Arina Sobolenko Came Very Close to Becoming the Richest Athlete of 2025 0 6

In a year, she earned $31 million, of which $23 million came from sponsorship contracts. The four-time major winner and world number one, Belarusian Arina Sobolenko, fell just short of the leader with $30 million.

According to Sportico, Arina receives a large portion of her sponsorship money from Nike. Other sponsors of the Belarusian tennis star include Wilson, Audemars Piguet, Whoop, Electrolit, and IM8.

The top 10 highest-paid female tennis players in the world according to Sportico:

Coco Gauff (USA) — $31 million ($8 million in prize money + $23 million from sponsors) (1st place on the athletes' list).
Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) — $30 million ($15 million + $15 million) (2).
Iga Swiatek (Poland) — $23.1 million ($10.1 million + $13 million) (3).
Zheng Qinwen (China) — $20.6 million ($1.6 million + $19 million) (5).
Madison Keys (USA) — $13.4 million ($4.4 million + $9 million) (8).
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) — $12.6 million ($8.6 million + $4 million) (9).
Naomi Osaka (Japan) — $12.5 million ($2.5 million + $10 million) (10).
Amanda Anisimova (USA) — $10.8 million ($7.3 million + $3.5 million) (12).
Jessica Pegula (USA) — $10.5 million ($5.5 million + $5 million) (13).
Venus Williams (USA) — $10.2 million ($219,000 + $10 million) (14).