Tennis superstar Serena Williams remains at the top of the ranking of the best-paid sports magazine of Forbes magazine published Tuesday, for the fourth year in a row.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles won 29.2 million dollars (26 million euros) between June 1, 2018 and June 1, 2019, of which only 4.2 million euros (3.7 million euros) from tournament winnings.
The 12th Alex Morgan footballer
Japan's Naomi Osaka, who won the US Open and the Australian Open in this period, is in second place with $ 24.3 million (EUR 21.7 million). She becomes the fourth sportswoman to earn more than 20 million dollars in a year, after Serena Williams and tenniswomen Maria Sharapova and Li Na.
The first athlete out of the tennis is the American footballer Alex Morgan, 12th with 5.8 million dollars (5.2 million euros) earned, mainly in advertising. Forbes' revenue rankings include tournament winnings, salaries, and advertising contracts.