I dont normally follow Tennis as a game but I do watch­ the occassional match. But this forum has some of the­ most ridiculous comments I have seen ...ranging from­ Racism to sheer stupidity. Some here think Serena plays­ Tennis for fun!! ...and want her to play more­ tournaments!!! If I was a player I wouldd only opt to­ play the most lucrative tournaments and leave the­ lesser ones for players below me ..why does this not­ make sense to some on this forum!!! Not only is it­ rational from a burnout standpoint ...but it makes­ sense moneywise!! WHICH IS WHY THEY PLAYED THESPORT IN­ THE FIRST PLACE!!! Unfortunately many of the comments­ that are anti-Serena have a racial bias ..so clearly­ the issues run deeper than just Tennis. Its a shame.

It is a reality of life that sports people are being­ paid outrageously these days but we have to conceed­ that their performance generates the funds from which­ they get paid.We must also not forget there is­ something called the time value of money. What was the­ worth of $1 in 1992 vis a vis $1 today.When Fashanu was­ transferred for a million pounds in 1979,it made­ headlines but today that is peanuts as we now hear of­ 80 million pounds transfer. Comparisons can be odious­ at times.We are talking of diferrent eras.Nothing we­ say on this board can change the system.Let's just­ enjoy the game and rejoice with these players for their­ exploits.!!!

#15, this is ridiculous ! Serena and Venus are two of­ my all time favorite players. I just find that this­ earnings comparison makes little sens given that many­ players won the three tournaments she won and sometimes­ another slam and 5 or 6 tour event more and earned half­ as much.
This has nothing to do with hate, I Love the­ sisters :)

#1 you are pathetic BNP of english politics. you­ don't belong to this audience but the grave side.­ wish you well in your travel to meet the terrorist­ bombs

Lauhing at the haters and racists'comments.
Serena­ is gettig richer and richer day by day and you are­ nothing but low lifes, miserable beings.
Love you­ Serena and Venus !!!!!!!!

we can all say what we want to say but the fact still­ remains Serena is laughing all the way to the bank­ irregardless

Serena really can't win can she? She is criticised­ for not playing in Fed cup, yet if she did these same­ haters would blast her for coming in for the final and­ stealing the limelight!! People will have a pop at­ Serena for absolutely anything unfortunately and it is­ starting to get old now. She has confirmed her status­ as world number one in 2009 so people should just­ accept it and leave it! Yes, she didn't do too well­ in the smaller tournaments but I have a feeling she­ will crank her level up even higher with the full time­ return of Justine and Serena. She should be respected­ not lambasted, she won 3 of the 5 big ones after all.

jjmalone, whilst your point appears at first to be a­ valid one, this is a totally different era from when­ the likes of Graf, Navratilova etc played. Without­ disrespecting them in any way, shape or form, the game­ has changed completely since then. You really cannot­ compare them i'm afraid.

how could you like an overdoped gorilla?

Kunle Kunle Kunle, how many times do i have to say i am­ not interestedinthese players? Fact is Serena entered­ 18 tournaments (Wozniacki entered 27) and she won only­ 3. In 1988 Steffi Graf won all four majors and the­ Olympics and still earned less than Serena. Too many­ players making a living by winning next to nothing. In­ fact i have heard the commentators talk about this­ saying the top 20 players win about 93% of all prize­ money. Good luck on Serena and Venus if they can earn­ all this for a few wins a year. I do not hate the­ williamses being black myself. I just wish someone­ would emerge to dominate or at least set up a rivalry­ like Federer/Nadal. One other point, If the headline­ said Safina sets prize record or any other player for­ that matter my feelings would be pretty much the same.

25, if she had have entered more tournaments then she­ would have the right to earn that much and there­ wouldnt be a problem, its the fact she chooses to enter­ the more lucrative tournaments, which she has a right­ to do, that gets on my nerves. as i said before, she­ managed to play through the pain in doha but pulls out­ of the fed cup that just happens to have a fraction, if­ any, of that prize money.

Haters can continue to hate, infact the more you hate­ the more she grows richer, you complain when she does­ not go to all the tournament but imagine how much she­ would have banked if she had gone to all the tournament­ and won some, I guess she would have been richer. KEEP­ HATING and Serena WILL KEEP GETTING RICHER

Haters can continue to hate, infact the more you hate­ the more she grows richer, you complain when she does­ not go to all the tournament but imagine how much she­ would have banked if she had gone to all the tournament­ and won some, I guess she would have been richer. KEEP­ HATING and Serena WILL KEEP GETTING RICHER

sanchez you can call me what you like, but even as a­ fan of the williams' you must be ashamed to watch­ them and their level of tennis this year and serena­ manages to walk away with that extortionate amount of­ money. why do you always mention the bnp you horrible­ LITTLE man?

dandelionmancipar, lovely name, shame you just­ don't have a clue about market forces. Tong Jin K­ (alias ajpbolton) her earnings in one year can feed­ your entire village, you'd better think about it as­ that is where your BNP friends will soon be deporting­ you to. startoratora how long have they let you out for­ this time? and where is richmc23 to tell us why no one­ from Compton should be seen anywhere near the sport and­ as for the non-russian east europeans, shame about your­ misery, I saw dinara, serena, lena, sveta, vika and­ agnieszka all hoddled in the swimming pool playing­ sisters whilst some of you come here to peddle non-stop­ bigotry at the williamses. It seems the future belongs­ to those who embrace human fraternity after all whilst­ the rest of you are left lagging behind and stewing in­ your prejudices. Of course we won't stoop to your­ level so with any luck those who have made it to London­ and Chicago will soon learn our values and hopefully­ they will feed you some. Just as well home grown­ charlatans like annemcnaughtan and Katherine have­ departed this forum (allegedly), so they will spare us­ their bitterness about these news. Well said Serranno­ as always, thanks for joining in the effort to combat­ the drivel of these evil forces.

This is @#$%. I'm not expecting women to play as­ well as men but for crying out loud, they get paid the­ same amount of cash for playing 2 sets with their­ shotmaking several times worse quality then men. If­ women got the same % as the tournament income they­ would get less than 10 %. The centre court isn't­ even 50 % packed when the women's singles GS final­ is played whils people kill each other to get to a­ men's one. To be fair, women should receive 30-35 %­ less $ than men just like in the old days

Remember that this is seperate from off court­ money/sponsorships/etc. The better part of­ Kournikova's money came off court.

well, hater cry all you can, its money in the bank for­ serena!!! unfortunately its not happening to *****

thats a joke the men should be paid more for the more­ effort and quality of play the women are cr@p with­ women its how many double faults have been thrown in it­ is more important than the mens aces and equel prize­ money bug off come back when they have too play 5 sets­ and produce a match equvilent to a top 100 standard­ mens match

womens equal prize money is a joke, the quality of­ tennis, this year especially, has been boring,­ un-intresting and generally not inspiring. The ausie­ open final lasted 52mins to the mens lasting over­ 4hours yet serena got the same amount of money as­ nadal, if that happened in any other industry the­ governing body would be hauled before a tribunal.