Tennis sports is not as popular as football game. Nevertheless, the game of tennis has grown tremendously over the years.
Major tennis tournaments like US open, Wimbledon, Australia open and French open continues to rake up record attendance and huge sponsorship.
Not so many people have realized how lucrative the tennis sports have become.
Unlike in soccer, where there is a huge disparity in earnings between male players and female players, in tennis such disparity does not exist.
The price money for grand slams is pegged at flat rate for both male and female players.
Many Tennis players have made millions in dollars from the game annually and have also won mouth watering game prize money too.
It is fact that Tennis has become lucrative and attractive that made players are now gunning to be professional.
For tennis fans and general sports lovers, Nigerian Informer have compiled a list of 10 (ten) best paid tennis players.
These players are raking millions of dollars both in prize money and endorsements.
10 Best Paid Tennis Players
Below is the list of highest paid tennis players in the world.
1. Novak Djokovic – $38.4 million
Novak Djokovic is currently ranked the world’s highest paid tennis player according to highly respected Forbes magazine.
Novak Djokovic made a total of $34.4 million in last 12 months both on and off the court combined. He hold the lead position as tennis highest earner and paid player.
2. Carlos Alcaraz – $31.4 million
Carlos Alcaraz is the rated current second highest paid tennis player with an annual earnings of $31.4 million both in prize money and endorsements. The Spanish professional tennis player is ranked no 2 in men’s single.
3. Iga Swiatek – $22.4
Oga Swiatek is one of the surprising professionals making the list of top 10 highest paid tennis players in the world.
The polish tennis player is ranked no.1 in women’s single. She also earned $8.4 million and $14 million from both on court and off court earnings respectively.
4. Daniil Medvedev $20.1 million
Russian professional tennis player, Daniil Medvedev is also in the list to top 10 highest paid tennis player with an annual revenue of $20.1 million.
Daniel earned $7.1 million in last 12 months in prize money as well as $13 million in commercials and endorsements.
5. Rafael Nadal – $15.5 million
Rafael Nadal made a combined $15.5 million both on and off the court in the last one year. This annual earnings of Rafael Nadal makes him one of the tennis highest paid players.
The former Wimbledon champion is one of the most popular active tennis players in the world.
6. Emma Raducanu- $15.3 million
Emma Raducanu earned $0.3 million in prize money for the year 2022/2023 and $15 million in off the the court money for the year. This makes the professional tennis players of the best paid highest earners in the sports.
7. Coco Gauff – $15.2 million
Another tennis player that made the forbes list of highest paid tennis players for the year is Coco Gauff. The court specialist raked in $3.2 million and $12 million both in prize money and off the court activities respectively.
8. Casper Rudd – $14.4 million
Also making the list of best paid tennis players in the world is Casper Rudd. The Norwegian professional tennis player who has won ten ATP Tour singles titles made total of $14.4 million in the past 12 months to be ranked amongst the highest paid tennis players.
9. Naomi Osaka – $12.1 million
The Japanese professional tennis player, Naomi Osaka is in the list of 10 highest paid tennis players in the world. She is easily one of the highest paid women tennis player with total annual earnings of £12.1 million.
10. Jessica Pegula – $10.9 million
Completing our list of highest paid tennis players is American professional tennis player, Jessica Pegula who amassed $10.9 million in the last one year from both on and off court activities.
She has career-high WTA rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved on October 24, 2022 and in doubles of world No. 1, achieved on September 11, 2023.