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Here are some of the top paid women athletes for 2011, taken from Forbes Magazine's list of "The 10 Highest-Paid Female Athletes". Forbes also publish a top 50 list of the 2011 Best Paid Athletes which is comprised mostly of male athletes, Maria Sharapova was the only female on this list.

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The highest paid sportswoman for this year was Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova with earnings of 25 million dollars, still well behind the highest paid male athlete for the same time period golfer Tiger Woods who had combined earnings of 75 million dollars. Sharapova's earnings are largely from her lucrative Nike deal, which pays her royalties on her lines of tennis apparel and Cole Haan shoes.

Second on this list is Caroline Wozniacki with combined earnings of $12.5 million. She won $6 million in prize money and earned another $6.5 million from sponsors and appearance fees. See more lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes.

Notes

• Earnings estimates (US dollars) are for June 2010 to June 2011, and include salaries, bonuses, prize money, endorsements and appearance fees and does not take into account taxes or agent fees.

Source

• From Forbes Magazine's list of "The 10 Highest-Paid Female Athletes" published July 2011

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Related Pages

• Other lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes
• Profile of tennis player Maria Sharapova
• 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
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