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 | Kvitova № 1 in revenue flowers with half a million dollars in 201131-10-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova dropped one place in the WTA rankings for revenues in prize money for 2011, after nearly half a million dollars. 24-year-old Pironkova, who last week did not play in tournaments, has earned 467,210 dollars this season and is now ranked 47th in the ranking. Pironkova won a total of 1.85 million dollars as a pro so far in his career. Top of the list for 2011 is a Wimbledon champion and winner of the WTA Championships in Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) with 5,145,943 dollars. Secondly Caroline Voznyatski out of Denmark with 4,065,581 dollars, and a third finalist climbed from Istanbul Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) with 3,771,032 dollars. A total of 16 players passed the limit of $ 1 million a season. The ranking of income in prize money for 2011: 1. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 5,145,943 dollars 2. Karoline Voznyatski (Denmark) 4,065,581 3. Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 3771032 4. Li (China) 3,709,139 5. Samantha Stosur (Australia) 3,476,153 6. Maria Sharapova (Russia) 2899148 7. Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 2673018 8. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 2456568 9. Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 2325741 10. Serena Williams (USA) 1,978,930 - - - 47. Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 467 210