Emma Navarro worth 460 times her Wimbledon opponent as billionaire eyes prize (2024)

Emma Navarro has one eye on the Wimbledon semi-finals. (Image: Getty.)

Emma Navarro takes on Jasmine Paolini in both players’ first Wimbledon quarter-final, closing Centre Court on Tuesday in what promises to be a blockbuster match and an opportunity for them to bank a guaranteed £375,000.

Navarro and Paolini have already earned at least £226k each, a drop in the water for the American as a result of her family’s enormous wealth, but a top prize of £2.7million will not be sniffed at should either player go all the way this year.

But for Navarro, son of tycoon Ben and the potential heiress to a whopping £2.3billion fortune, the prize of victory stands tall.

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The world No. 17 is also the granddaughter of Frank Navarro, a former American football player and coach. Her father, however, is the founder and owner of Sherman Financial Group, which owns Credit One Bank.

While Emma was making her mark in tennis and coming through the American college system at the University of Virginia, her dad Charleston Tennis LLC, which holds the Charleston Open.

The home of the longest-running female-only tennis tournament in the world was just the beginning for Ben, who renovated a Charleston stadium and then bought the rights to the Western and Southern Open.

Jasmine Paolini stands in the way of Emma Navarro at Wimbledon. (Image: Getty)

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Navarro’s father boasts an incredible £2.3bn net worth, 460 times larger than Emma’s opponent Paolini on Tuesday, coming in at £5million after winning two titles in her career and aiming for a first Major win at SW19.

“Looking at it like another dual match,” Navarro previewed her clash with Paolini after defeating Gauff. “It will be me versus her. Obviously it will be in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. It's going to be my tennis versus hers. Hopefully it will speak for itself.

“Yeah, she's been on this stage before not too long ago. I don't know if that will work to her advantage. I'll be ready to play. I'll be really excited to play.”

Paolini, meanwhile, laughed when told she would be facing either Navarro or Coco Gauff due to her dismal record against both Americans with £350k and a semi-final place on the line. “Never won against them, so it's going to be tough,” she said.

“I think every match is different. I'm going to step on court trying to play my game, to try to beat one of them.

“Emma, she play tennis in a special way. She has a fast hand. I love how she plays tennis. It's going to be tough. But I'm here to be ready, to try to do match with them, to try to do a good performance.”

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