Meanwhile, landing at second place is Sabalenka with $30 million, followed by fellow tennis star Iga Swiatek with $23.1 million, while freestyle ski champion Eileen Gu and Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen are at fourth and fifth place with $23 million and $20.6 million, respectively.

More than three years since playing her last match, 23-time grand slam singles champion Serena Williams recently has taken a step that would be necessary should she want to return to professional tennis.

Sportico dropped its list of the top earning women's athletes and, again, tennis players dominated. Ten of the top 15 earners came from the sport.

Watching Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner collide in the Roland Garros final left Andy Roddick convinced that no sport demands more from its athletes than tennis.

Prudential Center hosts its first tennis event, A Racquet at the Rock, featuring Alcaraz, Tiafoe, Pegula and Anisimova.

Taylor Fritz, Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe recently shared their thoughts on the future of tennis. The American stars highlighted the need of a ‘liveable wage' for more players and spoke about growing the sport in the upcoming years.