Iga Świątek dethroned. Aryna Sabalenka is the new leader of the salary ranking in 2024

Iga Świątek is no longer the highest-paid tennis player in 2024. The Pole was overtaken by the US Open winner, Aryna Sabalenka. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz top the combined rankings. Check how much the biggest tennis stars earned.

In this year’s edition of the US Open, Iga Świątek finished her competition in the quarterfinals, where she quite unexpectedly lost to the well-disposed Jessica Pegula. Iga Świątek dethroned The winner was Aryna Sabalenka, for whom it was her second Grand Slam triumph this year. Thanks to her triumph in New York, the Belarusian tennis player earned as much as $3.6 million. This made the second racket in the world the leader in the ranking of tennis players’ salaries in 2024 with a result of USD 7.98 million. The Belarusian is third in the combined ranking with men. Iga Świątek, who won one Grand Slam tournament this year, fell to second place. For her triumph at Roland Garros, the player from Raszyn won just over $2.5 million. For the US Open quarterfinals, Polka was paid “only” PLN 530,000. In total, in 2024, the leader of the WTA ranking earned $7.52 million.