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Iga Swiatek is the highest-paid female athlete on Forbes’ 2023 list, while Emma Raducanu landed at No 4. Swiatek, who won the French Open this year and finished the season as the world No 1, earned $23.9 million this year. On the other side, Raducanu – who was limited to just five tournaments due to multiple surgeries – netted $15.2 million this year.
This year, Swiatek earned around $9.8 million in tournament prize money while Raducanu earned around $237k in prize money. Evidently, Swiatek earned much more on the court while Raducanu earned more than the Pole through sponsorship deals.
Swiatek the highest-paid female athlete for 2024, Raducanu sits at No 4
Just a couple of days ago, Swiatek revealed that she only accepts to represent companies that share the same values as her. Also, Swiatek shared that she turned down certain sponsorship offers. “Now I’m a global athlete and foreign companies are also interested in me, so we can, in a sense, make a bit more tactical choices.
See which of these companies would like to support at least the same charities or have the same values. And we make decisions based on this. Besides, I turned down several…
