Tennis-Federer tops Forbes list of most deserving tennis players | Mighty 790 KFGO

(Reuters) Roger Federer was the world’s highest-earning tennis player in the past 12 months, earning about $ 90.6 million before taxes, despite the time the Swiss maestro on the court was limited by injury, Forbes said Thursday.

Federer, who has left this year’s U.S. Open because of a knee injury, earned less than a million dollars from tennis, and most of his income came from approvals, Forbes said https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/ 2021/08/08/ most paid tennis players-2021-Federer-Serena-and-Nadal-win-even-when-they-cant-take-the-court /? Sh = 6a98c99245d2 & utm_campaign = socialflowForbesMainTwitter & utm_medium = social & utm_source = ForbesMainTwitter.

Japan’s Naomi Osaka is second on the list, earning $ 60.1 million in pre-tax revenue, more than 90% of which he made on the field. Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal completed the top five.

Williams and Nadal are also out of the final Grand Slam of the year due to injury.

The top ten highest paid tennis players earned a total of $ 320 million in the last 12 months, down 6% from last year, mainly due to tournaments and lucrative show matches canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Forbes said.

Despite the decline, the top ten earned more money out of court, receiving $ 281 million in referrals, up 4% from the previous year, despite spending by several brands declining.

The ten most deserving of tennis:

Roger Federer $ 90.6 million

Naomi Osaka 60.1 million

Serena Williams $ 41.8 million

Novak Djokovic $ 38 million

Rafa Nadal $ 27 million

Kei Nishikori $ 26 million

Daniil Medvedev $ 13.9 million

Dominic Thiem $ 8.9 million

Stefanos Tsitsipas $ 8.1 million

Ash Barty $ 5.8 million

(Reported by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; edited by Ken Ferris)