Highest Paid Women Athletes in 2009
Here are some of the top paid women athletes for 2009, taken from Forbes Magazine's annual Celebrity 100 list. Forbes also publish a list of the 2009 Best Paid Athletes which is comprised mostly of male athletes.
The highest paid sportswoman for this year was tennis player Maria Sharapova with earnings of 22 million dollars, well less than the highest paid male athlete for the same time period Tiger Woods who had combined earnings of 110 million. This is not an official list of top paid sportswomen - there may be other women who make as much as these but did not have the popularity to make the Celebrity list. The top three paid sportsmomen were the same as last year. See more lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes.
| Name | Country | Sport | earnings (US$ million) | previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maria Sharapova | Russia | Tennis | 22 | 1 |
| 2. | Serena Williams | USA | Tennis | 17 | 2 |
| 3. | Venus Williams | USA | Tennis | 15 | 3 |
| 4. | Ana Ivanovic | Serbia | Tennis | 10 | 9 |
| 5. | Danica Patrick | USA | Auto Racing | 7 | 8 |
Notes
- Earnings estimates (US dollars) are for June 2008 to June 2009, and include salaries, bonuses, prize money, endorsements and appearance fees and does not take into account taxes or agent fees.
Source
- Forbes Magazine's 'Celebrity 100' list from 2009.
Related Pages
- Other lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes
- Other Sports Illustrated Lists, including the Fortunate 50 and the International 20
- More sporting lists, including the Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- More about the World of Sport
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