Wimbledon and US Open champion Venus Williams has finished the year as top earner on the WTA prizemoney earners' list with more than $2.5m. Her younger sister Serena came in third with a little over $2m. World number one Lindsay Davenport had to be content with fourth place, while Jennifer Capriati's remarkable comeback was confirmed with her finishing as the second highest money earner.
The surprise package on the list was 13th-ranked Rennae Stubbs. The Australian earned all her $686,554 by playing doubles and mixed doubles.
1 Venus Williams (US) $2,522,610
2 Jennifer Capriati (US) $2,238,624
3 Serena Williams (US) $2,086,263
4 Lindsay Davenport (US) $1,832,242
5 Martina Hingis (Switz) $1,465,116
6 Kim Clijsters (Belgium) $1,314,659
7 Jelena Dokic (Yugoslavia) $1,155,716
8 Justine Henin (Belgium) $995,704
9 Lisa Raymond (US) $946,385
10 Amelie Mauresmo (France) $867,702
11 Nathalie Tauziat (France) $815,785
12 Sandrine Testud (France) $765,601
13 Rennae Stubbs (Australia) $686,554
14 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) $610,342
15 Meghann Shaughnessy (US) $592,276
16 Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) $572,327
17 Elena Dementieva (Russia) $553,964
18 Monica Seles (US) $552,211
19 Amanda Coetzer (SAfrica) $515,857
20 Maggie Maleeva (Bulgaria) $480,284
Filed by Greg McKevitt
