The case of Novak Djokovic (34). Not only has the image of the tennis star suffered, but also his account.
BILD makes the approximate calculation of what Djokovic (so far alone has brought in 135 million euros in prize money, plus many more millions in advertising revenue) loses money as a result of his chaos trip Down Under. In the end around 3.1 million euros!
Photo: Darko Bandic / dpa
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prize money
Assuming that Djokovic would have won the Australian Open as the top favorite, he would lose a good 2.5 million euros in prize money as the winner. Getting into the final would have brought him almost 1.5 million.
punishment
A fine of 315,000 euros is said to be associated with his expulsion.
litigation costs
Djokovic was sentenced to accept all funds, including those from the state of Australia. Makes around 200,000 euros. His lawyer Nicholas Wood is said to have cost half that alone. He also has to pay the generic lawyer Stephen Lloyd as well as the expenses and costs for four court days.
flight
The flights cost him and his team of three 40,000 euros. First class was still flown from Malaga via Dubai to Melbourne, from Melbourne via Dubai to Belgrade there was nothing left and the quartet with physio, supervisor and trainer Goran Ivanisevic flew in business class.
Haus
A hotel is free for the players at a Grand Slam, the organizer takes care of that. But Djokovic rented a house. That can eat up 8,000 euros for three weeks. It cannot be assumed that he will get this money back.
meals
Here, too, the active people have a big plus, they can eat for free on the site. Nevertheless, he will have had one or the other delivered to the deportation hotel. And his team also wants to be taken care of. Another 4,000 euros over the thumb.
world ranking
Maybe it hurts him the most: Because he can’t defend his title, he lost 2,000 world ranking points compared to last year with the first Grand Slam. Even worse: If Sascha Zverev or Daniil Medvedev win the tournament, they would replace Djokovic on February 7th on the square in the sun.
Promotional Contracts
It is currently not to be assumed that sponsors will jump out and the minus will get even bigger. That would probably only happen if Djokovic is no longer allowed to play a tournament because only vaccinated people are allowed on the tour.
Djokovic has already had to pay dearly (at least financially) for his status as an unvaccinated person…
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