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Metro
07-07-2025
- Business
- Metro
Wimbledon star worth £3 billion plays on Centre Court today - but who is she?
American tennis player Emma Navarro, sitting on a £3 billion inheritance, faces Mirra Andreeva on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2025 today. The 24-year-old is set to become richer than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic combined due to the wealth of her father Ben Navarro. Navarro is seeded 10th in the women's singles and takes on Russian seventh-seed Andreeva with a spot in the quarter-finals on the line. Here's everything to know about Navarro ahead of her fourth-round match at this year's Championships against Andreeva on Monday, July 7… Emma Navarro is an American tennis player born in New York City who resides in Charleston, South Carolina and is coached by Peter Ayers. Her prize money on the WTA Tour to date is $4,637,393 (£3,376,381) and she has clinched two titles so far, which came at the 2024 Hobart International in Australia and 2025 Merida Open in Mexico. Navarro conjured up her best performance at a major tournament last year with a run to the US Open semi-finals. She is playing in the Wimbledon main draw for just the third time having made her debut in 2023 when she crashed out in the first round to Magdalena Frech. At last year's Championships – on her second main draw appearance – Navarro reached the quarter-finals as the 19th seed after a series of impressive wins, eliminating Coco Gauff in the fourth round, before she was eventually beaten by runner-up Jasmine Paolini. Navarro is right-handed with a two-handed backhand and she has won 225 singles matches on the WTA Tour, while she has lost 129. It's because of her family. She is the daughter of extremely rich investment tycoon Ben Navarro. More Trending He is the founder and owner of Sherman Financial Group, which has assets such as Credit One Bank. The Wimbledon star is also the granddaughter of the late ex-Ivy League American footballer turned coach Frank Navarro. He served as a head coach for Williams College, Columbia University, Wabash College and Princeton University. MORE: I've camped in the Wimbledon queue 7 times – I'll never buy tickets MORE: Laura Robson names the one Wimbledon rule that should never change MORE: Andrew Castle snaps back at John McEnroe over controversial Wimbledon decision
Metro
01-07-2025
- Business
- Metro
Wimbledon star worth £3 billion plays on No.1 Court today - but who is she?
American tennis player Emma Navarro, sitting on a £3 billion inheritance, faces Petra Kvitova on the No.1 Court at Wimbledon 2025 today. The 24-year-old is set to become richer than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic combined due to the wealth of her father Ben Navarro. Navarro is seeded 10th in the women's singles and is the favourite to progress past 35-year-old veteran Kvitova – a two-time Wimbledon champion – who is making her final appearance in SW19 as a wildcard. Here's everything to know about Navarro ahead of her first-round match at this year's Championships against Czech star Kvitova on Tuesday, July 1. Emma Navarro is an American tennis player born in New York City who resides inCharleston, South Carolina and is coached by Peter Ayers. Her prize money on the WTA Tour to date is $4,637,393 (£3,376,381) and she has clinched two titles so far, which came at the 2024 Hobart International in Australia and 2025 Merida Open in Mexico. Navarro conjured up her best performance at a major tournament last year with a run to the US Open semi-finals. She is playing in the Wimbledon main draw for just the third time having made her debut in 2023 when she crashed out in the first round to Magdalena Frech. At last year's Championships – on her second main draw appearance – Navarro reached the quarter-finals as the 19th seed after a series of impressive wins, eliminating Coco Gauff in the fourth round, before she was eventually beaten by runner-up Jasmine Paolini. Navarro is right-handed with a two-handed backhand and she has won 225 singles matches on the WTA Tour, while she has lost 129. It's because of her family. She is the daughter of extremely rich investment tycoon Ben Navarro. More Trending He is the founder and owner of Sherman Financial Group, which has assets such as Credit One Bank. The Wimbledon star is also the granddaughter of the late ex-Ivy League American footballer turned coach Frank Navarro. He served as a head coach for Williams College, Columbia University, Wabash College and Princeton University. MORE: Wimbledon contender calls for controversial rule change after shock exit MORE: Wimbledon star asked for 'dangerous' fan to be removed over fear they had knife MORE: Why was Jannik Sinner banned from tennis? Doping suspension explained
Reuters
02-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Jessica Pegula, McCartney Kessler to meet in all-American final at Austin
March 2 - Top-seeded Jessica Pegula recorded 31 winners while posting a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic on Saturday to advance to the championship match of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas. Pegula took advantage of serving issues by Tomljanovic (11 double faults) and controlled the third set to place herself in position to win her seventh career title. Pegula will face fifth-seeded McCartney Kessler, who notched a 7-5, 6-4 win over Belgium's Greet Minnen to make it an all-American final. Kessler outlasted Minnen despite converting just 5 of 18 break points. Minnen's attempts to pull off a victory were sabotaged by her 10 double faults. Kessler will be looking for her third career title. Merida Open Akron Top-seeded Emma Navarro of New York swept Armenia's Elina Avanesyan 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the final in Merida, Mexico. She will face qualifier Emiliana Arango of Colombia, a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 winner over Daria Saville of Australia. Navarro, ranked No. 10 in the world, improved to 2-0 in her career against Avanesyan and will go for her second career title on Sunday. She previously won the Hobart International in January 2024. Navarro broke Avanesyan five times out of nine tries while saving five of Avanesyan's seven break attempts. Arango, on the other hand, needed nearly three hours to advance to her first career WTA Tour singles final. She has faced Navarro once before, losing on clay in Naples, Fla., in January 2023. Regardless of Sunday's outcome, Arango will enter the world top 100.
