Top 100 WTA Women's Tennis Career Prize Money Leaders - Nov 2010

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Despite playing in just six tournaments, American tennis superstar Serena Williams ended the 2010 season at the top of the women's tennis career prize money leader list. She has now earned more than $32.7 million. Her earnings for the year top $4.2 million dollars - majority of which came after winning her 12th and 13th Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships respectively. Serena's sister, Venus Williams remains at #2 in the women's tennis career prize money leader list. She currently has earned almost $27.7 million , $2.6 million of which was earned this year. The rest of the top 5 career prize money leaders are all retired players - Lindsay Davenport at #3 with $22.2 million, Steffi Graf at #4 with $21.9 million, and Martina Navratilova at #5 with $21.6 million.

Kim Clijsters, the US Open champion is the third active player in the list at #6. Clijsters was the top earner this year with more than $5 million, after successfully defending her US Open title and winning the year-end WTA Tour Championships. She surpasses Justine Henin as the top Belgian earner, and is set to enter the top five list next year. Other active players in the top 20 include Justine Henin - #7 with $20.9 million, Svetlana Kuznetsova - #10 with $15.1 million, Maria Sharapova - #14 with $13.7 million, Jelena Jankovic - #15 with $11.6 million, Dinara Safina - #18 with $10.5 million, and Vera Zvonareva - #20 with $10.1 million. Current world #1, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark is at #30, with $7.7 million.


TOP Women's Tennis CAREER PRIZE MONEY LEADERS
As of: Nov 08, 2010

STANDING NAME NAT CAREER TOTAL
1 WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 32,773,004
2 WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 27,681,772
3 DAVENPORT, LINDSAY USA 22,166,338
4 GRAF, STEFFI GER 21,895,277
5 NAVRATILOVA, MARTINA USA 21,626,089
6 CLIJSTERS, KIM BEL 21,431,916
7 HENIN, JUSTINE BEL 20,863,335
8 HINGIS, MARTINA SUI 20,130,657
9 SANCHEZ-VICARIO, ARANTXA ESP 16,942,640
10 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RUS 15,143,223
11 MAURESMO, AMELIE FRA 15,022,476
12 SELES, MONICA USA 14,891,762
13 DEMENTIEVA, ELENA RUS 14,867,437
14 SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS 13,744,179
15 JANKOVIC, JELENA SRB 11,569,440
16 MARTINEZ, CONCHITA ESP 11,527,977
17 NOVOTNA, JANA CZE 11,249,284
18 SAFINA, DINARA RUS 10,465,419
19 CAPRIATI, JENNIFER USA 10,206,639
20 ZVONAREVA, VERA RUS 10,093,530
21 PIERCE, MARY FRA 9,793,119
22 PETROVA, NADIA RUS 8,996,412
23 EVERT, CHRIS USA 8,896,195
24 SABATINI, GABRIELA ARG 8,785,850
25 RAYMOND, LISA USA 8,321,701
26 SCHNYDER, PATTY SUI 8,318,383
27 SUGIYAMA, AI JPN 8,128,126
28 IVANOVIC, ANA SRB 7,973,547
29 ZVEREVA, NATASHA BLR 7,792,503
30 WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 7,696,846
31 HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA SVK 7,217,292
32 SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA ITA 7,045,259
33 TAUZIAT, NATHALIE FRA 6,650,093
34 BLACK, CARA ZIM 6,457,520
35 STOSUR, SAMANTHA AUS 6,405,650
36 SUKOVA, HELENA CZE 6,391,245
37 LIKHOVTSEVA, ELENA RUS 6,237,556
38 RUANO PASCUAL, VIRGINIA ESP 6,076,081
39 MYSKINA, ANASTASIA RUS 5,606,725
40 COETZER, AMANDA RSA 5,594,821
41 SHRIVER, PAM USA 5,460,566
42 FERNANDEZ, MARY JOE USA 5,258,471
43 AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 5,162,325
44 SUAREZ, PAOLA ARG 5,134,870
45 STUBBS, RENNAE AUS 5,119,818
46 SREBOTNIK, KATARINA SLO 4,881,125
47 BARTOLI, MARION FRA 4,855,934
48 HUBER, ANKE GER 4,768,292
49 FERNANDEZ, GIGI USA 4,681,906
50 PENNETTA, FLAVIA ITA 4,659,735
51 HUBER, LIEZEL USA 4,605,912
52 GARRISON, ZINA USA 4,590,816
53 RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA POL 4,493,567
54 RUBIN, CHANDA USA 4,470,180
55 MAJOLI, IVA CRO 4,405,867
56 MALEEVA, MAGDALENA BUL 4,398,582
57 DECHY, NATHALIE FRA 4,281,064
58 DOKIC, JELENA AUS 4,163,499
59 NEILAND, LARISA LAT 4,083,936
60 SHAUGHNESSY, MEGHANN USA 3,799,154
61 TESTUD, SANDRINE FRA 3,782,307
62 MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL ESP 3,778,620
63 CHAKVETADZE, ANNA RUS 3,753,704
64 ZHENG, JIE CHN 3,714,755
65 FARINA ELIA, SILVIA ITA 3,688,252
66 PEER, SHAHAR ISR 3,668,705
67 KOURNIKOVA, ANNA RUS 3,584,662
68 FRAZIER, AMY USA 3,460,799
69 MCNEIL, LORI USA 3,441,604
70 MANDLIKOVA, HANA AUS 3,340,959
71 LI, NA CHN 3,326,919
72 DULKO, GISELA ARG 3,313,116
73 KIRILENKO, MARIA RUS 3,255,989
74 MALEEVA-FRAGNIERE, MANUELA SUI 3,244,811
75 MOLIK, ALICIA AUS 3,139,811
76 SCHETT, BARBARA AUT 3,109,510
77 HALARD-DECUGIS, JULIE FRA 3,096,734
78 TANASUGARN, TAMARINE THA 3,027,958
79 PESCHKE, KVETA CZE 3,022,693
80 TURNBULL, WENDY AUS 2,769,024
81 VAIDISOVA, NICOLE CZE 2,740,268
82 GARBIN, TATHIANA ITA 2,661,973
83 BONDARENKO, ALONA UKR 2,652,435
84 SPIRLEA, IRINA ROM 2,652,068
85 SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY, BRENDA NED 2,632,395
86 DATE KRUMM, KIMIKO JPN 2,487,243
87 REZAI, ARAVANE FRA 2,463,634
88 GROENEFELD, ANNA-LENA GER 2,419,165
89 PRATT, NICOLE AUS 2,404,547
90 RAZZANO, VIRGINIE FRA 2,364,485
91 MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, MARIA JOSE ESP 2,362,084
92 BENESOVA, IVETA CZE 2,305,828
93 DANIILIDOU, ELENI GRE 2,275,986
94 SMASHNOVA, ANNA ISR 2,274,431
95 KOHDE-KILSCH, CLAUDIA GER 2,227,116
96 MALEEVA, KATERINA BUL 2,220,371
97 CRAYBAS, JILL USA 2,191,321
98 PENG, SHUAI CHN 2,131,383
99 VESNINA, ELENA RUS 2,130,662
100 LOIT, EMILIE FRA 2,121,660

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