Tennis dominates the Highest paid lists of female athletes in 2020: Forbes Report

• Total Earnings: $37.4 million
• Prize Money: $3.4 million
• Endorsements: $34 million

Naomi Osaka is a professional tennis player who represents Japan. She is former World no.1 and the first Asian player to hold the ranking in singles. Osaka in the beginning was holding a dual-citizenship until she chose to represent Japan. So, this decision of her attracted a lot of Olympic sponsors for her like Nippon Airways and Nissin. Only Roger Federer earns more than Osaka from endorsements.

• Total Earnings: $36 million
• Prize Money: $4 million
• Endorsements: $32 million

Serena Williams is a professional tennis player who represents the USA. Serena is former world No.1 and has 23 single grand slam titles to her name. She is one of the greatest of all time and a role model to a lot of people out there.

With endorsement partners like Nike, Gatorade, Procter & Gamble and Beats puts her second on this list. With a massive following of 40millions over social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter boosts her image and attracts a lot more sponsors.

• Total Earnings: $13.1 million
• Prize Money: $10.1 million
• Endorsements: $3 million

Ashleigh Barty is a professional tennis player who represents Australia. She is currently the world No.1 in singles as per WTA rankings. She won her first grand slam in 2019 and got into the eyes of sponsors from that day. Sponsors like Rado, Jaguar, Vegemite, Banana Boat and Esmi has made her break into 3rd on the list.

• Total Earnings: $10.9 million
• Prize Money: $6.9 million
• Endorsements: $4 million

Simona Halep is a professional tennis player from Romania. Simona is currently the World no.2 according to the WTA rankings. With global brands like Nike, Wilson, Hublot and Avon, as well as several more in her native Romania has helped her bag 4 place on the list.

• Total Earnings: $8.9 million
• Prize Money: $4.9 million
• Endorsements: $4 million

Andreescu is the first Canadian tennis player to win a grand slam ever. With this win, she triggered sponsor Nike, which renegotiated her contract earlier in the year. She added more sponsors to the list such as Rolex, Gatorade, Canadian paper company Royale, and Sleep Country mattresses.

• Total Earnings: $6.6 million
• Prize Money: $2.1 million
• Endorsements: $4.5 million

Garbiñe Muguruza is a Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player and former world number 1. She has won 7 single titles including two grand slams. She has sponsors like Adidas, Beats, Rolex, Cesar insurance, Babolat, and Maui Jim sunglasses. Garbiñe’s Adidas deal is one of the bigger apparel deals in the sport.

• Total Earnings: $6.4 million
• Prize Money: $5.4 million
• Endorsements: $1 million

Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina is a Ukrainian tennis player who turned professional in 2010. She has a career-high ranking of 3. Svitolina has sponsors like Nike, Wilson, Hublot, Damilano Barolo wines, and EAFit nutrition products.