Roger Federer
Roger Federer is synonymous with the word, tennis. This male athlete is no joke. He started his professional career in 1998 and so far, he’s earned over 98 million dollars in his 18 year long career! Plus, he has 88 career titles along with 17 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 4 Australian, 1 French, 5 US Open, and 7 Wimbledon. On top of all that, oh yeah, we’re not done listing his achievements. From 2004 to 2008, Federer was ranked number one in the world for 237 consecutive weeks, a record that may never be surpassed.
Rafael Nadal
Of course, Rafael Nadal makes the list, the man’s a walking legend. Nadal started his professional tennis career in 2001 and so far has earned over 78 million dollars, has 69 career titles to his name with 14 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 1 Australian, 9 French, 2 US Open, and 2 Wimbledon. Talk about impressive. After his 9th French Open title, Nadal ibecame known as “The King of Clay” because of his domination over all others on the clay court. Despite injury bouts, Nadal will go on to win more titles and climb up the world rankings.