Africa-Press – Botswana. According to the annual survey carried out by the American magazine Forbes, Swiss Roger Federer is the highest paid tennis player in the world for the 17th consecutive year.
Even without competing, no official match since Wimbledon 2021, Federer has not won prize money, but still, according to the magazine’s estimate, he has collected 90 million dollars, in sponsorship contracts and other revenues.
Japan’s Naomi Osaka is the second highest-earning tennis player in the last 12 months, with awards and contracts totaling 56.2 million. At 24 years old, the Japanese is responsible for boosting the attention of the advertising market for young talents in the female and male circuits. At 19, British Emma Raducanu, current champion of the US Open, earned 21.1 million dollars, and is the sixth highest paid. Also aged 19, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has earned $10.9 million in the last 12 months, making him the 10th highest paid tennis player in the world. Forbes estimates also point out that the 10 highest-paid tennis players in the world earned 316 million of dollars.
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