Following his defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final, Novak Djokovic’s prize money pot has swelled to over £140million in total. The Serbian tennis player was beaten 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 by Carlos Alcaraz in the final match on Sunday after putting up a great effort to bring the third set level.

Alcaraz has retained the Wimbledon title after winning for the second year in a row, claiming his fourth Grand Slam title at just 21 years old – but it may take him a while to reach Djokovic’s heights in terms of prize money. According to ATP, Djokovic has amassed £142,023,323 in total prize money across over 1,000 games of tennis played, with over £2.7m won in the last year alone.

In comparison, Alcaraz has won over £27m in prize money across 237 tennis matches, winning £2.7m for his second consecutive Wimbledon title alone – and four Grand Slams in total.

Djokovic’s closest rival during his prime, Rafael Nadal, has amassed £103.9m in total prize money over 22 Grand Slam title wins, in comparison to Djokovic’s 24. With Alcaraz and Nadal’s prize money combined into £130.9m, the pair are still over £10m off of Djokovic’s grand total of £142m – with the Serbian showing no signs of slowing down soon.

When asked after the defeat to Alcaraz if this would be his final Wimbledon showdown, Djokovic said: “As far as coming back here, I mean, I would love to. I don’t have anything else in my thoughts right now that this is my last Wimbledon. I really want to play at least whatever. I don’t have any limitations in my mind. I still want to keep going and play as long as I feel like I can play on this high level.”

Djokovic has also noted that he has “intentions” to show for the Olympic Games in Paris in just a few weeks’ time, as he has a chance to “fight for a medal for my country”.

The 37 year old said: “Yeah, let’s keep it going because I still keep going. I still have intentions to play Olympic Games, hopefully have a chance to fight for a medal for my country. On a completely different surface obviously, going back to the place where I got injured some weeks ago. Let’s see.

“Let’s see how physically and mentally I’m going to feel. Hopefully I can find the right tennis ’cause I’m going to need all I have and more to go to the final of the Olympic Games.”

Meanwhile, Alcaraz is still adamant that his Serbian opponent is one of the best players to beat, as he said after the final: “I’m still believing that Novak is Superman because what he has done this tournament with a surgery just a few weeks before the tournament begun. It is amazing. It is unbelievable.

“Honestly, as I said on court, I was talking to my team that the work that Novak has done has been unbelievable. Put himself the chance to be able to play the tournament and making the final, it’s something out of this world for me.

“I beat him today, but for me Novak is still being like a Superman.”

Djokovic and Alcaraz may meet again in another final but the facts are there – the Spaniard will have to work hard over the next few years to even match the Serbian’s prize money pot and Grand Slam title record.