Serena Williams highest paid female athlete

Tennis is becoming richer and richer.

Forbes has just published the list of the highest-paid female athletes (June 2016 – June 2017) and Serena Williams is the clear leader. The good news for tennis is that our beloved sport is also represented by Angelique Kerber (no.2), Venus Williams (no.5), Garbine Muguruza (no.6), Caroline Wozniacki (no.7), Agnieszka Radwanska (no.8), Genie Bouchard (no.9), and Simona Halep (no.10).

Here the top10 in terms of total income.

Bouchard

The highest ratio prize money/endorsement has been achieved by Genie Bouchard that has earned “only” $600,000 in prize money and 6.5 million in endorsements.


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