Iga Swiatek jumps to second in elite WTA list despite semi-final exit at 2025 Wuhan Open

Swiatek has captured three titles so far in the 2025 season.

Iga Swiatek, with career earnings of US$42.9 million following the Wuhan Open, replaces Venus Williams as the second-highest earner on the WTA Tour.

The Pole has earned a total of $9.4 million in 2025, the title run at Wimbledon contributing a sizeable $4 million to her prize money this year. Only Serena Williams, with a career haul of $94.8 million, is ahead of Swiatek.

It was the 24-year-old’s first Wimbledon title and also the first by a Polish player at SW19. Swiatek, the World No. 2, also won the Cincinnati Open WTA 1000 event and the Korea Open on debut in Seoul.

She was on track for a fourth consecutive title at Roland Garros this season but fell to eventual winner Coco Gauff in the semi-finals.

Swiatek defeated Jasmine Paolini in the title round at Cincinnati after making semi-final exits in the previous two years. She overcame Ekaterina Alexandrova on her maiden visit to Seoul to secure her third title of the season.

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However, for Swiatek, the 2025 season will be most memorable for her straight-set victory over Amanda Anisimova at SW19. She blitzed the American, 6-0, 6-0 in one of the quickest finals at the grass court major, taking only 57 minutes to overcome Anisimova.

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It was the second fastest women’s singles Wimbledon final in the Open Era since Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6-0, 6-1 in just 38 minutes in 1975. Swiatek’s triumph in London was just the second final decided with a 6-0, 6-0 scoreline after Steffi Graf at Roland Garros in 1988.

From among the active players, only Aryna Sabalenka provides some competition in the prize money sweepstakes. The Belarusian has amassed $42.4 million as prize money in her career. Sabalenka leads the tour with four WTA titles.

The World No. 1 got started with a title run at the Brisbane Open before moving on to Miami, Madrid, and finally, in New York, where she won her second straight US Open title.

Swiatek will next play at the year-ending WTA Finals in Riyadh. The Warsaw native won the WTA Finals in 2023 and was a semi-finalist in 2022.

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