Federer leads list of game\\\'s top moneymakers

NEW YORK, Aug 26 (AFP): Roger Federer has not won a Grand Slam title this year but the 17-time Grand Slam champion topped Forbes magazine's list of the 10 top tennis moneymakers announced Monday.

The Swiss star made $56.2 million (42.6 million euros) from July of last year through this past June, with endorsement deals from such firms as Rolex and Nike bringing the lion's share of that total, more than $40 million (30 million euros).

At age 33, Federer owns three tiles in 2014 and was a Wimbledon runner-up, dropping the final in five sets to top-ranked Novak Djokovic.

Five men and five women made this year's list.

Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who won his ninth French Open crown this past June, ranked second on the lsit at $44.5 million (33.7 million euros) but was on the sidelines Monday as the US Open began in New York because of a wrist injury. Nadal had $30 million (22.7 million euros) in sponsor money.

Serbia's Djokovic was third with $33.1 million (25 million euros) that included $12.1 million (9.1 million euros) in prize money.

Russian beauty Maria Sharapova was fourth overall but topped the women on the list with $24.4 million (18.5 million euros), $22 million (16.6 million euros) of it from endorsements.