Steffi Graf vs Martina Navratilova vs Chris Evert: Which tennis legend has the highest net worth?
(left to right) Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf
(left to right) Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf (Images via Getty)
Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert dominated the world of tennis and etched their names in history as three of the greatest athletes of all time through their individual accolades and records. All three are in the International Tennis Hall of Fame and have a range of records and accomplishments to their names.
Graf’s reign came a little after Navratilova and Evert’s rivalry, but owing to the stature they have earned for themselves, their names are taken together as much as they are discussed individually. The German retired in 1999 with 22 majors, the third-most to be won by a tennis player. Navratilova retired with 18 major singles titles in 1994. Similarly, at a tie with her arch-rival, Evert retired in 1989 with 18 Grand Slams titles.
She was either ranked World No.1 or World No.2 for a large part of her career, and in 1976, she also became the first tennis player to reach $1 million in career prize money. Additionally, the International Hall of Fame Inductee holds an overall win percentage of 88.52%.
While Evert comes under the category of the richest female athletes of the world, she trails behind her contemporaries and other prominent names from the tennis world including Navratilov and Graf.
As a former tennis player and coach, Navratilova has a net worth of $25 million through endorsements (Source: Celebrity Net Worth) and career earnings of roughly $20 million in tournament prizes. Her endorsements include Thorlo athletic socks, Denon Sound system, and Yonex rackets among others. She has also served as a studio analyst for Tennis Channel, contributing further to her overall earnings.
Therefore, more through the number of matches she played and won than anything else, Graf earned a great deal of money for herself, something that still places her in the category of the world’s richest female athletes, even years after her retirement
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