His charity work, mainly through the Roger Federer foundation, has earned him plaudits too. In a career spanning more than 20 years, he has largely stayed away from controversies. His genius during a game of tennis is matched by his effortless charm during on-court interviews (mostly). It helps that he is one of the most engaging athletes in the world: he can hold the attention of a room full of journalists and can be equally entertaining even when answering questions from a bunch of kids. “Federer is the perfect pitchman for companies, resulting in an unparalleled endorsement portfolio of blue-chip brands worth $100 million a year for the tennis great.” “The coronavirus pandemic triggered salary cuts for soccer stars Messi and Ronaldo, clearing the way for a tennis player to rank as the world’s highest-paid athlete for the first time,” said Kurt Badenhausen, Senior Editor, Forbes, who reckoned Federer’s going the Michael Jordan way when it comes to branding. Unlike Ronaldo and Messi, who make a large part of their fortune through their weekly wages from the club, Federer’s income is spread across what is believed to be the strongest brand portfolio seen in the history of sport. Roger Federer's earnings in the last 10 years Forbes list In the decade’s rich list issued by Forbes last year, Federer was placed fifth with a total of $640 million. In 2019, Federer was ranked fifth with overall earning of $93.4 million that included $86 million off the court. His previous best placing on the Forbes top-100 list was second in 2013. (Note: Forbes’ earnings figures for 2020 include prize money, salaries, bonuses, endorsements, royalties and appearance fees earned between Jand June 1, 2020.) His haul over the past 12 months alone included $100 million from appearances fees and endorsement deals plus $6.3 million in prize money. Virat Kohli: $26 million (Endorsements: $24m, Salary/winnings: $2 million) Endorsements galoreįederer has won $130 million in prize money in his career ($129,946,683, singles and doubles combined) but that is only a minor part of his overall earnings. Lionel Messi: $104 million (Endorsements: $32m, Salary/winnings: $72 million)Ħ6. Cristiano Ronaldo: $105 million (Endorsements: $45m, Salary/winnings: $60 million)ģ. Roger Federer: $106.3 million (Endorsements: $100m, Salary/winnings: $6.3 million)Ģ. The 20-time Grand Slam champion became the first player from his sport atop the annual list since its 1990 debut, rising from fifth in 2019.ġ. For the first time since turning professional in 1998, the Swiss superstar became the richest athlete in world, reaching No 1 on the Forbes magazine list of 100 highest-paid sportspersons globally. If that marked an interesting start the year for Federer, things just got more interesting on Friday. ![]() The outing with Nadal, Bill Gates and Trevor Noah raised $3.5m for Federer’s eponymous foundation, and the crowd of 51,954 set a new world record for a tennis match. It is just the hold #Fedal have on the tennis community and another surefire sign of Federer’s incredible popularity. After all, more than 48,000 tickets were sold in under 10 minutes in September 2019 when bookings were opened. Despite injury, he assured fans of his participation in the charity event titled Match in Africa. ![]() A clearly wounded Federer lost to Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-3 and admitted later he only had “a 3% chance” to win as he nursed a groin injury picked up in his quarter-final epic against Tennys Sandgren, where he saved seven match points.īut only a few days after that, the tennis world was abuzz with the idea of watching Federer and Rafael Nadal in action. ![]() ![]() Roger Federer’s proud record of not forfeiting a tennis match in his epic career seemed to be under threat at the Australian Open at the start of this year.
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