Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu didn’t win 20 slams (yet?). However, on Instagram, in terms of popularity, they are the most followed players soon after Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.
It’s interesting to notice that Emma Raducanu already has 2.3 million followers even if she started to become popular less than 1 year ago when she reached the second week in Wimbledon. Things accelerated even more for the British sensation when she conquered a historic US Open later in September.
Here are the most followed tennis players on Instagram
1 Serena Williams 14.3 mil
2 Rafael Nadal 13.7 mil
3 Novak Djokovic 10.3 mil
4 Roger Federer 9 mil
5 Naomi Osaka 2.8 mil
6 Emma Raducanu 2.3 mil
7 Genie Bouchard 2.1 mil
8 Andy Murray 1.8 mil
9 Alexander Zverev 1.6 mil
9 Venus Williams 1.6 mil
9 Simona Halep 1.6 mil
Naomi Osaka in 2022
Currently the world no.80, the Japanese played her last match on the 21st of January when she was overcome by world no.42 Amanda Anisimova 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Australian Open (draw).
This year Naomi has achieved an overall 5-1 record. Naomi Osaka’s most significant result of this season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
Emma Raducanu in 2022
Now ranked no.13, the Brit played her last match on the 22nd of February when she had to retire when playing against world no.410 Daria Gavrilova in the 1st round and the scoreline was 5-7 7-6(4) 4-3 .
Currently, during this year Raducanu has managed to achieve an overall 1-3 match record.
Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu have never faced off.
Novak Djokovic in 2022
Ranked world no.2, Djokovic played his last match on the 24th of February when he was overcome by world no.74 Jiri Vesely 6-4 7-6(4) in the quarter in Dubai (draw).
At present, during this year the Serbian has a 2-1 record.
Serena Williams in 2022
Ranked no.237, the American played her last match on the 29th of June 2021 when she had to retire when playing against world no.60 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st round and the scoreline was 3-3 .
This season Serena has a 0-0 win-loss record.