Emma Raducanu trumps Katie Boulter and co by £137k regardless of lacking Wimbledon

Emma Raducanu has earned greater than all of her compatriots at Wimbledon with out even taking part in. The 20-year-old is presently sidelined after present process three surgical procedures – leaving the likes of Katie Boulter to fly the British flag at SW19 in her absence. But even the match’s final Brit standing couldn’t match Raducanu’s sponsorship earnings over the 2 weeks of Wimbledon as she crashed out to Elena Rybakina.

Raducanu has been pressured to overlook her residence Grand Slam match for the primary time since making her Wimbledon debut as an 18-year-old wildcard in 2021. The world No 132 had been battling wrist accidents for nearly a yr earlier than having surgical procedure on each, plus an extra operation on her ankle.

It means she might be out of motion for a number of months and hasn’t been in a position to play on the All England Club this yr – although she nonetheless made an look on day one in every of The Championships. But Raducanu continues to be outclassing the remainder of the Brits in relation to her earnings in the course of the match as no Brit made it to the second week.

According to the Daily Mail, the 2021 US Open champion makes £134,000 per week from her sponsorship offers because the face of manufacturers like Dior, British Airways and Evian. It signifies that throughout the 2 weeks of the match, she is going to pocket £268k.

And it’s greater than each Brit has earned at Wimbledon as none acquired past the third spherical. Boulter and Broady had been the one gamers to make it that far and earned £131k in prize cash for doing so. It means Raducanu will gather greater than double that of the best-performing British gamers at SW19 – £137k extra to be exact.

Meanwhile, 4 Brits took residence £85k for reaching the second spherical – Andy Murray, Cameron Norrie, Jan Choinski and Jodie Burrage. Murray was near reaching the third spherical as he led No 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas by two units to at least one when their match was suspended for the curfew on Thursday evening.

But when play resumed on Friday he misplaced the subsequent two units. Norrie was upset by the in-form American Christopher Eubanks whereas Choinski and Burrage got here up in opposition to a number of the seeded gamers in Hubert Hurkacz and Daria Kasatkina.