Highest earning Tennis Grand Slam Champions: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams
Tennis is one out of the many sports which have been glamorised to a vast extent. Riches flow about the professional tennis world like rivers. The highest paid tennis champions account for millions of dollars worth of earning every year. Now that is what you call glamorous. Many people tend to believe that tennis players are not worthy of being called ‘stars’, well they are sadly mistaken because the highest paid tennis superstars are richer than most celebrities out there.
Roger Federer is a mighty example of being one of best professional tennis players as well as being the highest paid tennis superstar. Federer has a male record of winning sixteen Grand Slam titles and has been ranked world number one during most of his career. Although, his rankings have fell down to number three this year due to his poor performance in Wimbledon 2010, he still stands tall with having earned more money than any other professional player in the sport. He has a grand total of $36 million as annual earnings and his career prize money goes up to $55.9 million. He is one money making machine and is the all-time leader in prize money earnings. His cash flow is not limited to professional tennis as he has also signed deals with top brands such as Nike and Rolex.
A star on the move in the world of tennis is none other than the young Spaniard, Rafael Nadal. Tennis rankings have declared him number one in the world. He has been awarded eight Grand Slam titles and is well on his way to win more. He earns $20 million a year and has a total of $32.7 million as career prize money. According to statistics he is the third all-time leader in prize money won. This young tennis millionaire has been claimed to be one of the greatest players the sport has ever witnessed and many say that he is responsible for the end of the Federer Era, since he was the first player to have defeated the long term tennis champion, Federer, in almost a decade. Nadal has begun his own era now in which he is touching great heights.
With annual earnings of $22.5 million and total prize money of $13.3 million, Maria Sharapova is indeed a princess in the world of tennis. This Russian professional tennis player is a former world number one and has a total of three Grand Slam titles. In 2008, she was the world’s highest paid female athlete due to her success on court as well as off court. She has not been at the top of the game in the past year due to many injuries which have troubled her, but she has struck many deals which still provide this tennis diva with a great amount of riches. She has signed contracts with many well-known companies such as Canon and Prince and has just recently signed a $70 million worth contract with Nike. There is just no stopping this gorgeous tennis babe.
Serena Williams is one tennis babe who cannot go unnoticed when mentioning Grand Slam champions. This high maintenance tennis superstar is currently at the top in the world of professional tennis. During her amazing career she has bagged a total of thirteen Grand Slam titles and is still at a go. Her annual earnings go up to $18 million and her career prize money is a grand total of $32.8 million, which is the highest for any female professional athlete. With her immense love and talent for the game and after knowing the amount of money she makes for playing the game, there is no arguing that Serena rules over female tennis.
Being extremely talented in the game of tennis is what has made these Grand Slam champions reach the top and not to mention made them filthy rich!
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