Who Is The Highest Paid Tennis Player?
In this blog post, we’ll take a look at who the highest paid tennis player is. We’ll also look at some of the other top earners in the sport and see how they stack up.
Roger Federer
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer is the highest paid tennis player in the world, according to Forbes. He has earned an estimated $106.3 million in prize money and endorsements over the last 12 months. Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, an all-time record for a male player.
Swiss tennis player
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record 309 weeks. Federer has won 103 singles titles, the second-most in the Open Era behind American Jimmy Connors.
Won 20 Grand Slam singles titles
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has been ranked world No. 1 by the ATP for a record 310 weeks, across six separate stretches totaling 237 weeks. In majors, Federer has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, six Australian Open titles, five US Open titles (tied with Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors), and one French Open title. He is among the eight men to have achieved a Career Grand Slam.
Ranked No. 3 in the world by the ATP
Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈrɔdʒər ˈfeːdərər]; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles—the most in history for a male tennis player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for 302 weeks, including 237 consecutive weeks.
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal is a professional tennis player who has been ranked as the world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) nine times. Nadal has won nineteen Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as thirty-six ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, nineteen ATP Tour 500 titles, and eleven ATP Finals. He was also a member of the winning Spain Davis Cup team in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011. In 2010, he was the first male player in tennis history to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year.
Spanish tennis player
Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player ranked world No. 2 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 tournaments, and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In major finals, Nadal has a record of 11–9(11 wins, 9 losses) against Roger Federer, a record of 7–7 (7 wins, 7 losses) against Novak Djokovic, and a record of 2–1 (2 wins, 1 loss) against Andy Murray. Nadal has the most clay-court titles in the Open Era with 81 and holds an all-time record of 49 consecutive wins on clay courts.
Won 19 Grand Slam singles titles
Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player ranked world No. 2 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Nadal has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as 39 ATP Tour Masters 1000, 28 ATP Tour 500, and 13 ATP World Tour Finals. In majors, Nadal has won a record-tying 11 French Open titles, three Wimbledon titles, two US Open titles, and one Australian Open title. He was also a member of the winning Spain Davis Cup team in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011. In 2010, he became the seventh player in history and youngest of four in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam at age 24. He is one of two male players (the other being Roger Federer), to have won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard court), having accomplished this twice.
Ranked No. 2 in the world by the ATP
Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the second-most in history for a male player, as well as 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000, 19 ATP Tour 500 tournaments, and 10 Davis Cups. Nadal has spent 286 weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings, the second-most by any male player.
Novak Djokovic
As of August 2020, the highest-paid tennis player in the world is Novak Djokovic. The Serbian-born Djokovic has been ranked No. 1 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a singles tennis player since July 2011. He is one of only seven male players in history to have won all nine of the Grand Slam tournaments, and he is the only player to have won them all on three different surfaces.
Serbian tennis player
Novak Djokovic (Serbian: Новак Ђоковић, pronounced [nôʋaːk dʑôːkoʋit͡ɕ] ( listen); born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Djokovic has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, the fourth most in history, and held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 223 weeks. In majors, he has won a record seven Australian Open titles, three Wimbledon titles, two US Open titles and one French Open title.
Won 16 Grand Slam singles titles
Djokovic has won 16 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, 35 Masters 1000 series titles, 14 ATP Tour 500 tournaments, and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for 275 weeks. In majors, Djokovic has won a record seven Australian Open titles, five Wimbledon titles, three US Open titles, and one French Open title. He is the only male player to have won all nine of the Masters 1000 tournaments (also known as ATP World Tour Masters 1000) on three different surfaces (hard court, clay, and grass).
Ranked No. 1 in the world by the ATP
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world by the ATP. He has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of any male tennis player in the Open Era. He is also a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously for 209 weeks.
