ST. PETERSBURG, FL, USA - By winning the Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009, Serena Williams has set a new single-season prize money record for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour by earning $6,545,586. Williams has eclipsed the previous record set by Justine Henin in 2007 ($5,429,586). Prize money totals include Grand Slam prize money earned. 赢下Doha年终赛之後 Serena创下了新的单季奖金纪录 654万美金 打破了原先Henin在2007年创下的542万美金纪录 "It's incredible how much women's tennis has grown in the last few years and that the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has increased our prize money so significantly. We are very fortunate to have an opportunity to be so well rewarded for doing something we love," Williams said about the milestone. "这几年内女网的成长速度真是不可思议 WTA很明显的提高了很多奖金 我们真的很幸运能有机会靠着做我们爱的工作就获得这麽多的奖励" Serena说 "As a result of the reform of our circuit structure, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has been able to unlock significant value in the sport, including with respect to prize money," said Stacey Allaster, Chairman and CEO of the Tour. "Serena Williams is one of the all-time great champions in the history of women's tennis and it's because of athletes like her that the sport has come so far so fast." "因为重新规划的赛事结构 WTA能够释放更多的价值 影响也包含了奖金 Serena Williams在女网史上是最伟大的冠军之一 因为有像他这样的运动员 这项运动才能发展的如此快速" WTA的CEO Allaster说 Earlier this year, Williams surpassed Lindsay Davenport, the previous record holder in career prize money earnings on the Tour, and became not only the all-time career prize money leader in women's tennis, but also the first professional female athlete to earn more than $23 million in a single professional sports league. She has now boosted her career earnings to $28,506,993. 今年稍早Serena就已经打破Lindsay Davenport创下的生涯奖金纪录 不只是女网的生涯奖金最高纪录 也是所有女选手奖金收入最高纪录 他成为赢得超过2300万的女职业运动员 现在更是把纪录提高到2850万了 -- --

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