With fewer titles than Alcaraz and Coco Guaff, Chinese female tennis player enters top 10 highest earners

(NLDO) - Forbes' top 10 highest-earning tennis players list, tennis player Zheng Qinwen, only 22 years old and with 5 career titles, ranks with Alcaraz, Sinner, and Djokovic.

Chinese female tennis player Zheng Qinwen unexpectedly appeared on the list of highest-earning tennis players in 2025 announced by Forbes, with 5.1 million USD in prize money and 21 million USD from sponsorship and commercial contracts.

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Although she does not have a huge record like Alcaraz, Sinner, Coco Gauff or Djokovic, Zheng has attracted special attention from fans. On this ranking, she holds the 6th position, above Iga Swiatek, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Daniil Medvedev.

However, looking back at her success in 2024, fans will easily understand this position on the chart.

The 22-year-old star made history by winning the women's singles gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, bringing China to the top of the tennis podium for the first time. Before that, she also participated in the women's singles final at the 2024 Australian Open. These achievements helped her quickly become the pride of Chinese sports .

The Chinese female tennis player is currently ranked 7th in the world with 1.5 million in prize money so far in the 2025 season.

Her success at the Olympics also helped her become an inspiration and make the tennis movement in this Asian country more vibrant than ever.

Besides Zheng, many players such as Zhang Shuai, Zhang Zhizhen and Wu Yibing also regularly participate in Grand Slam tournaments and ATP Tour but cannot create the same impact as her.

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Born in 2002 in Hubei, 1m78 tall, Zheng has been interested in tennis since the age of 7 and was coached by coach Carlos Rodriguez, Li Na's former teacher. To date, she has 5 WTA titles and has increasingly proven herself as a great tennis player, ranking 7th in the world.

Her strong personality and impressive fashion style, which experts consider to be very impressive, help Zheng dominate the spotlight in real life. In November 2024, she became the first Chinese athlete to appear on the cover of Vogue China.

In 2024, Chinese fans witnessed Zheng's spectacular breakthrough when she became the runner-up at the Australian Open (lost 2-0 to Aryna Sabalenka), and reached the final of the WTA Finals (lost to Coco Gauff in a dramatic tie-break). That achievement brought her to the world No. 4 ranking (6-2025), becoming a rare Asian player in the top group of WTA.

Chinese female tennis player is only behind Alcaraz, Sinner, Coco Gauff, Djokovic and Sabalenka in Forbes' top 10 rankings.

She even ranked 4th in Forbes' list of the world's top 10 highest-paid female athletes in 2024 with 20 million USD (5.6 million in prize money, 15 million in commercial).

Not only shining on the field, Zheng is also the golden face of brands in his hometown.

In addition to major contracts in China, she also collaborated with Audi, Beats, Dior, and was chosen by WTA as a global ambassador alongside Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka.

At the age of 22, Zheng Qinwen is continuing her dream of becoming a new symbol of Asian tennis, following in the footsteps of her senior Li Na.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/it-danh-hieu-hon-alcaraz-va-coco-guaff-tay-vot-nu-trung-quoc-vao-top-10-thu-nhap-cao-196250823172336692.htm