Federer and 10
players richest tennis in 2015
If there is a hierarchy of which he does not answer the first place, this is it for players and players (because the parity prevails in the
Grand Slams, women are [almost] equal footing with men) the best paid in the
tennis world. In 2015 again, according to Forbes, Roger Federer and tennis player who won the most money on the basis of figures for the previous year.
The Swiss should not as his fortune to his performance on the circuit. From this point of view,
Serena Williams ($ 11.6 million) and
Novak Djokovic ($ 17.2 million) have better harvest as Fedex with its 9 million. But none attracts as many sponsors that the current world number 2.
The business magazine estimated his earnings off, mainly sponsorship and supplier to Nike's $ 58 million.
Federer and Sharapova, the favorite of advertisers
Won a total in 2015 of $ 67 million, EUR 60 million. This makes Switzerland the fifth highest paid athlete in the world. It's almost as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal - who follow him in the Top 10 of the players and the richest players in 2015 - combined.
For the rest, we note the absence of French and French in the rankings but the presence of four women, including two in the Top 5. Russian Maria Sharapova is the first of them, and they should remain so in the next count, even if the results are disappointing. For she, like Federer, is in favor of sponsors. Better, next season, it will organize in Moscow, a tournament in his name!
