Davis Cup 2024 Prize Money Breakdown: How much did champions Italy and runner-up the Netherlands earn?

A closer look at Italy and Netherlands’ earnings from the Davis Cup 2024.

After a week of unceasing week-long action in the Davis Cup 2024 Final 8 stage, Italy and Netherlands have emerged as the champions and the runner-up, respectively. Italy were the favourites going into the title round against the Netherlands, and they delivered with a resounding 2-0 win over the Dutch. The Dutch were deserving of a final spot but failed to finish with their hands on the trophy.

By emerging victorious, Italy became only the sixth country in Davis Cup history to defend their title. The Italians joined a select group consisting of six countries to have retained their Davis Cup crown. Only the USA, Sweden, Germany, Spain and Czechia have achieved the milestone, with the Italians joining them in 2024.

The Dutch made history, too, making the finals of the Davis Cup for the first time. They powered into the finals after playing 185 ties at the team event. Their previous best was reaching the semi-final round in 2001, which they repeated at this edition.   

Here’s how much Italy and the Netherlands took home after a week in Malaga.

Italy – $2.67 million

The Italian squad picked the winner’s paycheck of $2.67 million as a reward for retaining their Davis Cup title. Italy, led by Jannik Sinner, eased past 2016 champions Argentina and made short work of 28-time champions Australia to reach their second final in a row. 

A clinical display by Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner ensured Italy faced no hiccups while retaining the Davis Cup. Berrettini was firing on all cylinders and picked up where he left off against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in the semi-finals.

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Berrettini had staged a comeback against the Australian after losing a close first-set tiebreak to seal the win in three sets. Against Botic Van De Zandschulp, Matteo Berrettini completed the formalities, 6-4, 6-2 in a mere 76 minutes. 

Jannik Sinner, whose presence has galvanised the Italian side, continued to dominate his opponents at the Davis Cup. He saved Italy from a precarious position in the quarter-finals against Argentina when Lorenzo Musetti lost the first match to Francisco Cerundolo when he dispatched Sebastian Baez 6-2, 6-1.  

In the finals against Tallon Griekspoor, Sinner maintained his composure in the opening set tiebreak to win the first set 7-6(2) and took the second set 6-2 in 40 minutes to ensure Italy’s visit to Malaga was not in vain. Jannik Sinner finished the week improving 12-1 in Davis Cup in his career.

Netherlands – $1.6 million

While the Netherlands may have missed getting hold of the trophy in their title round debut, the team went home richer by $1.6 million for finishing as runners-up.

The Netherlands were in their first-ever Davis Cup final, having accounted for former Davis Cup champions and the tournament front-runners Spain and Germany in the lead-up to the title round. Put together, Spain and Germany have nine Davis Cup titles between them. 

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Zandschulp opened with a win for the Netherlands against Rafael Nadal with a 6-4, 6-4, only to have Carlos Alcaraz equalise by winning the second match 7-6(0), 6-2 against Griekspoor. It came down to the doubles, where Zandschulp and Wesley Koolhof teamed up to defeat Alcaraz and Marcel Granollers, handing Spain a loss in front of their home crowd. 

The Dutch equalled their best result from 2001 when they reached the semi-finals when captain Paul Haarhuis was a player after the quarter-final victory over Spain.

They defeated three-time champion Germany in the last four stage to level up and reach the finals, where they were joined by Italy. Zandschulp and Griekspoor dug deep to quell the challenge posed by the Germans. 

First, Botic Van De Zandschulp faced Daniel Altmaier, taking two hours and 42 minutes for his 6-4, 6-7(14), 6-3 win over the 26-year-old Altmaier. Tallon Griekspoor had to fight past an equally determined Jan-Lennard Struff and having to climb back from a set down to finish with a 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-4 scoreline and the clock stopped two hours into the match. Their reward for the hard work was their first-ever final at the Davis Cup.

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