Casper Ruud has questioned Sportico’s numbers because the Norwegian tennis star suggests nobody can precisely know the way a lot a participant earns besides the participant and their agent.
This week, Sportico launched its annual checklist of the highest-paid feminine athletes and the 2021 US Open champion landed at No. 7 with $14.7 million earned this 12 months – $671k got here from match prize cash whereas $14 million got here from endorsement offers.
Whereas Raducanu pocketed lower than Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka, she made extra by way of endorsement offers – the Pole netted $13 million in that division whereas the Belarusian collected $8 million. Additionally, there’s Elena Rybakina, who earned “just” $4 million from her endorsement offers.
Emma Raducanu© LTA/Instagram – Honest Use
“Emma Raducanu ($14M) made more in endorsements in *2024* than Aryna Sabalenka ($8M) and Elena Rybakina ($4M) combined. The devil works hard but her agent works harder!” Bastien Fachan wrote on X.
How do you/they know?Have you ever seen all of Emma, Aryna and Elena’s contracts with your individual eyes?🤔
— Casper Ruud (@CasperRuud98) December 5, 2024
After seeing the publish, world No. 6 Ruud reacted: “How do you/they know? Have you seen all of Emma, Aryna and Elena’s contracts with your own eyes?”
Ruud highlights: Solely the participant and agent know the precise numbers
After it was talked about to the three-time Grand Slam finalist that Sportico will get their numbers via their contacts with the associates and enterprise personnel, the previous world No. 2 accepted that rationalization however nonetheless famous that there was no means anybody would disclose the precise quantity.
“Fair enough, but even for them (sportico) it’s a guessing game… There’s no way an agent would ever give access to their players contracts so in reality only the agent & player know the real numbers… They should write «highest estimated payed athletes» instead,” Ruud added.
Honest sufficient, however even for them (sportico) it’s a guessing recreation.. there’s no means an agent would ever give entry to their gamers contracts so in actuality solely the agent & participant know the true numbers..they need to write «highest estimated payed athletes» in stead..
— Casper Ruud (@CasperRuud98) December 5, 2024
In the meantime, Raducanu is broadly thought to be some of the marketable tennis participant. Prior to now, she confronted some criticism due to that however defended herself by claiming that her sponsorship commitments weren’t negatively impacting her profession.
