Victoria Azarenka has an estimated net worth of $15 million
Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player with an estimated net worth of $15 million. She is 6′ and weighs 148 pounds. Victoria Azarenka was born on July 31, 1989 in Minsk, Belarus. At the age of 15 she moved to Scottsdale, Arizona so that she could train for tennis with NHL goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and his wife.
Victoria Azaranka made her professional tennis debut in November 2003 at the ITF junior tour. She won one doubles title with Olga Govortsova.
2005 proved to be a great year for Azarenka. She won two junior Grand Slams: the Australian and US. By the end of the season she was ranked junior world no. 1 and named the 2005 ITF World Champion. She became the first Belarusian to earn this distinction.
Victoria Azarenka won the Grand Slam singles at the Australian Open for two consecutive years (2012-13). She earned the Bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in straight sets against Maria Kirilenko. Her medal became the first medal won for tennis in Belarusian history. She also won her first Gold medal with Max Mirnyi for Belarus, defeating Andy Murray and Laura Robson in a mixed doubles tournament tiebreak.
Azarenka continued to prove her athleticism on the tennis court and on January 30,2012 she was ranked world no.1. In August 2013 she lost the top spot to Maria Sharapova and is currently ranked world no. 2.
In August 2013, Forbes magazine named Victoria Azarenka as the fourth highest paid female athlete in the world. She earned $15.7 million between 2012-2013. $6.7 million of her earnings was prize money and the remaining $9 million were a result of her growing endorsements. Azarenka has endorsement deals with Nike, Wilson, American Express, Six Star Pro Nutrition, InstaForex, and Citizen Watch. In January 2013 she became the first tennis player to endorse the beverage giant Red Bull. When Azarenka won $7.9 million in prize money in 2012- it became a single record for female athletes in any sport.
Victoria Azarenka has enough net worth to buy:
1. 10,000 LG Mega-Capacity Steam Front-Load Washers ($1,500 each)
2. 37,500 Donner and Blitzen 9′ Charleston Cashmere Slim Christmas Trees ($400 each)
3. 15,000 La-Z- Boy Imperial Coastal Blue Recliners ($1000 each)
Victoria Azarenka has enough net worth to give everyone in Senegal $1
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