BLACK GIRL MAGIC: SERENA WILLIAMS TOPS FORBES LIST

Serena Williams tops Forbes’ list of highest-earning female athletes

Williams, who made $19 million in endorsements in 2017, has grabbed the top spot three years running. Sharapova dominated the earnings before her ban for testing positive for meldonium in 2016, which lost her several major advertising partners.

Other tennis stars on the list include Australian Open winner Caroline Wozniacki, French Open winner Simona Halep, Wimbledon winner Angelique Kerber and last year’s US Open winner Sloane Stephens. Venus Williams is also on the list in sixth.

While Williams is the highest-paid female athlete in the world, according to Forbes, she didn’t even reach the top 100 of its list on highest paid athletes in the world  which was topped yet again this year by Floyd “Money” Mayweather.

Here’s the top 10 in its entirety:

1. Serena Williams (tennis) –$18.1m

2. Caroline Wozniacki (tennis)-$13m

3. Sloane Stephens (tennis)-$11.2m

4. Garbine Muguruza (tennis)-$11m

5. Maria Sharapova (tennis)-$10.5m

6. Venus Williams (tennis)-$10.2m

7. P.V. Sindhu (badminton)-$8.5m

8. Simona Halep (tennis)-$7.7m

9. Danica Patrick (racing)-$7.5m

10. Angelique Kerber (tennis)-$7m

 

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