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Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams top as tennis dominates rich list

Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams top as tennis dominates rich list
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Naomi Osaka (left) and Serena Williams (right) each earned almost three times as much as the third sportswoman on the list, Ashleigh Barty

The world’s nine highest-earning sportswomen over the past year are all tennis players, according to research by US business magazine Forbes.external-link

Japan’s Naomi Osaka tops the list with earnings of $37.4m (£26.3m), ahead of Serena Williams with $36m (£27.2m).

World number one Ashleigh Barty is third with income of $13.1m (£9.9m).

United States international footballer Alex Morgan is the only athlete from outside tennis in the top 10, earning $4.6m (£3.5m).

Morgan, who gave birth to her first child in May, earned $4.2m (£3.2m) of her income through endorsements during the span of Forbes analysis – between 1 June 2019 and 1 June 2020.

The US women’s team, winners of the Women’s World Cup in July 2019, are currently in dispute with their federation, appealing against a judge’s decision to reject their claims of being underpaid compared with the US men’s team.

Osaka and Williams have both broken the previous record for annual earnings, set at $29.7m (£22.3m) in 2015 by Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova.

In a list of the world’s 100 best-paid sportspeople published by Forbes in May, Osaka (29th) and Williams (33rd) were the only women.

Rank Name Sport Earnings
1 Naomi Osaka Tennis $37.4m (£26.3m)
2 Serena Williams Tennis $36m (£27.2m)
3 Ashleigh Barty Tennis $13.1m (£9.9m)
4 Simona Halep Tennis $10.9m (£8.2m)
5 Bianca Andreescu Tennis $8.9m (£6.7m)
6 Garbine Muguruza Tennis $6.6m (£5m)
7 Elina Svitolina Tennis $6.4m (£4.8m)
8 Sofia Kenin Tennis $5.8m (£4.4m)
9 Angelique Kerber Tennis $5.3m (£4m)
10 Alex Morgan Football $4.6m (£3.5m)
*Between June 2019 and June 2020, according to Forbes

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