Andrey Rublev gave Novak Djokovic all he could handle in the semifinals of the Rolex Paris Masters on the weekend, forcing him to serve to stay in the match twice at 4-5 and 5-6 in the second set before eventually losing a 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5 heartbreaker.

There’s a silver lining, though—or maybe even a golden one.

By reaching the seventh Masters 1000 semifinal of his career in the French capital, Rublev surpassed $20 million in career prize money.

He went into Paris within striking distance of that milestone at $19,851,936, and with his singles semifinal prize money cheque—plus his doubles prize money—he’s now at $20,146,588.

The 26-year-old is the 30th player in ATP history to surpass $20 million in career prize money, and just the fourth born in 1997 or later to do it after Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz.

ATP CAREER PRIZE MONEY LEADERS ($20M or more):
1. Novak Djokovic ($176,231,562)
2. Rafael Nadal ($134,640,719)
3. Roger Federer ($130,594,339)
4. Andy Murray ($64,246,026)
5. Pete Sampras ($43,280,489)
6. Alexander Zverev ($36,724,367)
7. Stan Wawrinka ($36,547,956)
8. Daniil Medvedev ($34,734,561)
9. David Ferrer ($31,483,911)
10. Marin Cilic ($31,207,381)

11. Andre Agassi ($31,152,975)
12. Dominic Thiem ($30,047,264)
13. Tomas Berdych ($29,491,328)
14. Stefanos Tsitsipas ($27,743,896)
15. Juan Martin del Potro ($25,896,046)
16. Kei Nishikori ($25,102,112)
17. Boris Becker ($25,080,956)
18. Grigor Dimitrov ($24,700,429)
19. Yevgeny Kafelnikov ($23,883,797)
20. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ($22,458,018)

21. John Isner ($22,430,808)
22. Gael Monfils ($21,725,723)
23. Carlos Alcaraz ($21,477,574)
24. Ivan Lendl ($21,262,417)
25. Lleyton Hewitt ($20,889,965)
26. Richard Gasquet ($20,681,020)
27. Andy Roddick ($20,640,030)
28. Stefan Edberg ($20,613,441)
29. Milos Raonic ($20,509,904)
30. Andrey Rublev ($20,146,588)

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Rublev reached his third Masters 1000 semifinal of the year in Paris, and the seventh of his career.

Rublev reached his third Masters 1000 semifinal of the year in Paris, and the seventh of his career.