As is known to all, tennis, as one of the sports with the highest degree of professionalism in the world, has always received very high prize money in various events, among which the four Grand Slams are the most representative.
So who are the top five WTA money winners so far this 2022 season? How much did China's golden flowers get in bonuses? Below we go together to understand next!
No. 5 page
$2,265,941
American Pegula, who was born in 1994, only won her first WTA singles title in 2019.
Pegula also had a good year on the Grand Slam stage, reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and the French Open, where she was runner-up to Elena Garcia and Elena Meladenovic.
No. 4, buddy
$2,289,320
Despite officially announcing her retirement in March, Australia's Barty remains fourth on the list thanks to her Australian Open women's singles title.
She also reached the final of the WTA500 Adelaide open earlier this year, beating kazakhstan's lyba kina to win her first title of the season. She is now playing golf.
No.3 Lebagina
$3,365,993
Lebakina, who only turned professional in 2016, had an amazing year at Wimbledon, beating Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to win her first Grand Slam title.
She not only created the history of Kazakhstan, but also wrote a new chapter in the Asian tennis world. As the first Asian player to win the Wimbledon singles champion, Laibakina's breakthrough is of great significance.
No. 2 kareem abdul-jabbar
$3,411,884
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of Tunisia finished second on the list with a higher prize money, despite losing to Elena Lebhkina in the Wimbledon women's singles final.
Kareem abdul-Jabbar has had a great season this year. So far, she has reached five WTA women's singles finals and won two titles and three Asian championships.
No.1 Swartek
$6,551,635
Svartak, now the world no. 1 in women's singles, leads the money list. She won her second Career Grand Slam title at the French Open this year, and has won many tournaments including Qatar, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart and Rome.
China's Golden Flower, the world's highest ranked Zhang Shuai with $972,565 ranked the first golden Flower players (equivalent to about 6,570,649 yuan), ranked 23rd in the overall list, the following is the specific rankings of the Golden Flowers:
No.23 Shuai Zhang, $972,565
No.44 Zheng Qinwen $644,318
No.75 Wang Qiang, $414,601
No.78 Joseph Yang $410,619
No.93 Xu Yi Fan $334,792
No.123 Wang Xiyu, $263,291
No.125 Wang Xinyu $259,050
No.137 Zhu Lin $219,266
No.169 Yuan Yue $166,576
No.194 Han Xinyun $125,130