Naomi Osaka has made more money in a single year than any other female athlete in history, earning 37.4 million in prize money and endorsements.\n
. She also made $1.4 million more than Serena Williams, who was the highest paid female athlete the last four years in a row.unfortunately deemed “controversial” after a referee docked Williams points for arguing with him over a call and throwing her racket in frustration. Osaka calledbittersweet, saying “I feel happy and sad at the same time and I think this is the most I’ve ever cried.” Osaka’s rise to the head of the charts was a perfect convergence of several factors.
She first proved herself on the court, with back-to-back Grand Slam titles at the 2018 U.S. Open and the 2019 Australian Open. That plus her heritage—a Japanese mother and a Haitian-American father—helped separate her from the pack; at only 20 when she won her Open title, she had a cool factor and an engaging personality.sport in which female athletes make comparable money to male athletes, thanks to similarly-sized audiences.
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