16 Richest Athletes In Sports
10. Roger Federer – $300 million
Carter and Federer trained together for the next four years until, at the age of 13, Roger accepted an invitation to attend Switzerland’s national tennis training center.
At the time, the training center was located two hours away from Roger’s home in a part of Switzerland that spoke mostly French.
Federer trained there for three years until a new facility was opened closer to his home in Biel. Peter Carter was one of the instructors at the new training center and his guidance helped Federer quickly rise up the world’s top junior rankings. As an amateur, Roger won the Wimbledon junior singles and double titles and was eventually the number one ranked ITF player in the world.
Soon after turning pro in 1999, Roger reached the semi-finals of a tournament in Vienna. After a few more high profile wins, Roger became the youngest member of the ATP’s top 100.
Roger Federer would eventually become the number one ranked player in the world, a title he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks from February 2004 to August 2008. As of August 2013, he has won Wimbledon seven times, the Australian Open four times, the French Open once and the US Open five times. Federer has become one of the highest paid athletes in the world both on and off the court.
In 2013, Federer earned an estimated $71.5 million, of which $65 million came from endorsements. His current net worth is estimated at more than $300 million, and his total ATP career earnings sum up to $81 million dollars (as of June 2014).
