Serena sets WTA single-season prize money record

Eleven times grand slam winner Serena Williams has set a single-season prize money record on the women's tour by earning $6,545,586 (3,992,672 pounds) in 2009, the Women's Tennis Association said on Monday. Skip related content

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Williams, 28, now has career earnings of nearly $30 million.

(Reporting by Tom Pilcher, Editing by John Mehaffey)