Top 5 highest earning tennis players:2013

Roger Federer:

Although Federer is not as his prime form in tennis but also he is racking up whopping 71 million dollars per year.He earns majority of those 71 million dollars from endorsments(which is believed to be around 65 million) with famous brands like Nike,Rolex,Mercedes etc.

Maria Sharapova:

With annual earning of just over 30 million dollars Maria Sharapova is second on our list.The world no. 3 is also the highest paid female athlete in the world and has endorsements with major brands like Nike,Samsung,TagHeuer etc.Recently,Sharapova also launched her own candy brand,Sugarpova.

Novak Djokovic:

The world no.2 tennis player ranks third among top tennis earners with annual fortune of around 27 million dollars.He made a record 13 million dollars in prize money in 2012 and is currently representing brands such as Adidas,Audemars Piguet etc

Rafael Nadal:

The current world no.1 tennis player Rafael Nadal is fourth in our list with annual earnings of around 25 million dollars.The majority of his fortunes comes form brand endorsments(17 million dollars) while other remaining is prize money from tennis.

Serena Williams

The current world no.1 tennis player is 5th in our list of tennis earners with  total earnings of 20 million dollars per year.Unlike Sharapova(who makes huge chunck of money from brand endorsements rather than prize money),Williams makes a hafty 12 million dollars from prize money and only 8 million from brand endorsements.

Other highest earning tennis players missing in our list are:

• Li Na
• Caroline Wozniacki
• Andy Murray
• Andy Roddick
• Victoria Azarenka