5 Women Tennis players with the Highest Career Prize Money Earnings

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Serena Williams

#3 Maria Sharapova

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Maria Sharapova at the 2018 US Open.

The favourite among shutterbugs, Russian Maria Sharapova won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon 2004 aged just 17. She is one of 10 women to hold the career Grand Slam a feat she achieved when she won the French Open in 2012.

The lanky Russian has a career singles win percentage of 79.72% and has won a total of 36 WTA events including 9 hard-court titles (joint second highest). Sharapova has won $38,342,119 in prize money till date.

#2 Venus Williams

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Venus Williams at the 2018 US Open

The elder of the two Williams sisters, Venus along with her younger sister Serena have re-defined women's tennis with their solid ground-strokes and power packed shot-making. Venus Williams has appeared in a record 80 Grand Slam tournaments.

Along with her seven Grand Slam Singles' wins, she also has won 14 Doubles' crown with her sister Serena and two Mixed Doubles' triumphs. Venus has won a total of 22 WTA tournaments and her prize money amassed till date is $40,931,048.

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