Roger Federer - a gem is worth a fortune $$$

Roger Federer is now the biggest all time money maker in men’s tennis. He has now surpassed Pete Sampras with career earnings to $43.3 million as he advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters Tournament last week. According to Sports Business Journal, Federer has one of the most lucrative (supposedly up to 13$ million a year of endorsements) Nike contracts among Nike represented stars such as Tiger Woods ($40 million a year) and Lebron James (7 year $90 million deal). According to the paper, Federer also costs a million dollars for an exhibition in Asia during off season. Today even with these figures, arguably the best player in tennis history, Federer, may even be underpaid compared to greats in other sports.