With Sabalenka's victory over Zheng Qinwen and the achievement of three consecutive women's singles championships, the WTA1000 Wuhan Tennis Open officially ended. Although the total prize money of the Wuhan Open is not half of that of the China Open, it is also 3.22 million US dollars, which is similar to other WTA1000-level tournaments, of which the prize money of the champion player is 525115 US dollars (about 3.71 million yuan), and the runner-up player also has 309,280 US dollars (about 2.18 million yuan).
Judging from the prize money of each WTA station, women's tennis players are indeed the highest-paid group of all sports in the world, and now let's take a look at the prize money of some players so far in 2024:
1st place: Sabalenka
This year is the most glorious year of Sabalenka's career, winning the Australian Open, US Open, Wuhan Open, Cincinnati Station 4 data, including 2 Grand Slams, 2 WTA1000 levels, but also a lot of bonus income, the US Open alone has a prize money of 3.6 million US dollars, plus the Wuhan Open champion, the top eight of the Chinese Open, her total annual prize money has reached 8.71 million US dollars, about 61.55 million yuan, far ahead of other players.
2nd place: Swiatek
After withdrawing from the China Open and Wuhan Open, the women's singles world No. 1 has not increased its annual total prize money, which is still 7.53 million US dollars, or about 53.21 million yuan.
4th place: Gauff
Coming to China this season, the United States won the China Open championship and the Wuhan Open semifinals, receiving US$1.1 million and US$159,000 respectively, and the total prize money of the two tournaments was about US$1.259 million. So far, Gauff's total annual bonus has reached 4.549 million US dollars, or about 32.15 million yuan.
Eighth place: Zheng Qinwen
Like Gauff, Zheng Qinwen has achieved very good results after coming to the China Open and Wuhan Open, and has also received a lot of bonus income, including $325,000 for the top four of the China Open and $309,000 for the runner-up of the Wuhan Open, adding up to $634,000. As a result, Zheng Qinwen's total annual bonus reached 3.112 million US dollars (about 22 million yuan), setting a new career high.
It is worth mentioning that Zheng Qinwen won the gold medal in the Paris Olympics without any competition bonuses and no points.
At present, Zheng Qinwen's total annual bonus ranks first among all Chinese golden flowers in active service, ranking second is Wang Xinyu, with a total of 1.27 million US dollars, or about 8.99 million yuan, and Yuan Yue ranking third, with a total of 900,000 US dollars, or about 6.36 million yuan.