A stunning straight-sets defeat to Elena Rybakina in the championship match of the 2025 WTA Finals ended world no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka’s season. In a match where Rybakina was simply better, serving 13 aces and saving all five break points against her to claim the title, Sabalenka was left staring ahead in a stunned silence. Yet, from that immediate disappointment emerged a monumental achievement.

As reported by TNT Sports on X, the runner-up prize money of $2.695 million she earned in Riyadh propelled Sabalenka’s total season earnings to a record $15,008,519. This staggering figure shattered a benchmark once thought to be untouchable, finally surpassing the single-season prize money record set by Serena Williams over a decade prior. The record Aryna Sabalenka toppled was set during what was

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