Highest Paid Women Athletes in 2000
Here are some of the top paid women athletes for the year 2000, taken from Forbes Magazine's annual Celebrity 100 list (2001 list). Forbes also publish a list of the 2000 Best Paid Athletes which is comprised mostly of male athletes.
The highest paid sportswoman for this year was Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis with earnings of 11 million dollars, well less than the highest paid male athlete for the same time period Michael Schumacher who had combined earnings of 59 million. This is not an official list of top paid sportswomen - there may be other women who make as much as these but did not have the popularity to make the Celebrity list. See more lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes.
| Name | Country | Sport | earnings (US$ million) | previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Hingis | Switzerland | Tennis | 11 | 1 |
| =2 | Venus Williams | USA | Tennis | 10 | 5 |
| =2 | Anna Kournikova | Russian | Tennis | 10 | 2 |
| 4 | Serena Williams | USA | Tennis | 7.5 | 4 |
| 5 | Lindsay Davenport | USA | Tennis | 6 |
Notes
- Earnings estimates (US dollars) are for the calendar year 2000, and include salaries, bonuses, prize money, endorsements and appearance fees and does not take into account taxes or agent fees.
Source
- Forbes Magazine's 'Celebrity 100' list from 2001.
Related Pages
- Other lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes
- Other Sports Illustrated Lists, including the Fortunate 50 and the International 20
- More sporting lists, including the Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- More about the World of Sport
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