For the 2018 edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the top 10 from each tour, as determined by the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #1 players for 2018: Simona Halep (WTA) and Ariya Jutanugarn (LPGA). SIMONA … Continue reading
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Fairways and Forehands 2018 WTA and LPGA Top 10 Year In Review: #3 Naomi Osaka and Sung-Hyun Park
For the 2018 edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the top 10 from each tour, as determined by the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #3 players for 2018: Naomi Osaka (WTA) and Sung-Hyun Park (LPGA). NAOMI … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2018 WTA and LPGA Top 10 Year In Review: #5 Angelique Kerber and Nasa Hataoka
For the 2018 edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the top 10 from each tour, as determined by the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #5 players for 2018: Angelique Kerber (WTA) and Nasa Hataoka (LPGA). ANGELIQUE … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2016 WTA and LPGA Top 12 Year In Review: #11 Johanna Konta and Haru Nomura
For the fourth annual edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the dynamic dozen from each tour, the top 12 on the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #11 players for 2016: Johanna Konta (WTA) and Haru Nomura … Continue reading
American Madison Keys Celebrates Top Ten Ascension With Title At 2016 Aegon Classic
I always enjoy posting about tennis. It’s my favorite sport. But sometimes there are entries that are exceedingly joyful. Count this one among those. If you’ve read even a handful of my tennis posts over the last few years, you’re probably well aware that my favorite active player is Madison Keys. The rising 21-year old … Continue reading
Tennis Players Dominate Forbes 2016 List Of Top Paid Female Athletes With Serena Williams Coming In At #1
#1 SERENA WILLIAMS (Tennis), $28.9 Million After an 11-year reign as the top female money earner in sports, counting endorsements combined with prizemoney, the provisionally suspended Maria Sharapova fell to #2 as 21-time singles Major winner Serena Williams tops the Forbes 2016 list, measuring money over the last 12 months. Considering that some of her … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2015 WTA, JLPGA and LPGA Top 15 Year In Review: #13 Ana Ivanovic, Erina Hara and Hyo-Joo Kim
For the past two years I have counted down the top 30 (2013) and top 25 (2014) players on the WTA and LPGA money lists as my year-end wrap-up. This year I am reducing the list to the top 15. However, I am adding the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) to the countdown. For the WTA, … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2015 WTA, JLPGA and LPGA Top 15 Year In Review: #14 Angelique Kerber, Ai Suzuki and Suzann Pettersen
For the past two years I have counted down the top 30 (2013) and top 25 (2014) players on the WTA and LPGA money lists as my year-end wrap-up. This year I am reducing the list to the top 15. However, I am adding the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) to the countdown. For the WTA, … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2015 WTA, JLPGA and LPGA Top 15 Year In Review: #15 Martina Hingis, Akane Iijima and Ha Na Jang
The past two years I have counted down the top 30 (2013) and top 25 (2014) players on the WTA and LPGA money lists as my year-end wrap-up. This year I am reducing the list to the top 15. However, I am adding the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) to the countdown. For the WTA, singles, … Continue reading
Maria Sharapova Tops Forbes 2015 Highest Paid Female Athletes; Tennis Players Dominate With 7 Of The Top 10
For the 11th straight year Maria Sharapova tops the Forbes list of highest paid female athletes. The career Grand Slam winner from Russia benefited from her contracts with Nike, Avon, Tag Heuer, Porsche and Evian among others. Her personal candy line, Sugarpova, doubled in sales over the past 12 months. All of this added up … Continue reading
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