Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Monday, August 25th. Today on Forbes, the world's highest

paid tennis players 2025. As the U.S. Open is now in full swing in New York, all eyes are on

professional tennis. For the past year, tennis has been dominated by the on-court battle between 24-year-old

Yanuk Sinner of Italy and 22-year-old Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, who have combined for all

four Grand Slam singles championships in that span, plus another eight ATP tour titles along

the way.

Now, the rivalry is taking a financial turn. For the second straight year,

Alcaraz is the world's highest paid tennis player, retaining the top spot with an estimated

$48.3 million over the past 12 months before taxes and agent fees, up from the $42.3 million he posted

the year prior. But Sinner has narrowed the

gap, collecting an estimated $47.3 million, dating to the 2024 U.S. Open in a significant jump

from his $26.6 million the previous year. On the court, Sinner has the edge with $20.3 million,

a figure that has been surpassed only by Novak Djokovic

in the 18 editions of Forbes's annual tennis earnings list.

Djokovic, the 38-year-old from Serbia,

hauled in $21.8 million over the 12 months ending in June 2016, and $20.6 million on the

2019 list. But Alcaraz is tennis's off-court king, with estimated earnings of $35 million

from endorsements, appearances, exhibitions, and other business endeavors. Coming in at number three overall, and first among women's players, is Cocoa Gough, also the

world's highest paid female athlete across all sports last year.

The 21-year-old American raked in an estimated $37.2 million over the past 12 months, $12.2 million in prize money, and $25 million

off the court, to vault past Djokovic, who lands at number four overall with $29.6 million.

The shake-up means the earnings ranking is headed by three players under 30 for the first time

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