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How Much is Tennis Player Serena Williams's Salary and Net Worth? Details of her Career and Awards

American professional tennis player Serena Williams who recently married to the co-founder of the website Reddit, Alexis Ohanian is the first lady to secure the place in Forbes “The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes” 2017.  

She has dedicated 15 years of her life in Tennis and has won 86% of her matches with an Open era-record 23 Grand Slam singles titles. Alexis hasn’t only earned a name for herself but has also made a huge fortune. So how much does Serena Williams earns? How much is her net worth? Let us find out!!!

What Is The Net Worth Of Serena Williams? Details Of Her Sources Of Income         

Serena Williams, the seven-time Wimbledon champion and a mother of Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. has an estimated net worth of $150 million as of 2016, according to Forbes. 

Not to forget that she is the wife of Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, and the website has an estimated net worth of $9 million.

Starting with her salary, Serena earns around $8 million in every tournament which definitely constitutes to her net worth of $150 million.

Not only that, she has earned total amount of $84 million prize money throughout her career, and collected around $27 million through her endorsements, bonuses and appearance fees. 

Serena Williams’s Assets: Houses And cars

Where do a people having a net-worth of $150 million live? In paradise? Well don’t know much about others but Serena does live in a little heaven in Beverly Hills that she just bought in 2017. 

The newlywed couple, Serena and Alexis Ohanian and their baby girl picked up a home before their wedding at $6.7 million as stated by Trulia.

Their new Beverly Hills Spanish contemporary home consisted of five-bedroom, seven-bathroom and was built in 2017.

If we believe the sources, Serena got a pretty good deal as she recently listed her Bel Air mansion for $12 million after buying the worth house half of that price.

Well, not only house, but Serena also bought a new car, and she uploaded a picture with her new car in February 2017 with a caption: 

That salsa dance you do when @astonmartinlagonda and you meet up and plan amazing things...... #allmine #justforme

The price of the car is range from $118,650 to $200,000.

Also read: Serena Williams' Wedding In Beautiful Pictures; Heads To Honeymoon With Husband

Serena Williams’s Expenses

Apparently, the gorgeous couple Serena and Alexis splurged around more than $2million on their wedding inviting around 200 friends and families including her sister Venus William Beyonce and Kim Kardashian.

She wore a beautiful ball gown silhouette which she brought from London and a few days later the newlywed couple was seen boarding in a private jet.

Also, Williams isn’t only rocking her field of interest, that is tennis, but she also manages to rock her looks wearing expensive, hot and happening outfits on the red carpets.

And it seems that Serena is someone who doesn’t compromise on her looks and dresses. 

Quick facts

  • Serena Williams was born as Serena Jameka Williams in Saginaw, Michigan.
  • She was born to Richard Williams and Oracene Price.
  • She started to play tennis at the age of three.
  • She was ranked as World No. 1 in singles on eight occasions, in The Women’s Tennis Association from 2002 to 2017.
  • At recent times, she has been known for holding all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously (2002-03 and 2014-15).