The 2022 women’s tennis season has wrapped up all the major tournaments, and next year the players at the top of the WTA hierarchy will only continue to grow.

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Iga Sviatek, the queen of winnings in 2022 – Simona Halep entered the TOP-10

The WTA has presented the earnings rankings for 2022, and as expected, the authoritative leader is Iga Sviatek.

A double Grand Slam champion (Roland Garros and US Open) this season, Iga had an impressive streak (record) of 37 consecutive victories. The Pole also won six tournaments in a row in 2022 (Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome and Roland Garros).

According to the cited source, Iga Sviatek collected this year only from tennis prizes (not including sponsors) the sum of 9,875,525 dollars.

She is followed by Ons Jabert ($4,997,069) by a small margin, and Caroline Garcia ($3,729,317) closes the podium.

As for Simona Halep (preliminarily suspended due to a positive test at the 2022 US Open), the former WTA leader ranks 10th with $2,253,197 ($13,080 of which is from doubles).

TOP 10 tennis earnings in the 2022 season

1 Iga Sviatek $9,875,525

2oz Jabeur $4,997,069

3 Caroline Garcia $3,729,317

4 Olena Rybakina $3,613,440

5 Jessica Pegula $3,611,716

6 Coco Gauf $3,051,953

7 Maria Sakkari $2,481,419

8 Aryna Sabalenko $2,461,320

9 Ashley Barty $2,289,320

10 Simona Halep $2,253,197.

Simona Halep is currently building her defense in the doping scandal that rocked the tennis world in 2022.

It will be recalled that Halep was temporarily suspended from the world circuit after failing the anti-doping test at the US Open 2022 (the banned substance is roxadustat).