Despite not playing a single match in 2022, Roger Federer is still the highest paid tennis player in the world. For the 17th year in a row, Federer is the richest tennis player in the list published by Forbes magazine. According to estimates, the tennis legend pocketed 90 million US dollars in the last 12 months.
Federer’s total earnings are 550 million dollars. At the same time, this amount was earned through off-field activities including contracts and business. Roger Federer’s last match was once morest Poland’s Hubert Harkach in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on July 7, 2021. The actor failed in that.
Meanwhile, the second richest person in the tennis world is Naomi Osaka with $56.2 million. Of that, $55 million was earned off the field. Serena Williams ($35.1 million) is in third place. Rafael Nadal is fourth with $31.4 million and Novak Djokovic is fifth with $27.1 million.