Six Kings Slam

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Six Kings Slam
Tennisball current event.svg 2025 Six Kings Slam
Exhibition
Founded2024;1 year ago (2024)
Editions2 (2025)
Location Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Venueanb arena
Surface Hard (indoor)
Prize money US$13,500,000 [1]
Website Six Kings Slam
Current champions (2025)
Singles Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner

The Six Kings Slam is a tennis exhibition tournament held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during the Riyadh Season. The tournament is held over four days, with the third day being a rest day in order to follow an ATP rule that players cannot compete on three consecutive days in an exhibition.

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Since this is not an ATP-sanctioned event, players do not earn any ranking points and the match results do not count towards official head-to-head tallies. Each of the six participants is guaranteed a participation fee with the winner receiving a larger payout. [1]

The event is held in an 8,000 seat stadium purpose-built for the tournament originally named the Venue, later named anb arena [sic]. [2] [3]

Jannik Sinner won the inaugural tournament by defeating Carlos Alcaraz in the final [4] and claimed the biggest prize check in tennis history, surpassing Novak Djokovic's prize of $4,740,300 at the 2022 ATP Finals. Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal for the third-place trophy. [4] [5]

Results

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2024 Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
2025 Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 6–2, 6–4

Broadcasting

For its first year, DAZN acquired the global rights to broadcast 6 Kings Slam, with T2 airing the matches in the US. [6] For its second year, Netflix acquired the rights. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Six Kings Slam Prize Money 2024". Perfect Tennis.
  2. "Get Your Tickets for Riyadh 6 Kings Slam Tennis Tournament". Boulevard Riyadh. 30 September 2024.
  3. "anb arena". Riyadh Season .
  4. 1 2 "Djokovic tops Nadal before Sinner beats Alcaraz for the title at the Six Kings Slam exhibition". Associated Press. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  5. "Six Kings Slam: Rafael Nadal beaten by Novak Djokovic in final clash between two tennis greats". Sky Sports. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  6. "Exclusive: Dazn strengthens Saudi Arabia ties with 6 Kings Slam deal". City A.M. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024 via Yahoo Finance.
  7. Hudspeth, Christopher (4 September 2025). "Tennis Fans Tap in: Riyadh Season's Six Kings Slam Is Coming to Netflix". Tudum. Netflix .