Brussels Open 2012 Prize Money: Radwanska earns $107K for 10th Title

World no. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska won her 10th WTA title on Saturday at the Brussels Open 2012 in Bruxelles, Belgium. Radwanska edged unseeded Simona Halep in a closely contested first set before pulling away to register a 75 60 victory to add to her Dubai and Miami titles won earlier in the year. With the win, Radwanska earned the top $107,000 prize money and 470 ranking points. As runner-up, Halep won $57,000 in prize money and 320 ranking points. The losing semi-finalists - no. 8-seed Kaia Kanepi and unseeded Sofia Arvidsson both earned $30,500 in prize money and 200 ranking points. This is the second year that the WTA premier-level Brussels Open is being held and because of its proximity to the French Open, a lot of top players skipped this tune-up tournament.

It was a very good week for the top-seeded Radwanska who didn't lose a set en route to the final. Halep actually served for the first set at 5-4 - but Radwanska rolled from there, winning nine games in a row, and the last 10 points. With the win, Radwanska now has 36 match wins for the year, the most for any WTA player. World no. 1 Victoria Azarenka is second with 35 wins. "On clay I think I need longer to warm up, not just the five minutes before the match," Radwanska said afterwards. "At the end I won nine games in a row - it was a good comeback, I think. And it's always great to win a tournament. I'm happy to get some good preparation in ahead of the French Open."

The victory moved Radwanska past the $2 million mark in terms of year-to-date prize money won. She is no. 3 in the list behind Azarenka who has $4.5 million and no. 2 Maria Sharapova who has won $2.7 million. Halep's earnings moved her to no. 40 in the prize money rankings this year with a total of $218,132.

WTA 2012 Year-to-Date Prize Money Earnings

1 Azarenka, Victoria BLR $4,518,016
2 Sharapova, Maria RUS $2,680,090
3 Radwanska, Agnieszka POL $2,012,323
4 Williams, Serena USA $1,267,640
5 Errani, Sara ITA $819,759
6 Wozniacki, Caroline DEN $682,324
7 Li, Na CHN $662,763
8 Kvitova, Petra CZE $630,152
9 Vinci, Roberta ITA $631,070
10 Kerber, Angelique GER $612,443
11 Goerges, Julia GER $553,718
12 Bartoli, Marion FRA $551,319
13 Stosur, Samantha AUS $519,449
14 Clijsters, Kim BEL $513,691
15 Makarova, Ekaterina RUS $491,432
... ...
36 Pennetta, Flavia ITA $230,486
37 McHale, Christina USA $223,653
38 Schiavone, Francesca ITA $220,387
39 Barthel, Mona GER $219,324
40 Halep, Simona ROU $218,132