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What are the income sources of tennis player Pam Shriver? Know about her net worth and income?

Pamela Howard Shriver better known as Pam Shriver is a former American professional tennis player. She is primarily known as a doubles specialist with success as a singles player as well.

Pam Shiver's income sources and net worth

Retired Tennis Player Pam Shiver is considered a very wealthy woman. Most of her income amounts from her winnings. In the year 2015, her net worth is estimated to be around 8.6 million dollars. Currently, her wealth is estimated around 10 million dollars.

Except for the prize money from her career, which is a total of $5.5 million, Pam also has other sources of income like endorsement deals. After retiring from professional tennis, she works as a tennis broadcaster for ESPN channel.

Tennis Player Pam Shriver's career in short

Pam Shriver rose to fame in the 1978 US Open when she made it to the women's singles final at the age of 16.

Throughout her career in tennis, she achieved fame and greatness that would help her uplift a personal level too. 

In total, Pam has won twenty-one singles and 112 doubles titles. From April 1983 to July 1985, she teamed with Martina Navratilova setting the record for 109 consecutive match wins.

And now she is still active as ever, covering tennis tournaments live. She even tweets about it

 

Waiting for The Federer with @ChrisMcKendry and about 2,000 other crazies ?? @ESPNTennis pic.twitter.com/8pMa9fJ9OV

— Darren Cahill (@darren_cahill) January 24, 2017

To add to her achievements, while partnering with Zina Garrison, Pam won two gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. 

Pam Shriver's unsuccessful married life

Pam Shriver has been married twice. She was previously married to attorney Joseph ShapiroESPN tennis broadcaster, Pam Shriver's first husband Joe Shapiro died in 1999.

 She has three children from her second husband, George Lazenby. They knew each other for two years before getting married.

Thanks to my son, we won our 2nd Big 5 Mid Winter Cla s sic in El Segundo. My boy had the winning shot on match point. "Can't Rush This!" pic.twitter.com/M6ORpskfY9

— Pam Shriver (@PHShriver) December 12, 2016However, the marriage was not so fruitful and she .,

Shriver married famous actor George Lazenby on June 12, 2002. She lived together with husband George and three children in a luxury home in Los Angeles, California. 

However, the marriage wasn't successful, and she filed a divorce against George in 2008George Lazenby is an Australian actor and former model, famous for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

In March of 2017, Former James Bond star, George Lazenby disclosed how unhappy his bitter divorce and child custody battle with Pam Shriver is making him as the couple came face to face in a Los Angeles Court. Pam Shriver filed for divorce earlier in March 2017 citing "irreconcilable differences"

In court doc u ments,  Pam claimed her estranged husband, George Lazenby was an abusive alcoholic who once gave their young children beer and had threatened to kill her. This custody battle is getting uglier by day.