Tennis star richer than Djokovic continues Wimbledon run with triumph over Gauff

Emma Navarro’s historic Wimbledon run just keeps on going as she blitzed through second seed Coco Gauff in the fourth round.

Having already claimed the scalp of former world No.1 Naomi Osaka, Navarro may have been forgiven for thinking that she would finally meet her match when she took on the world no.2 on Sunday.

But Navarro put on a commanding display on Centre Court with a 6-4 6-3 triumph over the reigning US Open champion.

This is Navarro’s best performance at a Grand Slam with her previous best coming at the French Open earlier this year where she reached the fourth round.

However, any prize money on offer – she earns £226,000 for winning her fourth-round clash – at this year’s Championships is likely to be of secondary importance.

That’s because her father, Ben, is a billionaire investment tycoon.

Navarro Sr is the founder and owner of Sherman Financial Group, which owns Credit One bank.

He has made investments in tennis whilst his daughter makes her name on the tennis circuit, purchasing Charleston Tennis LLC in 2018.

Ben completed the renovation of a 10,000-capacity stadium in Charleston and named the Charleston Open after his Credit One empire before buying the rights to the Western and Southern Open.

And the father and daughter isn’t the only family success story as grandfather Frank Navarro is a former American football player and coach.

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That all means her net worth stands at a mind-blowing £2.35billion – almost three times the wealth of tennis’ legends, including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal who have multiple grand slams between them.

In 2023, Forbes reported Federer among the highest paid athletes in the world, who earned $95m (£74m) for not even playing. He has won $130m or prize money in his career and has an estimated net worth of $550m (£433m).

Djokovic has an estimated $240m (£189m) and Nadal’s net worth is said to be $220m (£173m).

World No.17 Navarro made her first appearance at a Grand Slam in the 2021 US Open which was won by Britain’s Emma Raducanu.

Navarro won her first WTA Tour title at the Hobart International earlier this year.