Sharapova, Errani French Open 2012 Prize Money Earnings

Who will win the top prize of €1,250,000 for winning the French Open 2012 women's singles championship? Both titlists, Maria Sharapova and Sara Errani, are in the top five prize money earners this year. Sharapova is currently second behind world no. 1 Victoria Azarenka and even a win on Saturday will not be enough for her to overtake Azarenka in the prize money rankings. Errani is no. 5 on the list but can jump as high as no. 3 with a win. Errani already won the Roland-Garros 2012 doubles title and will split the €340,000 top prize with her partner. The losing finalist will take home a check of €625,000. The other semi-finalists, Petra Kvitova and Samantha Stosur earned €310,000 each.

WTA - 2012 Year to Date Prize Money Earners - Top 10
As of: May 28, 2012

1 Azarenka, Victoria BLR $4,525,146
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 $635,625
9 Vinci, Roberta ITA $631,070
10 Kerber, Angelique GER $612,443

In the career prize money earners list, Sharapova has a chance to overtake no. 8 Martina Hingis and no. 7 Justine Henin if she wins the title. She currently stands at no. 9 with $19 million. By reaching the final, she already reached the $20 million milestone. Errani, on the other hand, will certainly break into the top 100 career prize money earners list, even if she loses the final. She is currently in no. 105 position with $2.5 million prize money.

WTA - 2012 Career Prize Money Earners
As of: May 28, 2012

1 WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 36,019,574
2 WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 28,053,366
3 CLIJSTERS, KIM BEL 24,271,348
4 DAVENPORT, LINDSAY USA 22,166,338
5 GRAF, STEFFI GER 21,895,277
6 NAVRATILOVA, MARTINA USA 21,626,089
7 HENIN, JUSTINE BEL 20,863,335
8 HINGIS, MARTINA SUI 20,130,657
9 SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS 19,323,417
10 SANCHEZ-VICARIO, ARANTXA ESP 16,942,640
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101 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 2,545,570
102 MIRZA, SANIA IND 2,508,222
103 DUSHEVINA, VERA RUS 2,502,806
104 PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 2,496,528
105 ERRANI, SARA ITA 2,488,393
106 CRAYBAS, JILL USA 2,436,726
107 PRATT, NICOLE AUS 2,404,547
108 SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA KAZ 2,335,207
109 MATTEK-SANDS, BETHANIE USA 2,285,078
110 SMASHNOVA, ANNA ISR 2,274,431