovic won $8.4 million in 2021 and at least $12 million in eight of nine years from 2011 to 2019. He won a career-best $16.8 million in 2015, losing only five of 83 matches that year.

Roger Federer, the current 16th-ranked player in the world, is second on the all-time earnings list with $130.6 million. He has also won 20 Grand Slams and boasts a career singles record of 1,251-275. The 40-year-old native of Basel, Switzerland, won at least $5 million in 11 of 13 years from 2007 to 2019, including a career-best $13 million in 2017. He won seven tournaments that year and lost only five of 57 matches.

Federer competed in only 13 matches in 2021, winning $647,655. He missed much of the season while recovering from multiple knee surgeries. Despite the injuries and his advanced age (he’s the oldest player in the ATP Top 100 by 3 years), Federer intends to return to competition at some point in 2022. However, he’s unlikely to be ready for Wimbledon, where he’s an eight-time champion.

Rafael Nadal is third all-time with $125 million in career earnings and is tied with Federer and Djokovic at 20 Grand Slam victories, 13 of which have come at the French Open. Nadal is also a four-time winner at the US Open, two-time winner at Wimbledon, and one-time champion at the Australian Open. He earned a career-best $16.3 million in 2019.

Andy Murray and Pete Sampras rank fourth and fifth, respectively, on the all-time earnings list. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam winner, has made $62.3 million since turning pro in 2005. The 34-year-old native of Glasgow, Scotland, has 46 singles titles, nine of which he won during a career-best year in 2016. Murray posted a record of 78-9 that year and earned $16.3 million in prize money.

Sampras, meanwhile, is the only player among the top five who isn’t still active on the ATP Tour. The American turned pro in 1988 and last played at the 2002 US Open. He won 14 Grand Slams and $43.3 million in prize money during his 14-year career.

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Mauritania to Support Anti-Slavery

Chicago resident Sean Tenner is actively involved in organizations dedicated to social justice and public interest. In addition to being president of KNI Communications, he is also a co-founder of the Abolition Institute, which seeks to end modern-day slavery in Mauritania, a country in West Africa. Sean Tenner’s Abolition Institute recently sponsored a 15-person delegation of Americans to travel to Mauritania to support the anti-slavery movement.

Slavery in Mauritania was abolished in 1981 and criminalized in 2007. Unfortunately, with the anti-slavery laws yet to be enforced, at least 90,000 Haratines are still enslaved. Hereditary slavery has existed in the country for so long that it has become deeply imbedded in the culture. .

The 15-person delegation, which included Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins and his wife Monique, traveled to Mauritania with the purpose of meeting with leaders of the anti-slavery movement and interviewing people who had been previously enslaved. The delegation had a busy schedule, meeting with government officials and former slaves as well as engaging in other activities and visiting various places throughout the country.

 

Some of KNI Communications

Sean Tenner has spent his career working with non-profits involved in public health and human rights issues. As the KNI Communications president, Sean Tenner leads his team in campaign management, issue advocacy, communications, public affairs, and business promotion. They pride themselves on their numerous victories.

One such victory was the passage of four pieces of breast cancer legislation in the Illinois General Assembly. The legislation, which passed by an overwhelming majority, included insurance coverage for breast cancer screenings, insurance coverage for medical costs related to cancer clinical trials, the establishment of numerous crucial new state programs to fight breast cancer, and insurance coverage for potentially lifesaving clinical breast exams.

Another notable victory was working on a bipartisan basis with congressional leaders to obtain $4.5 million in State Department funding to help victims of slavery in the west African nation of Mauritania as well as the surrounding region. Such funding goes a long way to help the anti-slavery movement. Tenner co-founded the Abolition Institute - which works on the issue - in Chicago, IL

Fighting Slavery in Mauritania

A Chicago, Illinois resident, Sean Tenner graduated from Georgetown University and holds a bachelor of arts in American government. Sean Tenner is the president of KNI Communications, where he assists non-profit organizations in advocacy campaigns. He is also passionate about fighting and ending slavery in Mauritania.

Slavery still exists in communities and countries throughout the world, and it persists as a giant issue in Mauritania. The Abolition Institute, alongside the U.S. State Department, funded a trip to Mauritania to further its goals of eradicating slavery from the country. The Abolition Institute and its partners have generated over $5 million for programs that aim to erase slavery from existence once and for all. The mayor of Forest Park, Rory Hoskins was a part of the 15-person group that went to Mauritania in West Africa.

Although Mauritania abolished slavery back in 1981, slavery became a crime only in 2007, and to this day, experts believe there are over 90,000 human beings still enslaved. The Americans who went on the trip followed also health, safety and COVID protocols.

The Obama Legacy Initiatives Raised

A graduate of Georgetown University, Sean Tenner is the president of KNI Communications in Chicago. He is also a co-founder at the Abolition Institute, which aims to end slavery in Mauritania. Sean Tenner supports and participates in events facilitated by the Obama Legacy Initiative (OLI), which supports urban gardens and farms.

OLI is helping people grow their own plants and vegetables. To do that, OLI provides people with raised garden beds that can facilitate growth. In this way, people who do not have the means to access healthy food can grow it themselves. Either amateur or professional gardeners can have an easier time gardening and growing food using garden beds as they have good drainage and warm soil. People can choose from a wide range of beds depending on their needs and goals and the specific plant they want to garden and grow.

The distribution and provision of garden beds by OLI were achieved mainly through fundraisers and sales. OLI made an auction at the Victory over Hunger event, where it sold raised beds and donated the money to disadvantaged communities. With the money made from the auction and fundraisers, OLI also offered plenty of garden beds to people to defeat food insecurity.

The Obama Legacy Initiative - Fighting

Communications executive Sean Tenner serves as president of KNI Communications in Chicago, Illinois. Sean Tenner also has chaired the board of directors for the Obama Legacy Initiative (OLI) since co-founding the nonprofit organization in 2017.

In addition to honoring United States military heroes through its Gold Star Memorial program, OLI fights food insecurity throughout the Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage Kendall, Kane, and Will. It strives to eliminate regional food deserts, geographically devoid of accessible and affordable nutritious food.

OLI supports food pantries by donating produce for community distribution. OLI has given more than 900 pounds of fresh vegetables to people in need in the past two years alone.

OLI also impacts the community directly by planting raised garden beds and hosting public educational initiatives on gardening. In addition to helping members of the general public grow their own food, the organization stresses the importance of healthy eating.

Will Human Rights Improve in Mauritania?

Sean Tenner heads the campaign management organization KNI Communications in Chicago and serves leadership roles in several nonprofit organizations. As a co-founder of the Abolition Institute, Sean Tenner contributes to the fight against human slavery in Mauritania, West Africa.

Not officially criminalized in Mauritania until 2007, the practice of human slavery remains alive in that country. Although global news outlets have reported widely on this issue, the Mauritania government has long denied that slavery exists within the country’s borders.

However, Mauritania has shown glimmers of promise in human rights since its first peaceful transfer of executive power in 2019. At the end of the 2019 presidential election, minister of defense Mohamed Ould Ghazouani replaced his close colleague Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and then surprised the world by allowing the parliament to investigate corruption under the former administration. Since taking charge, Ghazouani has broached race relations and other areas that impact slavery in Mauritania. He also has met with anti-slavery leaders, and perhaps most significantly, admitted that slavery still exists in the country.

Despite these improvements, Ghazouani continues to downplay the prevalence of slavery in Mauritania, and his administration has done little to stop the practice. In the words of local anti-slavery advocate Salimata Lam, “nothing has changed fundamentally.”