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Locked out of the riches: The gender pay gap in sports threatens to erase women from the Top 50 highest-paid athletes

In a new article, Forbes points to a persistent gender pay gap in sports and the fact that the Top 50 highest-paid athletes list might soon not feature a single woman, just as was the case in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Jessica Pegula: The wealthiest athlete in the world you need to know about

Even though tennis players receive equal prize money at Grand Slams, other tournaments are not nearly as progressive. For example, even this month’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia offers $8.5 million prize money to men and $3.