Wealthiest American Tennis Player Richer Than Billionaire Roger Federer Guaranteed of a Hefty Payout After Unexpected Persistence at Wimbledon

While speaking of promising American talents on the WTA tour today, 29-year-old Jessica Pegula simply cannot be overlooked. Currently placed at number 4 in the WTA singles rankings, Pegula is having a dream run at the ongoing Wimbledon. However, she is yet again in the news for the astronomical wealth of her family, which technically makes her way wealthier than even Roger Federer.

Now, as her impressive Wimbledon run continues, she is all set to add more to her already astronomical fortune.

Jessica Pegula poised to add more to her jaw-dropping wealth

Pegula reached her first-ever Wimbledon quarter-finals after making quick work of Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in straight sets in their round of 16 encounters. With this win, she has already ensured a ?340,000 paycheck in prize money by virtue of securing her position in the last eight of SW19. She has the possibility of winning ?600,000 if she reaches the semis, ?1.18m if she becomes the runner-up, and a hefty ?2.35m if she is capable of going all the way and lifting the Wimbledon trophy.

Therefore, she will definitely be supplementing her enormous family fortune through a healthy amount of prize money at this year’s Wimbledon, as reported by the Daily Express. Incidentally, this year’s Wimbledon paycheck pool marks a 17.5% increase from last year’s funds.

Jessica Pegula is often dubbed as the wealthiest tennis star with the reported worth of her businessman father estimated to be around ?6.7billion. This potentially makes her richer than almost all top athletes of the world, including the legendary Roger Federer.

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Pegula technically richer than Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo among other sporting icons

Terry Pegula, the father of Jessica, is one of the wealthiest businessmen in the United States, with huge investments in fracking. Terry also happens to be the owner of the NFL team Buffalo Bills. Being his daughter, Jessica is the heir to the incredible ? 6.7 billion fortune and will inherit all this wealth from her family. This invariably makes her way richer than Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the wealthiest soccer stars in the world, with an estimated net worth of ?500m.

Not only this, Pegula’s fortunes simply dwarf the combined net worths of tennis legends Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.

Although Pegula has never shied away from admitting to her privileged background, she sure hopes to shed her ‘richest tennis star’ image and let her tennis racket do the talking. And she is definitely on the right track as far as her current Wimbledon campaign is concerned.

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