Djokovic passes Federer's record prize-money haul

When Novak Djokovic won the US Open for a third time on Sunday, he regained his place as his sport's biggest ever on-court earner, reports BBC Sport.

That is despite winning fewer Grand Slams - the most lucrative tournaments in tennis - and fewer ATP Tour titles than Swiss great Roger Federer.

And by beating Argentine third seed Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in the final, the 31-year-old Serb overtook Federer in terms of career prize money - although as we will see, he still has a long way to go to catch the Swiss when it comes to off-court earnings.

Federer's haul of 20 Grand Slam titles is more than any other man in history - six more than Djokovic, who only also trails Rafael Nadal and Pete Sampras in terms of major wins.

In total Federer has won 98 career titles, dwarfing Djokovic's tally of 71.

However, there is not as much disparity between them when it comes to career prize money.

In terms of money earned solely from ATP singles and doubles matches, Federer had won £90.1m ($117,507,812) going into the US Open - slightly ahead of Djokovic's total of £89.2m ($115,310,890).