Highest Paid Women Athletes in 2010
Here is the list of the top paid women athletes for 2010, taken from Forbes Magazine's 2010 Best Paid Athletes list. Earnings estimates (US dollars) are for June 2009 to June 2010. Totals include salaries, bonuses, prize money, endorsements and appearance fees.
The highest paid sportswoman for this year was Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova with earnings of 24.5 million dollars, well less than the highest paid male athlete Tiger Woods who had combined earnings four times as much of 105 million dollars in 2010. According to Forbes, Sharapova's tennis tournament earnings during this period earned only $1 million - the rest of her fortune came from endorsement contracts and advertising. The top three paid sportsmomen were the same as in 2008 and 2009. See more lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes.
| Name | Country | Sport | earnings (US$) | previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maria Sharapova | Russia | Tennis | 24.5 | 1 |
| 2. | Serena Williams | USA | Tennis | 20.2 | 2 |
| 3. | Venus Williams | USA | Tennis | 15.4 | 3 |
| 4. | Danica Patrick | USA | Auto Racing | 12.0 | 5 |
| 5. | Kim Yu-Na | South Korea | Figure Skating | 9.7 | |
| 6. | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | Golf | 8.0 | |
| 7. | Ana Ivanovic | Serbia | Tennis | 7.2 | 4 |
| 8. | Jelena Jankovic | Serbia | Tennis | 5.3 | |
| 9. | Paula Creamer | USA | Golf | 5.2 | |
| 10. | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | Golf | 5.0 |
Source
- From list first published by Forbes Magazine?
- Http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/18/top-earning-female-athletes-business-sportsmoney-female-athletes.html
Related Pages
- Other Sports Illustrated Lists, including the Fortunate 50 and the International 20
- More sporting lists, including the Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- More about the World of Sport
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