Elina Svitolina beat the record of Andrei Medvedev on premium. The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina became the highest paid tennis player in the history of Ukraine. The 22-year-old Ukrainian, having made her way to the 1/8 finals of the US Open, already guaranteed herself for this tournament $ 253,625, which she will add to the $ 6.66 million earned earlier. In sum, her career achievement will be 6,913,341 dollars. The previous record belonged to the current captain of the Ukrainian men's team Andrei Medvedev, who earned $ 6,721,598 for his career. True, it is worth considering that in his time of appearances the prize money was an order of magnitude smaller. Earlier Svitolina told what she does in New York except tennis.

Original article: Svitolina became the record holder of Ukrainian tennis in career prizes.