Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011

Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011

Hey people, here we have this post about the top 10 highest paid tennis players of the world, for a little introduction let me tell you that a sum of $1.7 million is given to men’s and women’s US open champion for the title. And the US open pays equal prize money to all players for the past 38 years.
So let us take a look at them.

10. James Blake

His annual earning is $7 million and career prize money is $6.6 million. His ranking was at 4th in 2006 and now he is at 23rd

9. Ana Ivanovic

She has been Grand Slam titled once in 2009 and has annual earnings of $8 million with career prize money of $ 7 million.

8. Novak Djokovic

This 22 year old man was Grand Slam titled in 2008 and has the annual earnings of $10.5 million and Career prize money of $12.9 million.

7. Andy Murray

His annual earning is $12 million and career prize money is $8.5 million. He was an Open finalist in 2009 and was ranked at no. 2.

6 .Venus Williams

She was Grand Slam titled seven times and has annual earnings of $14.5 million and career prize money of $23.9 million. She was the one who fought for women to get equal pay at Wimbledon.

5. Andy Roddick

His annual earning is $16 million and career prize money is $16.8 million. He was grand Slam titled once. Interesting thing about him is that he made a slam final four times and was beaten each time by Federer.

4. Serena Williams

She has been Grand Slam titled 11 times and her annual earning is $18 million with Career prize money of $26 million which is highest for any female professional athlete.

3. Rafael Nadal

He has been Grand Slam titled six times and his annual earnings are $20 million with Career prize money of $25.2 million.

2. Maria Sharapova

She has been Grand Slam titled three times and has annual earnings of $22.5 million with career prize money of $12.6 million. This sexy babe is a sponsor of Nike, Canon, Tiffany and land Rover.

1. Roger Federer

His annual earnings are $36 million with $50 million career prize money. He was Grand Slam titled 15 times!