2012 Stuttgart Prize Money: Sharapova beats Azarenka, Earns $115K

World # 2 Maria Sharapova defeated world 1 Victoria Azarenka in straight sets 61 64, to win the 2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany and earned for herself a Porsche car, the top singles prize money of $115,000, and 470 ranking points. Sharapova won her first title of the year after losing in her first three trips to tournament finals this season, with two of those those losses coming to Azarenka in the finals of the Australian Open and in Indian Wells. As runner-up, Azarenka earns $62,500 and 320 ranking points. The losing semifinalists, world #3 Petra Kvitova and world #4 Agnieszka Radwanska both earned $33,500 and 200 ranking points each.

Before the tournament, the two finalists were #1 and #2 in the year-to-date prize money leaders list. Azarenka has earned an impressive $4 million so far with Sharapova in second with $2.1 million, just over half of Azarenka's total earnings for the year. In the WTA career prize money leaders list, Sharapova is ranked ninth and with her earnings this week moves closer to the $20 million mark. Azarenka will move past former #1 Jelena Jankovic into 16th place with her Stuttgart 2012 earnings pushing her beyond the $13 million milestone.

Check below for the latest WTA 2012 Year-to-Date PRIZE MONEY LEADERS and the WTA CAREER PRIZE MONEY LEADERS lists.

WTA 2012 Year-to-Date PRIZE MONEY LEADERS
RANK PLAYER PRIZE MONEY
As of: Apr 23, 2012

1 Azarenka, Victoria $4,008,080
2 Sharapova, Maria $2,083,350
3 Radwanska, Agnieszka $1,650,459
4 Wozniacki, Caroline $615,618
5 Errani, Sara $554,765
6 Kvitova, Petra $533,690
7 Clijsters, Kim $513,691
8 Bartoli, Marion $509,326
9 Goerges, Julia $490,010
10 Kerber, Angelique $451,637

WTA CAREER PRIZE MONEY LEADERS
STANDING NAME NAT CAREER TOTAL
As of: Apr 23, 2012

1 WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 35,077,357
2 WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 27,984,931
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 18,726,677
10 SANCHEZ-VICARIO, ARANTXA ESP 16,942,640
11 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RUS 16,369,196
12 MAURESMO, AMELIE FRA 15,022,476
13 SELES, MONICA USA 14,891,762
14 DEMENTIEVA, ELENA RUS 14,867,437
15 ZVONAREVA, VERA RUS 13,151,531
16 JANKOVIC, JELENA SRB 12,991,766
17 AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 12,941,437
18 WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 12,378,045
19 MARTINEZ, CONCHITA ESP 11,527,977
20 NOVOTNA, JANA CZE 11,249,284