Advances in the equality of prizes between men and women in the world of tennis in recent years have allowed female tennis players on the WTA circuit to become some of the most outstanding athletes in the female category globally.
This influence is not only reflected in the sporting sphere, but also in the economic sphere, since According to the Forbes list, up to nine tennis players appear in the top-10 of the list of the highest paid female athletes in the world.
According to Forbes the Japanese Naomi Osaka has been the highest paid athlete in the world in the last year with an income of 37.4 million dollars, of which it has won 3.4 in tournament prizes and 34 million thanks to the various sponsorship contracts it has signed with companies such as Nike, Yonex, Shiseido or Nissan Motor among others.
Thus Osaka ended the reign of Serena Williams, who for years has been the highest paid female athlete in the world and who in the last year has earned 36 million dollars, of which 4 million are due to tournament prizes and 32 to their contracts with companies such as Nike, Wilson, Beats or JPMorgan Chase.
However, despite the power of tennis players in women's sport, only Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams appear in the absolute Top-100 highest paid athletes in the world (in a classification also led by a tennis player, the Swiss Roger Federer), since they maintain an abysmal difference with the third classified, the Australian Ashleigh Barty, who received 13.1 million dollars.
A Spanish one also appears in this classification, Garbiñe Muguruza, who in the last year has accumulated total earnings of 6.6 million dollars distributed in 2.1 million achieved in prizes and 4.5 million that are reported by his contracts with companies such as Adidas, Beats or Rolex among others. The American soccer player Alex Morgan, world champion with his team, who occupies the tenth place in the classification with earnings of 4.6 million dollars, is the only athlete who stands up in this list to the dominance of tennis in the world of tennis. female sport.
Forbes List of the World's Highest Paid Athletes
1. Naomi Osaka (Japan / Tennis) $ 37.4 million
2. Serena Williams (USA / Tennis) $ 36 million
3. Ashleigh Barty (Australia / Tennis) $ 13.1 million
4. Simona Halep (Romania / Tennis) $ 10.9 million
5. Bianca Andreescu (Canada / Tennis) $ 8.9 million
6. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain / Tennis) 6.6 million dollars
7. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine / Tennis) $ 6.4 million
8. Sofia Kenin (USA / Tennis) $ 5.8 million
9. Angelique Kerber (Germany / Tennis) $ 5.3 million
10. Alex Morgan (USA / Soccer) $ 4.6 million