Serena Williams has been named as the highest paid sports woman. The American tennis star, who lost to Garbine Muguruza in the French Open final last weekend, banked $28.9 million over the past 12 months, she has taken over from the Russian tennis star, Maria Sharapova as the world's highest-paid sportswoman, this was reported by Forbes Magazine on monday 6 June 2016.
The 34years old Serena Williams, has dominated her sport for more than a decade. She won her second Grand Slam in 2002 before going on to win 19 more since then.
After falling at Roland Garros on Saturday, she vowed to keep trying to equal Steffi Graf's Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam titles. Serena's career prize money of $77.6 million amounts to more than twice as much as any other sportswoman's.
However, Sharapova dominated in endorsement profits before companies including Nike, American Express, Porsche and TAG Heuer distanced themselves after she tested positive for the recently banned drug meldonium earlier this year.
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