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WTA money list: Serena Williams by far ahead

While Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have exceeded the US $ 100 million earnings limit for men, Serena Williams has this sound barrier at least within reach.

by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Nov 29, 2020, 08:59 am

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Serena Williams

And Serena is currently the only one: The American has earned 93,634,967 US dollars in the course of her career - on the pitch, mind you. Outside of this, the income should be many times higher. /

In terms of prize money, however, Williams leads by a long way, with sister Venus Williams following in second place with almost half, the now 40-year-old has earned 41,958,284 US dollars in almost 25 years of professional tennis.

And Maria Sharapova in third place? Earned 38,777,962 US dollars on the court - but it is quite possible that "Masha" is the leader in the overall picture: According to the annual Forbes lists, she has long been the best-earned tennis player, thanks to her advertising partners around Porsche, Nike and Co.

Oh yes, and Steffi Graf, after all, 22 Grand Slam titles difficult? Is listed in 14th place at $ 21,895,277, ahead of Martina Navratilova. Here, too, it becomes clear how much the prize money has developed in recent years.

Here is a selection of the best-deserved women

positionPlayerTotal revenue
1 Serena Williams $ 93,634,967
2 Venus Williams $ 41,958,284
3 Maria Sharapova $ 38,777,962
4th Simona Halep $ 37,045,911
5 Caroline Wozniacki $ 35,233,415
6th Petra Kvitova $ 32,572,604
7th Victoria Azarenka $ 32,347,288
8th Angelique Kerber $ 29,853,978
9 Agnieszka Radwanska $ 27,683,807
10 Svetlana Kuznetsova $ 25,483,600
11 Martina Hingis $ 24,749,074
14th Steffi Graf $ 21,895,277
15th Martina Navratilova $ 21,626,089
55 Julia Goerges $ 9,913,954

Click here for the entire WTA prize money ranking

by Florian Goosmann

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Nov 29, 2020, 11:58 am
last edit: Nov 29, 2020, 08:59 am