List of Richest women in the world of sports

List of Richest women in the world of sports


No.1 - Maria Sharapova (Russia)

Earnings - $25 million
Sport: Tennis
Career achievements: 2004 Wimbledon, 2007 US Open and 2008 Australian Open


Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)

Earnings - $12.5 million
Sport: Tennis
Career achievements: No Grand Slam title yet. But, the Danish beauty is very successful on the WTA tour.

Danica Patrick (USA)

Earnings - $12 million
Sport: Motor racing
Career achievements: In 2008, when Danica won the Indy Japan, she became the first woman to win an Indy car race event. She also finished 4th at the Las Vegas speedway event, which was the best finish by a woman in a NASCAR event.

Venus Williams (USA)

Earnings - $11.5 million
Sport: Tennis
Career achievements: 9 Grand Slam singles titles including 5 Wimbledon titles. She has also won 3 gold medals at Olympic events between 2000 and 2008.

Kim Clijsters (Belgium)

Earnings - $11 million
Sport: Tennis
Career achievements: Four Grand Slam titles including 3 US Open titles in 2005, 2009, 2010 plus one Australian open title in 2011. She is widely called the 'super mom' of world sport.

Serena Williams (USA)

Earnings - $10.5 million
Sport: Tennis
Career achievements: 27 Grand Slam titles overall including 13 singles titles. She is ninth in all-time Grand Slam winners list. Her sister Venus was known as the queen of Wimbledon while Serena herself is the princess of Melbourne

Kim Yuna (South Korea)

Earnings - $10 million
Sport: Figure skating
Career achievements: 2010 Winter Olympic Champion, 2009 World Champion. Kim Yuna is the first Korean to win a medal in an Olympic event.

Li Na (China)

Earnings - $8 million
Sport: Tennis
Career achievements: Became the first Asian player to win a tennis Grand Slam event when she won the French Open in 2011. She is such a hit in China that analysts are already seeing her earnings go up 3 times next year thanks to massive endorsement deals that could come her way.

Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)

Earnings - $6 million
Sport: Tennis or modelling? You decide
Career achievements: Beauty is her biggest career achievement. Ana Ivanovic hasn't reached the quarterfinal stage of a Grand Slam event since winning the French Open in 2008 and yet she is hot, really hot with the sponsors.

Paula Creamer (USA)

Earnings - $5.5 million
Sport: Golf
Career achievements: 11 important tournaments won including 9 LPGA tour events. She had won the 2010 US Open Golf for Ladies. Although ranked 9th in the world, Creamer stays piping hot for the sponsors with her slam quotient staying scorching high.
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