Serena Williams Is The World’s Highest Paid Female Athlete

Serena Williams has dethroned Maria Sharapova to become the world’s highest-paid female athlete, according to Forbes.
Sharapova, who is suspended from tennis after a positive test for meldonium at the Australian Open in January, had topped sport’s leading money earners for the past 11 years. But Williams has leapfrogged her former on-court rival by earning £20million over the the past 12 months.

Full post after cut.............................

The American world No1, who missed out on a 20th Grand Slam title last week following defeat to Garbine Muguruza in the French Open final, has banked £53.4m in on-court earnings alone during an illustrious career.
On court last year, Williams once again dominated the women’s game with three Grand Slam titles and just three defeats in 56 matches.

Tennis dominates the Forbes list, with eight of the Top 10 highest-paid women being our very own WTA stars:

10. Eugenie Bouchard ($6.2 million)
9. Victoria Azarenka ($6.6 million)
8. Ana Ivanovic ($7.4 million)
7. Garbiñe Muguruza ($7.6 million)
6. Caroline Wozniacki ($8 million)
5. Agnieszka Radwanska ($10.2 million)
4. Danica Patrick ($13.9 million)
3. Ronda Rousey ($14 million)
2. Maria Sharapova ($21.9 million)
1. Serena Williams ($28.9 million)