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NEW YORK—A proper knee harm knocked Jannik Sinner out of the US Open.
World No. 1 Sinner nonetheless emerges as a significant winner in New York as we speak.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Sinner supplants rival Carlos Alcaraz to prime the annual Forbes World’s Highest-Paid Tennis Gamers listing of 2026. Learn Forbes editor Brett Knight’s Forbes article on tennis’ prime paid stars right here.
The 2026 season is a landmark marketing campaign for tennis finance. For the primary time ever there are extra girls than males comprising tennis’ Prime 10 earners on Forbes’ rating listing.
Six of the world’s Prime 10 tennis gamers on the Forbes listing are girls.
The return of 44-year-old famous person Serena Williams, who earned an estimated $40.1 million over the previous yr helped elevate girls to make a significant impression on the Forbes Prime 10 listing.
The 23-time champion Serena Williams ranked third general amongst tennis champion earners over the previous yr.
Solely No. 1 Sinner, who tops the listing with $58 Million in earnings because of his sponsorship offers with Nike, Rolex, Head, Gucci and Explora Journeys, and Alcaraz surpass Serena in earnings.
The Wimbledon winner Sinner supplants Alcaraz, who beat Sinner within the 2025 US Open ultimate to regain No. 1, for the highest spot amongst tennis earners.
The 23-year-old Alcaraz, an envoy for Nike, Babolat, Rolex, and Louis Vuitton, is available in at $53.7 million in earnings during the last yr.
Final yr, Alcaraz led the listing incomes an estimated $48.3 million, earlier than taxes and administration charges.
Three of the Prime 5 gamers on the Forbes listing are WTA stars.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who collected $36.1 Million, is fourth and two-time main winner Coco Gauff, who made $35.5 million in whole earnings over the previous yr is No. 5. That’s a slight drop for Gauff, who was the highest-paid feminine athlete on this planet the prior yr incomes $37.2 million. That made the Delray Seashore-born baseliner third on Forbes’ 2025 tennis monetary champions listing.
“Your life continues to be gonna be your life regardless when you win or lose,” Gauff advised Forbes. “And at that time, you play free.”
These gamers spherical out Forbes’ 2026 prime earners listing:
At No. 6, Grand Slam King Novak Djokovic earned $30.2 million.
No. 7 Olympic gold-medal champion Zheng Qinwen made $22.6 million.
No. 8 was Iga Swiatek at $20.5 million, with Alexander Zverev in ninth place at $18.7 million. Rounding out the Prime 10 is Elena Rybakina, who collected $17.4 million.
