Roger Federer surpasses Tiger Woods in all-time earnings
If you’re wondering if Roger Federer has it all, the answer is yes, yes he does. With his win over Alexander Zverev on Tuesday at the ATP World Tour Finals, he achieved the top spot in all-time sports earnings.
As if Roger Federer doesn’t have enough. He’s having the year of his life after having been written off last year, bypassing a slew of his own records this year, and he’s now the top earner in sports winnings. And the guy’s a gentleman and admired ambassador for the sport he loves, and that loves him right back. Sigh… this tweet says it all.
Always be yourself unless you can be @rogerfederer, then always be @rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/LeplMItOg3
— Pepi ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Pepinomovil) May 20, 2015
The Swiss tennis wizard is serving up a master class of the sport in London at the ATP Finals, schooling everyone and demonstrating why he’s made the cut for 15 years and isn’t showing any signs of weakness.
With his win at the Basel tournament last month, he surpassed Novak Djokovic as the top tennis earner, becoming the first male tennis player to win $110M. The grand slam wins at the Australian Open and Wimbledon this year greatly helped in his prize money haul. The Swiss Indoors title placed him second on the list of ATP tour titles — at 95 — just behind Jimmy Connors, who has 109. The 19-time grand slam champion has won seven titles this year, including two more Masters 1000’s in addition to the two grand slams.
He may not hold the top ranking spot in tennis, but he stands above all individual sports athletes, racing past Tiger Woods on the Forbes list for career prize money, collecting an envious pot of $110,235,682 with the Tuesday win in London.
The Forbes list does not include sponsorship deals. Federer has a bunch of those too, including Nike, Rolex, Mercedes-Benz, Wilson, Credit Suisse, and Moët & Chandon. He just makes about $58M from those annually. With those included, he’s fourth on the Forbes list, behind Lionel Messi, LeBron James, and Christiano Ronaldo.
Oh, and he’ll probably win his record seventh ATP World Tour Finals title this week. His next match is against Marin Cilic on Thursday.
But even if he doesn’t win his eighth title of the year, we know he’ll be just fine.