Tennis is recognized among the sports which offer an attractive income to its players, especially at the professional level. Here, the players become popular not only for his amazing hand with their tennis bat but also for their huge and attractive income range. The income of the player depends on his talent and popularity. Here, the player can earn in millions. Big and popular names of the tennis would earn huge amount of money. Along with the income, the prize money of ATP or WTA tours boosts their income to a large extent. Another boost in the salary comes with the decent pay checks from the sponsors. These tennis players enjoy the fame like Hollywood celebrities. Besides their number of achievements that they have made in their active tennis career, they have various endorsements which enhance their fame and popularity among the people.

Earlier the tennis is just the sport for enjoyment but later on it became popular sport for earning huge money along with the incredible fame and popularity. When it comes to the naming sports which pay big and attractive income to the players, tennis is just the name which cannot be missed. All the tennis superstars like Rodger Federer, Serena Williams, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and a lot more enjoy the great income besides their popularity for the magic hand with the tennis racquet.

It is quite difficult to enlist the highest paid tennis players as they are large in number but still we are providing a compiled list of Top 10 Highest Paid Tennis Players 2016 here.

Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki is the Danish professional tennis player. She is currently associated with the brands like Rolex, Sony Ericson, Adidas, Yonex and lot more. She earns approximately $ 9.5 million from endorsements and $ 1.3 as the prize money. She has been ranked 8 by the women tennis professional. She won 22 career titles and 4 ITF titles.

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Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanovic has been ranked the world no. 5 by the women tennis association. She earns $ 6.5 from endorsements and $1.3 as the money prize. Her total income is $8.3 million. She is associated with the renowned brands and serves as a model on various occasions.

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Victoria Azarenka

Another legendary name in the list of Top 10 Highest Paid Tennis Players 2016 is Victoria Azarenka. She is the Belarusian professional tennis player who has been ranked 32 by the women tennis association. She earns approximately $7.5 million from endorsements and $ 3.6 million as the prize money.

Andy Murray

Andy Murray is the British professional tennis player. He has been ranked 6 by the world tennis professional. He appears In TV commercials and endorses the brands like Adidas, Fred Perry and a lot more. He earns $15 million from endorsements and $ 4.1 million as prize money.

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Serena Williams

Serena Williams is the professional American tennis player and one of the Top 10 Highest Paid Tennis Players 2016. She has been ranked 1 by the women’s tennis association. She earns approx $11 million as the prize money and $ 11 million from endorsements. She is currently associated with brands like Puma, Nike, OPI and a lot more.

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LI NA

LI NA is the professional Chinese tennis player who has been ranked 9 by the women’s tennis association. She earns $ 18 million from endorsements and $ 5.6 million as the prize money. She is currently associated with the brands like Nike, Rolex, Samsung, Visa and a lot more.

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Maria Sharapova

Another name in the list of Top 10 Highest Paid Tennis Players 2016 is Maria Sharapova. She is the Russian professional tennis player who has been ranked 2 by the women’s tennis association. She earns $ 22 million from endorsements and $ 2.4 as the prize money. She currently appears in the TV commercials for several of her endorses like Nike, Samsung, Motorola and a lot more.

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Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is the Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked 1 by the association of the tennis professionals. He earns $12.1 million as the prize money and $21 million from endorsements. He currently associated with the FitLine, Mercedes – Benz, Sergio – Tacchini and a lot more endorsements.

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Rafael Nadal

Another legendary tennis player is Rafael Nadal. This Spanish tennis player has been ranked 3 by the association of the tennis professionals. He appears in various TV Commercials for several of his endorses like Rolex, Mercedes – Benz, Gillette and a lot more. He earns $30 million from endorsements and $ 14.5 as the prize money. He won 64 career titles.

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer is the legendary Swiss tennis player and one of the Top 10 Highest Paid Tennis Players 2016. He has been ranked 2 by the association of the tennis professionals. He earns approx $52 million from endorsements and $ 4.2 million as the prize money. He won 82 career titles till date which is the third highest in the open era.

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