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. 贏下Doha年終賽之後 Serena創下了新的單季獎金紀錄 654萬美金 打破了原先Henin在2007年創下的542萬美金紀錄 "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. "這幾年內女網的成長速度真是不可思議 WTA很明顯的提高了很多獎金 我們真的很幸運能有機會靠著做我們愛的工作就獲得這麼多的獎勵" Serena說 "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." "因為重新規劃的賽事結構 WTA能夠釋放更多的價值 影響也包含了獎金 Serena Williams在女網史上是最偉大的冠軍之一 因為有像他這樣的運動員 這項運動才能發展的如此快速" WTA的CEO Allaster說 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就已經打破Lindsay Davenport創下的生涯獎金紀錄 不只是女網的生涯獎金最高紀錄 也是所有女選手獎金收入最高紀錄 他成為贏得超過2300萬的女職業運動員 現在更是把紀錄提高到2850萬了 -- --

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