Roger Federer He is one of the highest paid athletes in the world. The Swiss earns an amount close to 90 million dollars a year. However, the most surprising data is how that income is divided. This year, as a result of several injuries, the tennis player has had almost no activity in the season, but even so some of his earnings were not affected.
For his profession as a tennis player, Roger Federer will enter this year 300 thousand dollars to his fortune, that is to say that a large part of the money generated by the Swiss tennis player comes from advertising contracts. For example, since 2003, the sports brand Wilson has paid him $ 350,000 a year, and the Rólex company about $ 8 million, in addition to the 5 million for Mercedes Benz.
Moët and Chandon, Barilla and the Lindt chocolate brand add another 20 million dollars a year, for which it is confirmed that, regardless of his current status as a tennis player, Roger Federer has managed to build itself as a brand that arouses interest in the world’s leading companies. In total, it is estimated that the 40 year old swiss raises about 50 million dollars annually in advertising.
Credit Swiss bank, telecommunications company Sunrisa and Japanese firm Uniqlo round out Federer’s remaining revenue from advertising deals. Until 2018, in addition, the Nike company dressed the one who will be remembered as one of the best tennis players in history.
It took 1,736 days
After almost five years, Roger Federer He will leave the Top 10. At this time, he is in ninth position, but next Monday the Swiss will no longer appear among the best in the ATP ranking. His absence from Indian Wells will cost him 480 points, which, added to improvements by Hubert Hurkacz and Casper Ruud, will bring him down to eleventh place.
This year, the tennis player has had almost no activity, since in 2020 he had two operations on his right knee. Although he returned to play and reached the quarter-finals in London, the recurrence of pain led him to finish the season earlier than expected.
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