A few weeks later, King looked back on that exchange and said, “For the first time in my life, I feel like I can breathe a little -- or at least exhale for a little bit.” It was King who was most instrumental in the formation of the Women’s Tennis Association and the ...
Contract Earnings: USD$0.8 million Endorsement Earnings: USD$1.5 million Team: USA Position: Forward Age: 21 The youngest player to make the list of highest-paid players at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, you can expect to seeTrinity Rodman’s nameremain here for many years to come. Th...
In 2023, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced a strategic partnership with CVC Capital Partners (CVC) to accelerate the growth of women’s tennis.45 This agreement will include CVC acting as a catalyst to drive growth in the sport by providing increased ac...
“No matter where the finals are going to be, I just hope it’s going to be a nice atmosphere. I hope WTA is going to take care of that so we can just play tennis and enjoy it.” While some players may have had reservations about playing in Saudi Arabia, the cash...
In 1976, Chris Evert became the first female athlete to win over $1,000,000 in career earnings. Over 250 women were playing professionally by 1980, when the WTA Tour consisted of 47 global events, offering women tennis players a total of $7.2 million in prize money. In 1986, Martina Nav...
In other words, what has made the WNBA the first exception? While the NWLS (soccer) has now hit a stride and the PHF (hockey) is entering its seventh season, the WNBA is beaten only by the LPGA (golf) and WTA (tennis) in terms of player earnings. Additionally, the WNBA is now in...
In terms of earnings, sports clearly remains dominated by men. Forbes's 2006 list of top-earning athletes placed not one woman in the top 20.Tennis pays relatively wellHowever, tennis may in fact be among the more enlightened sports, paying its women far more than counterparts in other ...
In terms of earnings, sports clearly remains dominated by men. Forbes's 2006 list of top-earning athletes placed not one woman in the top 20.Tennis pays relatively wellHowever, tennis may in fact be among the more enlightened sports, paying its women far more than counterparts in other ...
Women, competing in sailing, lawn tennis, and golf, participated in the Olympics for the first time even though women’s events were not officially approved by the IOC. The confusion surrounding the events led to similar confusion over who was the first woman to win an…Read More track and...
The USA women's rugby sevens team earned a $4 million gift from investor Michele Kangearlier this week. Rapper and reality TV personality Flavor Flav threw his support behind water polo, and Alexis Ohanian, the husband of tennis superstar Serena Williams and the co-founder of Reddit, is inves...