The great successes of the most successful figure in the history of Polish tennis translate into financial results. Last season, the Pole outdistanced her rivals and won eight tournaments, including two Grand Slam tournaments: Roland Garros and the US Open. He also occupies the undisputed first place in the WTA rankings.
Success on the pitch also means huge rewards. According to Forbes, the Pole earned $9.9 million. It’s the best year of his career in that regard – that’s up to 67%. all previous prices.
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Thus, Iga Świątek keeps her rivals away from the WTA ranking. For comparison, Ons Jabeur earned $4.8 million last season. Earnings on the field, however, are just one of the streams of funds reaching the accounts of the world’s top athletes. The second is advertising revenue. As “Forbes” calculates, in this case, Iga Świątek can count on about 5 million dollars. Thus, in total, 2022 meant, excluding taxes, Świątek’s profit amounted to $14.9 million. in a year.
It is an astronomical sum, but counting all the receipts, the Pole gives way to three other tennis players. They are Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams and Emma Raducan. The first of them, as the leader of the ranking, reached around 50 million dollars.
As reported in September, Iga Świątek is also ranked 34th in the ranking of the highest paid tennis players of all time with a total prize money of $14.076 million. Świątek is still far from the highest paid Polish tennis player in history – Agnieszka Radwańska. A player who retired at the end of 2018 with $27.683 million. ranks in the historic ranking in ninth place.