Maria Sharapova - $13m

Maria Sharapova reportedly earns $13 million, at the age of 19. She is a superb example of a rags-to-riches story in the United States. Amazingly, out of this 13 mil, only 1 million comes from tennis and the rest for the pretty face of this Russian teenage sensation !!

She manages her ad-campaign so well, at the same time concentrating on here tennis. I love her on-court more than her off court activities. After she won the 2006 US Open in Flushing Meadows, she ran into the audience to hug here father. Truly emotional moment !!

I wish she wins more Grand Slams, and should never become like Anna Kournikova, who went on doing albums with Enrique and chose modelling over tennis.