Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams and Emma Raducanu are the highest-paid 3 female athletes according to Sportico. The interesting take is that all of them are tennis players and most of the money is coming from endorsements. It’s also curious to notice that none of them is a top 40 player.
For the highest-paid female athletes in the world, it's ALL about endorsements đź’µ
No woman earned more this past year on the court/field, however, than Iga Swiatek ($5.6M) 🎾 pic.twitter.com/KlsaZXxVhu
— Lev Akabas (@LevAkabas) October 27, 2022
Naomi Osaka in 2022
At the moment ranked no.43, Osaka played her last match on the 20th of September when she had to retire when playing against world no.54 Daria Gavrilova in the 1st round and the scoreline was 1-0 .
Currently, during this year Naomi achieved a compiled 14-9 win-loss record. Naomi Osaka’s most significant accomplishment of this year was getting to the final in Miami.
Serena Williams in 2022
Currently the world no.320, Serena played her last match on the 2nd of September when she lost to world no.34 Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1 in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open (draw).
Until now, during this year the American has managed to achieve an overall 3-4 match record.
Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams squared off 4 times. Their actual head to head record is 3-1 for Osaka. The last time they competed against each other, Naomi Osaka won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Melbourne (Australian Open) in February 2021.
Here are the highlights.
Emma Raducanu in 2022
LLWWWWLWWL Now ranked no.76, Raducanu played her last match on the 4th of October when she surrendered to world no.8 Darya Kasatkina 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Ostrava (draw).
This year the Brit has a 17-19 win-loss record. Emma Raducanu’s best performance of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Seoul.
