Serena Williams - Forbes highest paid female Athlete

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According to a new list compiled by Forbes, the 34 years old Tennis Star, is the new highest paid female athlete in the world with a salary earning of $8.9m and endorsments of $20m which sums up to $28.9m thereby beating Maria  Sharapova who had been holding that title for eleven years. Maria comes in second with a total of $21.9m. Serena and Maria are the only women on the Forbes 100 list of highest paid athletes, the remaining 98 being men.

This makes Serena  the highest paid athlete in the female category and #40 highest paid Athlete in the world.

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Visit  Forbes.com  for the full list of highest earning athletes in the world.