The 2024 China Open tennis tournament has officially come to an end with Gauff's victory over Mukhova and the women's singles title, and the next stop for players will be the 2024 Wuhan Open, which is also a 1000 tournament and will be held at the Wuhan Optics Valley International Tennis Center from October 7 to 13.
It can be said that women's tennis players are the highest-paid group of all female athletes in the world, and among the top ten female athletes released by Forbes last year, except for Gu Ailing, who ranked second, all are female tennis players.
Now after the end of the China Open, let's take a look at the prize money of some WTA players so far this year:
Sabalenka: Won the Australian Open and the US Open 2 Grand Slam championships in a row, allowing Sabalenka to get a prize of 5.62 million US dollars, plus other events such as the French Open, Wimbledon, Cincinnati Station, and the Chinese Open to reach the quarterfinals to receive 185,000 US dollars, the total prize money has reached 8.185 million US dollars, about 57.45 million yuan, ranking first among all players.
Swiatek: As the current world No. 1 in women's singles, Swiatek has won the French Open this year, and the other three Grand Slam tournaments have average results, and she has withdrawn from the China Open and Wuhan Open in a row, and the total annual prize money is still 7.53 million US dollars, about 52.85 million yuan, and continues to rank second.
Gauff: After defeating Mukhova, Gauff won the China Open Women's Singles title for the first time, becoming the second player from the United States and becoming the first player in the Open era to win seven of the seven finals of the WTA hard court final.
won the championship of the China Open, and also received a tournament bonus of 1.1 million US dollars (equivalent to 7.7 million yuan), and the total annual prize money reached 4.39 million US dollars, about 30.81 million yuan, rising to the fourth.
Pegula: In the previous China Open event, Pegula stopped in the top 16 and received a prize of 100,000 US dollars, with a total annual prize of 3.82 million US dollars, or about 26.81 million yuan, falling to fifth, of which Pegula was called "rich girl" by fans, mainly because her father Terrence Pegula's net worth reached 7.7 billion US dollars.
Zheng Qinwen: In this year's four Grand Slams, Zheng Qinwen's best result is the runner-up at the Australian Open, followed by the quarterfinals of the US Open, then the round of 32 at the French Open, and finally a round of Wimbledon.
After the previous China Open stopped in the semi-finals, Zheng Qinwen still received a bonus of 325,000 US dollars, and the total annual bonus reached 2.805 million US dollars, about 19.69 million yuan, continuing to refresh a new career high, and rising to eighth at the same time.