A group of rising stars is narrowing the gap with Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams, with eight women earning at least $10 million apiece for the first time!
Economy Business
By the time Serena Williams announced in August that she was ready to hang up her racket after 27 years in professional tennis, she had built an estimated fortune of $260 million. That made her one of only two athletes, along with her old rival Maria Sharapova, on the list of America’s richest self-made women.
That made her one of only two athletes, along with her old rival Maria Sharapova, on the list of America’s richest self-made women.
Williams stands out in any number of ways, not just with her open-era-record 23 Grand Slam singles titles but with her career prize money of $94.8 million—more than double the WTA Tour’s next-best figure.
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