Kazakhstan’s Wimbledon Champion Rybakina Enters Best-Paid Female Athletes Ranking in 2023
By Assem Assaniyaz in Sports on 7 December 2023
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, 24, has entered the ranking of the world’s ten highest-paid female athletes this year, according to the Sportico sports business journal.
Rybakina took seventh place with total earnings of $9.5 million ($6 million in prize money).
It is worth noting that the list includes seven female tennis players, including Rybakina.
American female tennis player Cori Gauff, 24, with $22.7 million ($6.7 million in prize money), Polish female tennis player Iga Swiatek, 22, with $21,9 million ($9.9 million in prize money), and Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Feng Gu, 20, with $20 million ($27 million in prize money) have become a top three in the ranking.
The authors used pretax income for calculations.
According to last year’s rating compiled by the Relevant, Tennis Stats & Info Twitter account for statistics in world tennis, Rybakina also took seventh place with total earnings of $3.3 million.
In July last year, she won the Wimbledon women’s singles final, the first grand slam for her and the country. Not only did Rybakina become the first player from Kazakhstan to win a grand slam title, but she also became the youngest Wimbledon champion since 2011.
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Elena Rybakina: Former Wimbledon champion into final of Miami Open after edging Victoria Azarenka
Elena Rybakina defeats Belarusian 27th seed Victoria Azarenka in a classic encounter to reach Saturday’s final where she will face Danielle Collins; you can watch the Miami Open women’s final live on Sky Sports Tennis from 4.30pm
Elena Rybakina edged out Victoria Azarenka in a topsy-turvy encounter to reach the final of the Miami Open for the second consecutive year where she will face Danielle Collins.
Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina improved to 4-0 over Azarenka and is now 22-3 this season after defeating two-time Grand Slam champion Azarenka 6-4 0-6 7-6 (7-2) to reach Saturday’s final, which is live on Sky Sports Tennis from 4.30pm.
“The first set was really on the limit for me and I was pushing myself. I was serving well but then I knew the energy might go down and I stayed a bit on the court, which was a mistake because it’s really humid and Vika came very aggressive, she started to play so well,” Rybakina told Sky Sports Tennis.
“Also the return serve was difficult in the second set after three quick games. I knew it was going to be a third set, so I was preparing for that.
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