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Tennis sensation, Maria Sharapova stands tall. Not just in stature but also in the Forbes’ list of highest-paid female athletes.
The magazine said that the Russian beauty’s earnings power skyrocketed in 2004 when she won Wimbledon.
The influential business magazine states that the 6-foot-2-inch blond has multimillion dollar endorsement deals.
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Maria Sharapova
Photographs: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for ESPY
Sport: Tennis
Total earnings: $29 million
Prize money: $6 million
Endorsements: $23 million
Serena Williams
Photographs: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
Sport: Tennis
Total earnings: $20.5 million
Prize money: $8.5 million
Endorsements: $12 million
Li Na
Photographs: Dennis Grombkowski/Getty Images
Sport: Tennis
Total earnings: $18.2 million
Prize money: $3.2 million
Endorsements: $15 million
Victoria Azarenka
Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
Sport: Tennis
Total earnings: $15.7 million
Prize money: $6.7 million
Endorsements: $9 million
Danica Patrick
Photographs: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Sport: Auto race driver
Total earnings: $15 million
Salary/Winnings: $6 million
Endorsements: $9 million
Kim Yuna
Photographs: Fred Thornhill/Reuters
Sport: Figure skater
Total earnings: $14 million
Caroline Wozniacki
Photographs: Danny Moloshok/Reuters
Sport: Tennis
Total earnings: $13.6 million
Prize money: $2.6 million
Endorsements: $11 million
Agnieszka Radwanska
Photographs: Getty Images
Sport: Tennis
Total earnings: $7.4 million
Prize money: $4.9 million
Endorsements: $2.5 million
Ana Ivanovic
Photographs: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
Sport: Tennis
Total earnings: $7 million
Prize money: $1 million
Endorsements: $6 million
Paula Creamer
Photographs: Nigel Roddis/Reuters
Sport: Professional golfer
Total earnings: $5.5 million
Prize money: $1 million
Endorsements: $4.5 million
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