The top 100 WTA Prize Money Leaders won just over $98 million in 2021 with the amounts paid to the top 10 players making up approximately 28% of that.
In comparison, the top 100 ATP players in 2021 won a total of $125 million dollars in earnings.
Top 100 WTA Prize Money Leaders in 2021
Ashleigh Barty finished top of the tennis money list in 2021 with a total of $3.9 million dollars in prize money won, followed by Barbora Krejcikova with $3.6 million and Aryna Sabalenka with $2.9 million.
In total, 31 female tennis players won at least $1 million dollars on the WTA Tour in 2021.
| # | Tennis Player | Singles | Doubles | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashleigh Barty | $3,914,987 | $30,195 | $3,945,182 |
| 2 | Barbora Krejcikova | $2,969,248 | $677,635 | $3,646,883 |
| 3 | Aryna Sabalenka | $2,664,681 | $235,522 | $2,900,203 |
| 4 | Karolina Pliskova | $2,829,000 | $39,865 | $2,868,865 |
| 5 | Garbine Muguruza | $2,827,274 | $3,905 | $2,831,179 |
| 6 | Emma Raducanu | $2,807,446 | $0 | $2,807,446 |
| 7 | Paula Badosa Gibert | $2,602,330 | $52,132 | $2,654,462 |
| 8 | Naomi Osaka | $2,306,222 | $0 | $2,306,222 |
| 9 | Elise Mertens | $1,162,626 | $933,007 | $2,095,633 |
| 10 | Maria Sakkari | $2,021,970 | $8,020 | $2,029,990 |
| 11 | Iga Swiatek | $1,782,769 | $140,382 | $1,923,151 |
| 12 | Anett Kontaveit | $1,863,444 | $45,313 | $1,908,757 |
| 13 | Leylah Fernandez | $1,661,427 | $111,198 | $1,772,625 |
| 14 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | $1,646,213 | $73,412 | $1,719,625 |
| 15 | Ons Jabeur | $1,595,624 | $26,255 | $1,621,879 |
| 16 | Angelique Kerber | $1,462,196 | $11,750 | $1,473,946 |
| 17 | Jessica Pegula | $1,295,992 | $143,429 | $1,439,421 |
| 18 | Coco Gauff | $1,123,247 | $313,017 | $1,436,264 |
| 19 | Victoria Azarenka | $1,407,253 | $19,375 | $1,426,628 |
| 20 | Su-Wei Hsieh | $687,190 | $723,720 | $1,410,910 |
| 21 | Karolina Muchova | $1,331,519 | $8,770 | $1,340,289 |
| 22 | Jennifer Brady | $1,282,889 | $32,350 | $1,315,239 |
| 23 | Elina Svitolina | $1,293,099 | $3,500 | $1,296,599 |
| 24 | Elena Rybakina | $1,090,530 | $190,011 | $1,280,541 |
| 25 | Katerina Siniakova | $617,673 | $627,241 | $1,244,914 |
| 26 | Veronika Kudermetova | $773,901 | $396,968 | $1,170,869 |
| 27 | Shelby Rogers | $1,037,949 | $112,324 | $1,150,273 |
| 28 | Belinda Bencic | $1,082,427 | $49,807 | $1,132,234 |
| 29 | Jelena Ostapenko | $896,661 | $194,543 | $1,091,204 |
| 30 | Ajla Tomljanovic | $998,564 | $66,971 | $1,065,535 |
| 31 | Shuai Zhang | $503,310 | $525,826 | $1,029,136 |
| 32 | Tamara Zidansek | $882,480 | $64,991 | $947,471 |
| 33 | Marketa Vondrousova | $863,807 | $80,662 | $944,469 |
| 34 | Daria Kasatkina | $851,846 | $53,453 | $905,299 |
| 35 | Simona Halep | $867,962 | $36,368 | $904,330 |
| 36 | Serena Williams | $884,004 | $0 | $884,004 |
| 37 | Petra Kvitova | $847,988 | $0 | $847,988 |
| 38 | Sorana Cirstea | $823,814 | $0 | $823,814 |
| 39 | Bianca Andreescu | $793,598 | $1,750 | $795,348 |
| 40 | Danielle Collins | $791,013 | $6,785 | $797,798 |
| 41 | Viktorija Golubic | $736,684 | $43,697 | $780,381 |
| 42 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | $695,043 | $63,177 | $758,220 |
| 43 | Sloane Stephens | $748,378 | $6,000 | $754,378 |
