Swiatek: 5th highest prize money in history in a single season

Iga Swiatek may have lifted fewer trophies in 2025, but she signed the most lucrative season of her career.

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Arthur Millot

le 22/11/2025 à 17h39

1 min to read

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Three titles, a final ranking of world No. 2, some rough patches… At first glance, Iga Swiatek's 2025 season is not her best.

But behind this seemingly moderate sporting record lies a financial turning point: the Polish player reached the highest total earnings of her entire career this year, crossing a threshold that none of her previous seasons had managed to reach.

In 2025, Swiatek accumulated $10,112,532, her first season beyond $10 million, a symbolic milestone reserved for a tiny elite of women's tennis.

The core of this treasure? Her masterful triumph at Wimbledon, which earned her $3,923,850, but also semi-finals in Australia and Roland-Garros and a title in Cincinnati. Fewer trophies, but more matches that pay big.

Before this 2025 vintage, her most lucrative season was 2022, with $9,875,525, already a colossal figure. Her following years confirmed her exceptional consistency:

- 2025: $10,112,532

- 2024: $8,550,693

- 2023: $9,857,686

- 2022: $9,875,525

- 2021: $1,923,151

- 2020: $2,261,213

- 2019: $633,807

She thus climbs to the 5th highest of all time, joining a very rare circle: Sabalenka, Serena Williams, Ashleigh Barty and Angelique Kerber, the only ones before her to have surpassed $10 million in a single season.