Overview
- Aryna Sabalenka ended 2025 as year-end No. 1 with $15,008,519 in on-court earnings, surpassing Serena Williams’ 2013 mark.
- Elena Rybakina went unbeaten to take the WTA Finals in Riyadh over Sabalenka, earning a $5.235 million champion’s prize.
- Rybakina led the tour with 516 aces in 2025, becoming the first WTA player to top 500 since Karolina Pliskova.
- Sabalenka’s haul lifted her career prize money to about $45.18 million, placing her second all time behind Serena Williams.
- The WTA’s revenue push features Saudi PIF-backed events and CEO Portia Archer’s drive to combine ATP–WTA commercial assets, as scrutiny continues over Rybakina’s refusal to pose with the CEO and the dispute involving coach Stefano Vukov.