| 44 | Jil Belen Teichmann | $689,682 | $60,222 | $749,904 |
| 45 | Samantha Stosur | $276,130 | $463,352 | $739,482 |
| 46 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | $675,937 | $61,815 | $737,752 |
| 47 | Camila Giorgi | $730,141 | $0 | $730,141 |
| 48 | Ludmilla Samsonova | $681,610 | $10,875 | $692,485 |
| 49 | Yulia Putintseva | $644,050 | $40,351 | $684,401 |
| 50 | Petra Martic | $592,697 | $91,446 | $684,143 |
| 51 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | $567,716 | $77,858 | $645,574 |
| 52 | Marta Kostyuk | $574,420 | $69,445 | $643,865 |
| 53 | Varvara Gracheva | $578,712 | $55,327 | $634,039 |
| 54 | Madison Keys | $603,696 | $12,462 | $616,158 |
| 55 | Irina-Camelia Begu | $511,264 | $102,382 | $613,646 |
| 56 | Anastasija Sevastova | $592,474 | $21,033 | $613,507 |
| 57 | Magda Linette | $515,641 | $97,849 | $613,490 |
| 58 | Caroline Garcia | $560,138 | $42,085 | $602,223 |
| 59 | Marie Bouzkova | $418,301 | $169,463 | $587,764 |
| 60 | Madison Brengle | $549,295 | $37,083 | $586,378 |
| 61 | Fiona Ferro | $536,329 | $28,618 | $564,947 |
| 62 | Jasmine Paolini | $526,956 | $46,560 | $573,516 |
| 64 | Donna Vekic | $567,262 | $3,920 | $571,182 |
| 65 | Bernarda Pera | $446,978 | $119,804 | $566,782 |
| 66 | Tereza Martincova | $528,619 | $36,713 | $565,332 |
| 67 | Kaja Juvan | $542,890 | $19,715 | $562,605 |
| 68 | Kristina Mladenovic | $527,870 | $31,760 | $559,630 |
| 69 | Alize Cornet | $528,942 | $26,485 | $555,427 |
| 70 | Nina Stojanovic | $397,570 | $154,146 | $551,716 |
| 71 | Jessica Pieri | $491,913 | $46,415 | $538,328 |
| 72 | Zarina Diyas | $482,643 | $50,349 | $532,992 |
| 73 | Andrea Petkovic | $501,715 | $31,945 | $533,660 |
| 74 | Ann Li | $513,143 | $18,140 | $531,283 |
| 75 | Nao Hibino | $450,504 | $70,621 | $521,125 |
| 76 | Greet Minnen | $455,807 | $63,756 | $519,563 |
| 77 | Martina Trevisan | $471,040 | $47,159 | $518,199 |
| 78 | Sofia Kenin | $480,126 | $32,098 | $512,224 |
| 79 | Kaia Kanepi | $501,918 | $8,140 | $510,058 |
| 80 | Misaki Doi | $455,953 | $49,864 | $505,817 |
| 81 | Arantxa Rus | $418,374 | $86,393 | $504,767 |
| 82 | Alison Van Uytvanck | $423,451 | $72,620 | $496,071 |
| 83 | Vera Zvonareva | $391,018 | $104,209 | $495,227 |
| 84 | Maria Camila Osorio Serrano | $478,358 | $13,573 | $491,931 |
| 85 | Lauren Davis | $449,091 | $37,083 | $486,174 |
| 86 | Elena Vesnina | $254,032 | $229,977 | $484,009 |
| 87 | Heather Watson | $406,802 | $75,491 | $482,293 |
| 88 | Desirae Krawczyk | $3,330 | $476,559 | $479,889 |
| 89 | Anna Blinkova | $396,648 | $73,306 | $469,954 |
| 90 | Rebecca Peterson | $428,200 | $38,453 | $466,653 |
| 91 | Kristyna Pliskova | $414,735 | $57,950 | $472,685 |
| 92 | Astra Sharma | $418,594 | $49,496 | $468,090 |
| 93 | Catherine Mcnally | $200,513 | $267,005 | $467,518 |
| 94 | Polona Hercog | $435,723 | $24,303 | $460,026 |
| 95 | Amanda Anisimova | $428,165 | $20,363 | $448,528 |
| 96 | Storm Sanders | $252,762 | $196,990 | $449,752 |
| 97 | Christina McHale | $388,088 | $47,180 | $435,268 |
| 98 | Clara Tauson | $423,263 | $10,145 | $433,408 |
| 99 | Ana Bogdan | $417,737 | $11,433 | $429,170 |
| 100 | Ana Konjuh | $421,877 | $0 | $421,877 |
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