The winner of this year’s Wimbledon tennis championship will bag a cheque for over £3.6 million - up from ‘only’ £3 million last year - it’s no wonder that tennis players are amongst the wealthiest sportspeople on the planet.
Add in money-spinning advertising and sponsorship deals, personal appearances and shrewd investments, and these athletes can become seriously loaded.
The hikes in prize money means that relative youngsters like Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are seeing their bank balances challenge and even exceed those of the all-time greats like Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg - with plenty of years to play.
And with equal prize money in majors, female tennis players are just as rich as their male counterparts - Serena Williams is the second richest player in history.
Here are the 15 wealthiest men’s tennis stars in the world in 2026, according to CelebrityNetWorth.
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13. Alexander Zverev - $40 million
German world number three Alexander Zverev is also worth an estimated $40 million having won 25 ATP Tour titles, including the recent 2026 French Open, a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and the 2018 and 2021 ATP Finals. He's also pretty good at doubles - with three titles in the bag to date. | Getty Images
14. Jimmy Connors - $30 million
It shows how much prize money has ballooned in recent year that Jimmy Connors is only 14th on this list, with a fortune estimated at $30 million. He was world number one for 268 weeks the fifth longest tenure at the top) winning a record 109 titles and 1,274 match wins. Along the way he won eight major singles titles. | Getty Images
15. Milos Raonic - $30 million
Milos Raonic is the only player on this list to have never won a Grand Slam title - his best performance was losing the final of Wimbledon in 2016. But his long career has helped his bank balance to soar to around $30 million, with eight ATP titles in his trophy cabinet. | AFP via Getty Images