People think that there is so much money in tennis, but the reality is unless you're ranked in about the top 50 you don't earn much at all. It is hard to support yourself travelling the world, to be away from home most of the year and to pay for a coach to help you become a better player.

Stosur then suffered two first-round defeats at the hands of Francesca Schiavone at the Apia International Sydney 2–6 4–6 and then by Romanian Sorana Cîrstea 6–7(2) 3–6 at the Australian Open. Both players even had match points against each other but lost the match in the end. At the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach Stosur was eliminated in the first round by no.

1 in doubles. Stosur has won a total of five Grand Slam titles to date; one in singles at the 2011 U.