Forbes recently unveiled its annual ranking of the highest-paid female athletes for 2023, placing Swiatek at the summit with an estimated earnings haul of $23.9 million for the year. Forbes’ list, a tradition since 2008, showcases Swiatek alongside illustrious tennis icons such as Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Naomi Osaka as the only tennis players to have claimed the top spot. Impressively, nine out of the top ten athletes on the list were tennis players, with Chinese-American skier Eileen Gu standing as the sole outlier. Coco GauffSecuring the third spot on Forbes’ list was rising tennis star Coco Gauff, boasting earnings of $21.7 million, closely followed by Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu with $15.2 million. 8 in Forbes’ list despite being absent from Sportico’s rankings entirely.

Source: Forbes December 25, 2023 13:01 UTC