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The highest paid rankings of the year always attract the attraction of fans. Typically, these particular classifications are led by men. This is how the prestigious Forbes magazine has published a list of the ten highest-earning female athletes in the world. In it are names like that of the media Simone Biles or that of the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza.
Women’s sport continues in the race to reach the desired tie. Tennis is one of the most equal prizes for men and women. That is something that is reflected in rankings like this. In addition to Garbiñe Muguruza, other names in the WTA are in the Top Ten of the ranking of Forbes. From Naomi Osaka at hermanas Williams The Ashleigh Barty.
The publication specialized in business and finance also highlights that compared to 2020, an increase of 23 percent in the earnings of athletes is confirmed. The ten women who earn the most pocketed 167 million dollars last year 2021 -just under 150 million euros-.
Serena Williams, and Roland Garros 2021
Tennis, gymnastics, golf, badminton and basketball are the disciplines that contribute at least one athlete to this mentioned Top Ten of athletes with the highest income in the world. Among them, Simone Biles. The gymnast who starred in a turning point in the visibility of mental illness within sport during her participation in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The 10 million bills
Simone Biles is off the podium of this ranking of highest paid athletes. But the name of the American athlete appears in fourth place in the ranking. The five-time world champion had a total income of 10.1 million dollars in 2021. Of these, only 100,000 dollars came from her professional activity.
Gymnastics is not a sport that earns its professionals large amounts of money. But Simone Biles has become much more than a gymnast. It is seen as an icon. The best gymnast of all time for many. This has led him to be the image of important brands such as Autograph, Athlete, Visa, United Airlines UAL, Uber The Facebook.
Simone Biles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The contracts with these companies reported up to 10 million dollars last year. With her earnings, the American becomes the first gymnast to appear in the top positions of this classification in at least the last twelve years. This is highlighted in Forbes to point out the molds that Simone Biles has broken throughout her career.
tennis, leader
Simone Biles has been a before and after for gymnastics. There is still a long way to go, as in so many areas of life. And tennis can, and should, be an example of what to do. The leader of this ranking is Naomi Osaka. The Japanese tennis player is the female athlete with the best income during 2021. Seeing her occupying high positions has been repeated in recent years.
In fact, she and Serena Williams were the highest paid tennis players last year, only behind Roger Federer. yes ahead of Novak Djokovic Y Reef Nadal. As for Naomi Osaka, the Japanese won 57.3 million. And as in the rest of the cases, his highest income was received from advertising. of your contract with Nike to which it has in force with other brands such as Louis Vitton, Sweetgreen, day, this year o Autograph.
Naomi Osaka celebrates a victory at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Behind the name of Naomi Osaka appears that of Serena Williams -as in the general ranking of the best paid tennis players-. The winner of 23 Grand Slams pocketed 45.9 million dollars. In his case, the income he receives comes from his advertising sponsorships, but also from his venture capital firm (Serena Ventures).
Close this particular podium Venus Williams. Serena’s sister took 11.3 million. As in the case of the previous ones, the bulk of the final amount was due to trade agreements. 11 ‘kilos’ of sponsorships and only 300,000 dollars of his baggage for the tracks. Of course, the oldest of the Williams only played nine official tournaments during 2021.
The three tennis players are followed by Simone Biles in fourth position and after the American gymnast is the only Spanish in the ranking. Garbiñe Muguruza is fifth with the 8.8 million that she entered last year. Of these, 2.8 ‘kilos’ were won for his successes in the wta circuit. The other 6 million dollars he got from his contracts with Adidas, Babolat, Jaguar Y Nivea.
Also this Top 10 is one more tennis player. Ashleigh Barty, the current number one in the world, earned 6.9 million. But the leader of ranking WTA stands out in another way. The Australian earned more money from her achievements on the track than from her endorsements. Thus, he received 3.9 million dollars in the circuit and another 3 ‘kilos’ thanks to his agreements with the brands.
Other names
Beyond tennis or Simone Biles, the other five athletes who are part of the Top Ten female athletes with the highest income in 2021 are: the Korean golfer Jin Young Ko, which earned $7.5 million; Indian badminton player PV Sindhu, who earned 7.2 million; american golfer Nelly Korda, with 5.9 received; and closing the Top Ten appears the basketball player from United States Candace Parker, with 5.7 million won.
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