Tennis: highest-paid sportswoman Naomi Osaka of all time

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka celebrates her victory against Romanian Patricia Maria Tig in the first round of the Roland Garros tournament on May 30 in Paris MARTIN BUREAU AFP / Archives

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Naomi Osaka is the highest-paid sportswoman of all time at 23, reports

Forbes

business magazine

.

The magazine unveiled, this Friday, June 4, the details of its annual ranking of the 50 highest paid athletes in the world.

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Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, victorious in two Grand Slam tournaments, has become the highest paid sportswoman in history, according to the annual ranking of the 50 highest paid athletes, published this Friday, June 4 by

Forbes

magazine

.

A barometer in which the Japanese is 12th, with $ 60 million in earnings accumulated between May 2020 and May 2021. “ 

The tennis star has won $ 60 million in 12 months […] breaking the record of earnings for athletes women that it had established last year with 37 million dollars

 , underlines the magazine.

Only one other sportswoman appears in this top 50: another tennis player, the American Serena Williams (28th, 40 million dollars).

Naomi Osaka,

who withdrew from the Roland Garros tournament this week

, is also ahead of male stars in her sport Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Announcing this year's highest-paid athletes: https://t.co/Ce4pp3FSav pic.twitter.com/IgkqDZ1M9B

- Forbes (@Forbes) June 4, 2021

At the top of this ranking, we find the icon of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Conor McGregor who dethrones Roger Federer, with earnings estimated at 180 million dollars.

The Irishman is ahead of footballers Lionel Messi ($ 130 million) and Cristiano Ronaldo ($ 120 million).

Two French athletes are also in this top 50. They are the “Blues” Kylian Mbappé (31st, 40 million dollars) and Paul Pogba (43rd).

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