Top 10 highest paid tennis players listed

The top 10 highest payed tennis players, both men and women, are finally listed:

1. Roger Federer


Is he the best tennis player of all times? Probably yes but time will tell. He is though the most well paid tennis player with 41,8 million dollars in prizes.



2. Maria Sharapova


The beautiful Russian has made some great deals and became one of the top paid with 26millions in her pocket.





3. Rafael Nadal


The top seed Spaniard is the new Olympic Gold medalist and one of the top paid with $18 million.





4. Andy Roddick


The American player has an ongoing deal with Lacoste and 15 million $ in his account.





5. Venus Williams


With 5 Wimbledon titles and $15 million, she is definitely one of the best and top paid tennis players of the year.




6. Serena Williams


Like her sister she got an impressive 15million $ total in prizes this year and is ranked among the top ranked players.




7. Justine Henin


Although she shocked the tennis world by retiring surprisingly, Henin still earned $10 million dollars in prize money.




8. Novak Djokovic


The Serb player with the killer forehand, number 3 in the world ranking is among the top paid with 9.5 millions.




9. Ana Ivanovic


Ana was the first Serb to win the French Open, and she earned 8 million dollars with all of her wins.





10. James Blake


Although he left Harvard in order to become a tennis player, Blake did extremely well! He is among the top paid with 7.5million $ and some great deals with Nike and Evian.