Iga Świątek, who was eliminated in the 1/8 finals of the US Open, earned over PLN 280,000. dollars. The amount was enough for the Pole – as the 23rd tennis player in history – to exceed the USD 20 million mark.
The player’s current earnings amount to USD 20,190,763 earned on the court since the beginning of her career, thanks to which she advanced to 22nd place in the all-time WTA rankings.
The Pole narrowly overtook Australian Samantha Stosur, who in turn was very close to Aryna Sabalenka, the finalist from Flushing Meadows. So far, $19,544,545 has been transferred to her account. This year, the Belarusian may become the next player to reach the 20 million mark.
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The winner of 23 individual Grand Slam titles, Serena Williams, tops the earnings ranking. The American received $94,816,730 in prizes. The second is her sister Venus, whose total bonus amounted to PLN 42,595,397. The third is recently disqualified for four years for doping by Romanian Simona Halep – PLN 40,203,437.
Świątek is still a little behind Agnieszka Radwańska, the highest-earning Polish tennis player in history. The athlete, who ended her career at the end of 2018, is in ninth place in the ranking with an amount of $27,683,807.
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Agnieszka Radwańska earned $27,683,807 on the court.
Magda Linette has so far “raised” $5,756,000 in WTA bonuses, which gives her 124th place in the ranking.
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Świątek, with $5.45 million, is third in this year’s earnings ranking. Sabalenka, who won the Grand Slam Australian Open, the French Open, which Świątek won, and was eliminated in the semi-finals at Wimbledon, reached the decisive match again in the US Open. Thanks to her triumph in New York, American Cori Gauff advanced to second place – 5.56 million.
Linette, a semi-finalist from Melbourne, with USD 1.6 million, is in 16th place.
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(Fact, PAP)
