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On December 21, Forbes magazine announced the list of the highest-paid female athletes in sports in 2023. Gu Ailing and Zheng Qinwen are two Chinese players in the top 20.
Gu Ailing won $22.1 million (about 1.).5.8 billion yuan) in second place, and this figure was 20.1 million US dollars (about 1.) last year4.3 billion yuan), ranking third. In other words, Gu Ailing's income in 2023 will be nearly 15 million yuan more than last year, and she will also rank first.
Gu Ailing **Visual China.
In the list, there are two Chinese players on the list, Gu Ailing and Zheng Qinwen, of which Gu Ailing is second and Zheng Qinwen is ranked 15th. Among the top 10 on the list, 9 athletes are tennis players, only Gu Ailing is a non-tennis player, and tennis has undoubtedly become the number one professional sport for women. It is worth mentioning that in 2013, Chinese tennis player Li Na also entered the top three earnings of female athletes in Forbes at her peak, when she ranked third with a revenue of $18.2 million.
In this Forbes version of the women's earnings list, the International Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world No. 1 Swiatek topped the list with a total income of $23.9 million, with $9.9 million on court and $14 million off the court.
Gu followed Swiatek with $22.1 million, with $100,000 coming from the court and $22 million from off-court endorsements.
It can be seen from Gu Ailing's own 2023 schedule that she did not participate in many competitions this year, and the prize money only accounted for a small part of her income. It has been 11 months since she retired due to injury in January.
Forbes said of Gu: "Gu's income is not in the interval between two Winter Olympics**, and the freestyle skier has long-term sponsorships around the world.
According to Jiemian News, Gu Ailing, an Olympic champion athlete, a top student from a prestigious school, a darling in the fashion industry and other labels, has been rising in popularity since the Beijing Winter Olympics.
According to incomplete statistics, Gu Ailing has cooperated with more than 30 brands, including Anta, Luckin and many other Chinese brands have favored Gu Ailing.
At third on the list is American tennis player Gauff with $21.7 million, $6.7 million on the court and $15 million off the courtFormer US Open champions Raducanu, Naomi Osaka, Australian Open champion Sabalenka, and American players Pegula, Serena Williams, Rybakina and Fernandez are ranked fourth to tenth. Zheng Qinwen, China's top player in women's tennis, ranked 15th with $1.7 million in tournament prize money and $5.5 million in sponsorship income. This is also the second time that a Chinese women's tennis player has appeared on the Forbes income list after the women's tennis Grand Slam winner Li Na.
*: Daily Economic News, Beiqing Daily, Hangzhou.com, Guangming.com, Jiemian News.
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