Roger Federer outshines current tennis top earners

Carlos Alcaraz (21) is said to have earned over 35 million Swiss francs last year. Roger Federer earned more than twice that amount at the end of his career.

According to Forbes, Carlos Alcaraz is the highest-earning tennis player in the world. However, the Spaniard is nowhere near the sums earned by Roger Federer. – keystone

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The US magazine “Forbes” presents the ten highest-paid tennis stars.
Carlos Alcaraz leads the ranking ahead of Novak Djokovic – Coco Gauff is in third place.
However, none of these big names can compete with Roger Federer.

Just as on the court, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are also competing in terms of income. Last year, the former was just ahead in terms of salary. This is shown by the list of the ten highest-earning tennis stars that the US magazine “Forbes” recently published.

Alcaraz is in the lead with the equivalent of 35.6 million Swiss francs. Djokovic follows in second place with 31.5 million Swiss francs. The first woman is Coco Gauff (22.8 million Swiss francs) in third place.

Carlos Alcaraz has won four Grand Slam titles so far. – keystone

One fact is that all ten names on the list earn more money from sponsorship contracts than from their sporting performances. Alcaraz earns almost 27 million Swiss francs – thanks in part to his advertising partners BMW, Rolex and Nike.

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This year’s top-paid employees are far from the record earnings of 2020. Back then, the ten highest earners took in a total of 272 million francs. Four years later, this figure is “only” 206 million francs.

Roger Federer (l.) and Carlos Alcaraz. The two have never played against each other. – Instagram/rogerfedererfansforever

Roger Federer played a major role in this change. At the end of his career, the Swiss earned around 75 million francs annually – more than twice as much as the current top earner Carlos Alcaraz.

Forbes points out that tennis is the only professional sport in which men and women earn almost the same amount. There are four women in the top ten.

1st place: Carlos Alcaraz (35.6 million francs). 2nd place: Novak Djokovic (31.3 million francs). Third place: Coco Gauff (22.8 million francs). 4th place: Iga Swiatek (22.4 million francs). 5th place: Janik Sinner (22.3 million francs). 6th place: Rafael Nadal (19.6 million francs). 7th place: Daniil Medvedev (17.1 million francs). 8th place: Naomi Osaka (12.2 million francs). 9th place: Casper Ruud (11.7 million francs). 10th place: Aryna Sabalenka (11.5 million francs).