The World’s Richest Female Athletes

The world’s richest female athletes are all Superwomen. Since today is the International Women’s Day we should stop for a minute and congratulate all the successful sportswomen of the world. Those are featured on our list not only the most successful but also the richest.

So who are the wealthiest and superb female sports stars? Most of them are tennis players, but there are auto racing drivers and martial art champions, what is more even golf players if we have a look at the whole list.

Based on Forbes’s report, here are the top 5 best-paid women athletes.

Richest Female Athletes NR1: Maria Sharapova

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This Women’s Day is definitely not one of the best for the young tennis professional. Since all eyes on her due to the recent drug issues revealed on Monday, she might be dropped from the top of the list. However, at the moment Sharapova is still the best-paid tennis player, with her $29.7 million earnings during last year. Although she has just lost 2 of her most valuable sponsors Nike and Tag Heuer, the other endorsement partners are Avon Products, Porsche and Evian are still standing next to her.

Richest Female Athletes NR2: Serena Williams

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With the total of $24.6 million she is just on the heels of her tennis rival, Sharapova. She is said to be the greatest female athlete of all the time. Williams is the one who won the Grand Slam singles championship 21-time. One of his main sponsors is PepsiCo. She was ranked to be the NR player in tennis in six different occasions.

Richest Female Athletes NR3: Caroline Wozniacki

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The third richest female with $14.6 million earnings is the Danish tennis player sponsored by Lavazza Coffee and Godiva Chocolates. The story of Godiva started with a statement of hers, in which she said she has no need for money. She expressed she accepts the deal of the company only because of the product. Last year she managed to raise over $80,000 for charity purposes when completed the NYC marathon.

Richest Female Athletes NR4: Danica Patrick

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The first women out of tennis world is Danica Patrick, an American car racing driver. She is a cool lady – yes we can say that to a car racer woman – earned $13.9 million, following closely her tennis-player mate. She is kind of a multitasking women since functioning also as a model – may be this is the reason of she was featured in some SuperBowl ads – and an advertising spokeswomen.

Richest Female Athletes NR5: Ana Ivanovic

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Our ranking ends with the successes of this young beauty and her earnings with $8.3 million. The Serbian professional tennis player’s main sponsors are Adidas and Shiseido, the beauty company. This February she was ranked the at the 16th best tennis player of the world by the Women’s Tennis Association. Back in 2008 she was ranked as the NR1 tennis player of the world. Beautiful achievement, isn’t it.

Happy Women’s Day to all of them and even for you if you are a female reader. If not, pass the message on the women next to you.