Wozniacki and Halep meet in the Australian Open final today with £3.48million up for grabs.
The winner will bank £2.32m while the runner-up takes £1.16m. It makes it a productive two weeks for the pair, who both have never won a Grand Slam.
Australian Open prize money
Winner – £2.32million
Runner-up – £1.16million
Semi-final – £509,000
Quarter-final – £255,000
Fourth round – £139,000
Third round – £82,000
Second round – £52,000
First round – £28,900
Before the Australian Open started, Wozniacki had earned a huge $26,856,094 in her tennis career.
She turned pro in 2005 which means she has averaged over $2million a year playing professional tennis.
Wozniacki is ranked sixth on the all-time career prize money leaders in women’s tennis while Halep is 15th.
The top prize money leaders as of January 15 (US dollars)
WILLIAMS, SERENA, 84,463,131
WILLIAMS, VENUS, 39,911,734
SHARAPOVA, MARIA, 37,073,139
AZARENKA, VICTORIA, 28,431,189
RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA, 27,226,155
WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE, 26,856,094
HINGIS, MARTINA, 24,749,074
CLIJSTERS, KIM, 24,442,340
KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA, 24,200,700
KVITOVA, PETRA, 24,052,063
DAVENPORT, LINDSAY, 22,166,338
GRAF, STEFFI, 21,895,277
NAVRATILOVA, MARTINA, 21,626,089
KERBER, ANGELIQUE, 21,607,604
SIMONA HALEP, 20,912,291
Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki will compete for high stakes in Saturday’s Australian Open final, having each needed to save match points to prevent a premature exit at Melbourne Park.
The winner at Rod Laver Arena is not only guaranteed a long-awaited maiden grand slam title but also the world number one ranking in the game of thrones that women’s tennis has become in Serena Williams’s absence.
The final will be the first between two non-slam winners in 38 years, since Hana Mandlikova beat home favourite Wendy Turnbull in 1980.