World No. 1 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan has earned more prize money than any other female player this season, according to infohub.kz.
Experts have compiled a ranking of the highest-paid tennis players of the 2026 season. Rybakina placed in the overall top three with $10.8 million in earnings. Only Germany's Alexander Zverev ($14.7 million) and Italy's Jannik Sinner ($11.5 million) earned more than the Kazakh player.
Among women, Rybakina leads the field. Most of her total came from winning the US Open, which offers the largest prize purse of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
In all, 50 players this year — 23 women and 27 men — have already earned at least $2 million on court. The next chance for players to collect big paydays comes in November at the ATP Finals and the WTA Finals.
We previously reported how much world No. 1 Elena Rybakina earned for her run at the 2026 US Open. We also wrote that the Kazakh player could lose millions after her historic US Open victory because of taxes.