Aryna Sabalenka to surpass $20 million in career prize money after opening win at WTA Finals

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka put on a dazzling display of power tennis in her opening match at the WTA Finals in Cancun on Sunday night, defeating No. 9-ranked Maria Sakkari by a 6-0, 6-1 scoreline.

Not only did she get some revenge with the 74-minute victory, having lost the pair’s only two previous meetings at the season-ending championships, but the win pushed her across a big milestone: Sabalenka will now surpass $20 million in career prize money.

She came into Cancun with $19,729,563 in career prize money, and she earned $326,000 with her opening win—a $128,000 participation fee for playing the match and $198,000 more for winning it.

Sabalenka will be the 24th player to surpass $20 million in WTA history, and just the second born in 1998 or later to do it after Iga Swiatek.

WTA CAREER PRIZE MONEY LEADERS (going into WTA Finals):
1. Serena Williams [$94,816,730]
2. Venus Williams [$42,595,397]
3. Simona Halep [$40,203,437]
4. Maria Sharapova [$38,777,962]
5. Petra Kvitova [$37,252,032]
6. Victoria Azarenka [$36,650,719]
7. Caroline Wozniacki [$35,548,193]
8. Angelique Kerber [$31,886,468]
9. Agnieszka Radwanska [$27,683,807]
10. Svetlana Kuznetsova [$25,816,890]

11. Karolina Pliskova [$25,356,224]
12. Garbine Muguruza [$24,813,379]
13. Martina Hingis [$24,749,074]
14. Kim Clijsters [$24,545,194]
15. Ashleigh Barty [$23,829,070]
16. Elina Svitolina [$22,876,442]
17. Lindsay Davenport [$22,166,338]
18. Steffi Graf [$21,895,277]
19. Martina Navratilova [$21,626,089]
20. Iga Swiatek [$21,514,763]

21. Naomi Osaka [$21,177,252]
22. Justine Henin [$20,863,335]
23. Samantha Stosur [$20,069,776]
24. Aryna Sabalenka [$19,729,563] (will surpass $20,000,000)