2024 WTA prize money leaders: Coco Gauff surges after WTA Finals win, Aryna Sabalenka No 1
Aryna Sabalenka tops the WTA Tour prize money list for 2024, while Coco Gauff surged to second position after winning the WTA Finals.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka collected $869,911 this season, making her the 63rd highest earner. 2021 US Open winner Emma Raducanu is 86th on the list, having collected $671,070 in prize money in 2024.
Here are the top 10 WTA prize money earners for 2024 following the WTA Finals.
WTA top 10 prize money earners in 2024
10) Emma Navarro – $2,751,968 ($77,302 in doubles)
Emma Navarro started the 2024 season by winning her maiden WTA title at the Hobart International.
The American was a semi-finalist at both the Canadian Open and the US Open, while she reached the quarter-finals at Indian Wells and Wimbledon.
9) Elise Mertens – $2,884,374 ($1,701,511 in doubles)
Elise Mertens has earned $1,491,511 for her significant success on the doubles court this year, while she has also picked up $1,182,863 in singles.
The Belgian has partnered Hsieh Su-Wei at the majority of tournaments, and the pair have claimed titles at the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Birmingham this year.
The duo also reached semi-finals at Wimbledon and the Madrid Open, while they picked up $210,000 for winning one match at the WTA Finals.
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8) Elena Rybakina – $3,876,915
Elena Rybakina has secured three WTA 500 titles in 2024: the Brisbane International; the Abu Dhabi Open; and the Stuttgart Grand Prix
The 25-year-old was a runner-up at WTA 1000 tournaments in Qatar and Miami, with these runs winning her $308,320 and $585,000 respectively.
The Kazakh also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon and the Madrid Open, and the last eight at Roland Garros, while she claimed $685,000 for her one round robin win at the WTA Finals.
7) Jessica Pegula – $4,186,622 ($165,396 in doubles)
Jessica Pegula has secured titles this year at the German Open in Berlin and the Canadian Open in Toronto — with the latter earning her $523,485.
The American was a finalist at the Cincinnati Open in August, while she was rewarded with $1,800,000 for her run to her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open.
6) Barbora Krejcikova – $4,741,175 ($243,575 in doubles)
Barbora Krejcikova reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January, before winning just three matches across her next seven events.
Following this difficult run, the Czech claimed $3,427,396, the biggest payout of the season, for her stunning title run at Wimbledon. Krejcikova earned $1,035,000 en route to the last four of the WTA Finals in Riyadh.
In doubles, Krejcikova was a runner-up at the Madrid Open with partner Laura Siegemund, while the duo were also quarter-finalists at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
5) Zheng Qinwen – $5,417,555
Zheng Qinwen collected a $1,166,963 payout for her run to the final of the Australian Open in January, while she was a runner-up at the Wuhan Open in October.
The Chinese star has also reached the semi-finals in Beijing, and the last eight at the Dubai Championships, the Italian Open and the US Open in 2024.
Zheng secured $2,305,000 for her runner-up result at the WTA Finals, where she earned two round robin victories and a semi-final win.
4) Jasmine Paolini – $5,715,798 ($691,593 in doubles)
Jasmine Paolini won the second and biggest title of her career at the Dubai Championships in February, claiming $454,500 for her triumph at the WTA 1000 tournament.
The 28-year-old Italian collected $1,777,168 for reaching the Wimbledon final and earned a $1,283,525 payday for her runner-up result at the French Open. She added $685,000 at the WTA Finals, where she won one of three round robin matches.
Paolini won the Italian Open and China Open doubles titles with Sara Errani, while the pair were finalists at Roland Garros.
3) Iga Swiatek – $8,550,693
Iga Swiatek has collected four titles WTA 1000 titles so far this season, while she also triumphed at the French Open.
After winning the Qatar Open in February, the Pole earned $1,100,000 for her Indian Wells victory in March. The 23-year-old then secured $1,107,709 for her Madrid Open win and $804,644 for her third Italian Open triumph.
The Polish star was rewarded with $2,567,051 for claiming her fourth Roland Garros crown and fifth Grand Slam title. Swiatek collected $1,035,000 for her two wins at the WTA Finals.
2) Coco Gauff – $9,353,847 ($472,860 in doubles)
Coco Gauff started her 2024 season by winning the WTA 250 tournament in Auckland and she then reached the last four of the Australian Open, which earned her $669,735.
The American was a semi-finalist at the French Open, as well as in Indian Wells, Rome, and Wuhan, while she made the quarter-finals in Dubai.
Gauff collected a $1,100,000 paycheque for winning the China Open in October before she earned a staggering $4,805,000 for her triumph at the WTA Finals in Riyadh.
In doubles, Gauff secured the Roland Garros title alongside Katerina Siniakova, while she was a runner-up in Rome with partner Erin Routliffe. She also reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon with Jessica Pegula.
1) Aryna Sabalenka – $9,729,260
Aryna Sabalenka started her 2024 campaign with a runner-up result in Brisbane, before she successfully defended her Australian Open title to collect a winners’ cheque of $2,130,975.
The Belarusian, who is the world No 3, was also a runner-up at the back-to-back clay-court WTA 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome in March. She then reached the Roland Garros quarter-finals.
Sabalenka collected $523,485 for winning the Cincinnati Open in August, before she earned a mammoth $3,600,000 for her triumph at the US Open.
The world No 1 then picked up $525,115 for her victory at the Wuhan Open and $1,035,000 for reaching the semi-finals at the WTA Finals.
