 Then in 2012 both Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka became first players to exceed $7 million in prize money in a single season.In 2013 Serena Williams went over the twelve million dollar mark winning $12,385,572 in a single year.By virtue of winning the 2014 US Open and the 2014 US Open series, Serena Williams had the largest payday in the history of tennis (men or women) at four million dollars.