Jarry’s dream year puts him in the top 3 earners on the continent

The success of the Chilean tennis player Nicolas Jarry in this 2023 it is indisputable. Not only in terms of his sporting exploits, with two titles to his credit. Otherwise also concerning his evolution in the ATP world ranking, where he appears in his best position for ten years as a professional and imposes himself as one of the players who has climbed the most during the season. A situation that not only represented a huge jump in the ATP rankings. A sporting event which also affected its economic income. So much so that the national athlete emerges as the third South American to earn the most money on the circuit this year, who hasn’t even reached halfway through his schedule, a short list in which only two Argentine athletes surpass him.

After reaching the round of 16 at Roland Garros, the best performance in its history in a Grand Slam tournament. Moreover, he scored in the second round of the Australian Open, an unprecedented event in his personal best. He also had the most outstanding performance in a Masters 1000 tournament, after being eliminated in the third round of Monte Carlo.

Milestones that reaffirm the great sporting moment of the Chilean athlete, who today is in 30th place in the world ranking. that, precisely, This is the best position the Santiago has reached since making his professional debut on the circuit in 2014. In his tenth season and aged 27, Jarry has risen to the top of the list, having won two of the three professional titles he has held in his career in this 2023 alone.

Moreover, the Chilean athlete has the great merit of being the second player in the top 50 who has moved up the most places in the ATP rankings since the start of this year. In the list of January 2, Jarry appeared in the 152nd position, while last Monday he reached the thirtieth place, an unprecedented event in his career. That is to say, it improved by 122 positions in less than six months. In this section of the 50 best tennis players on the planet, he is second only to the German Jan-Lennard Struff, who today is the twenty-fourth on the planet, having started the season at 150, c i.e. he jumped 126 positions. .

As for the 100 best tennis players in the world, the first Chilean racket is the fourth athlete who has evolved the most this year. In this scenario, the one who has improved the most is the French tennis player Artur Fils (66th), a place to which he rose from 251st position, on January 2. He is followed by Australian Max Purcell, who rose from 220th to 63rd.

An important feat, especially after the man from Santiago was sanctioned with an 11-month suspension for doping. A sanction that began on December 16, 2019 and ended on November 16, 2020, which led him to be ranked 1,165th in the ATP rankings, in February 2021.

Sporting successes also brought income for Jarry. In sports such as tennis or golf, the prices of goals achieved are published continuously, based on information collected week after week.

In this summary, the first Chilean racket has already added in 2023 more than 800 thousand dollars in price, solely for their sports performances, titles and rounds achieved in the various tournaments. A figure which, put in context, sums up the great moment of the Chilean. Because the profits you have made so far this year represent the 25.1% of the income that the national athlete has obtained since his professional debut on the circuit, which reaches 3.25 million dollars. All according to the figures provided by the ATP itself on its official channels. That is to say, in less than six months, he earned a third of the money in his career compared to what he earned in nine years as a professional.

Likewise, the awards obtained during this first semester -which is not even over yet- place Jarry as the third South American who has received the most money in 2023 in singles alone. A figure exceeded by two Argentine tennis players, according to data collected by Bonus Finder.

The first of this select group is the Argentinian Francisco Cerúndolo, twentieth in the ATP ranking, his best position since his professional debut, in 2018. Like the Chilean, the trans-Andean also reached the round of 16 at Roland-Garros, an instance that brought in just over 260 thousand dollars in profit. Additionally, he reached the quarter-finals of the Masters 1000 tournaments in Rome and Miami, as well as the Barcelona tournament. Performances that earned him a profit of nearly $ 1.2 million in 2023.

Second among the South Americans is another Argentinian, Tomás Etcheverry, thirty-second in the standings. Almost half of the money he has raised this year is also thanks to Roland Garros. His quarter-final earned him almost $438,000, more than 50% of the $855,000 and a fraction he won this year. Additionally, he reached the finals in Houston, Bordeaux and Santiago; all with losses. In fact, in Chile, he lost the title to Jarry.

In the list of ten South Americans is another Chilean, Christian Garin. Unlike his compatriot, Gago has not been able to forge a good season. Despite this, he was able to register more than $400,000 in prize money, a figure that places him in eighth place among the athletes in the region who have won the most money. His best performance in major tournaments was the round of 16 at the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, California, which allowed him to add almost 97 thousand dollars. In this way, he was also able to qualify for the quarter-finals in Houston.

The tireless Novak Djokovic, world number one and last Roland Garros champion, is the tennis player who has earned the most money in 2023. The Serb was able to add more than five million dollars. He took half that amount after winning the Paris Open.

Second in terms of earnings appears Daniil Medvedev, third in the ATP rankings, who accumulates 4.8 million US dollars and a fraction. The third is Carlos Alcaraz, who already has over $4.3 million.

In this general list, Cerúndolo is sixteenth and his compatriot Etcheverry is twenty-fourth. Jarry is twenty-sixth thanks to his winnings, not counting the nearly 17 thousand he made in doubles in doubles. Gago appears in 88th position, despite the fact that he is only 124th at ATP.