Nadal’s contract with Nike is said to be similar to Federer’s old Nike contract. Other high ranked players, like Nadal and Serena Williams, have had the same sponsor for years. Uniqlo supposedly pays him $300 million over 10 years, tripling his old contract. Value of tennis sponsorshipsįederer’s old 10-year Nike contract had a reported value of $10 million a year. The Serbian now wears Lacoste clothing and Asics shoes. Uniqlo could add Federer to their portfolio that already held Kei Nishikori, because they parted ways with Novak Djokovic in 2017. His personal logo is currently still under Nike’s control, but the rights might come back to him in the future. The Swiss maestro switched to Japanese brand Uniqlo for clothing, but still wears Nike shoes. In 2018 Roger Federer and Nike parted ways after a long and fruitful relationship. Welcome to the K-Swiss family! Be sure to follow her on Instagram at post shared by K-Swiss Tennis on at 7:15am PST We are excited to share with you the signing of WTA professional tennis player Ajla Tomljanovic! Ajla will be the new face of K-Swiss Tennis globally, as well as a global brand ambassador for the K-Swiss Lifestyle category. An investment in two young players around the top-50 mark that could well pay off in the future. K-SwissĪmerican brand K-Swiss now sponsors Cameron Norrie (previously Ellesse) and Ajla Tomljanovic (previously Nike). And while Anderson plays with Dunlop rackets, Basilashvili surprisingly still plays with Head rackets. While Nikoloz Basilashvili and Kevin Anderson both switched from Lotto to Dunlop clothing. Top male switchesīorna Coric switched from Nike to Asics during the 2019-20 off-season. They still sponsor WTA-player Polona Hercog and Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who previously wore Ellesse. The Italian brand was able to sign the now-retired Tomas Berdych who had multiple sponsors during his career, including H&M gear which he helped co-design. Hydrogen – the skull logo brand – made some high profile signings during the 2018-19 off-season after Fabio Fognini switched to EA7 (Emporio Armani). #HereToCreate #CreatedWithAdidasĪ post shared by Maria Sakkari on at 2:47am PST Can't wait for the future and to show you guys what's in store. So excited to announce I'm joining the family. While Ekaterina Alexandrova traded her Lotto gear for Fila clothing.ĭanielle Collins traded her Head rackets for Babolat in the off-season. French player Carolina Garcia also switched from Nike. Sakkari and Rybakina switched from Nike, while Muchova had no sponsor during part of last season. Nike already added Simona Halep to their portfolio in 2018.įor the 2020 season Maria Sakkari, Karolina Muchova (both top-30) and Elena Rybakina (top-50) switched to Adidas. On the women’s side Naomi Osaka switched to Nike from Adidas in April 2019. One male player currently plays with a blacked out racket. The top 30 male players play with six different brands of rackets: Wilson (12), Babolat (6), Head (5), Yonex (3), Prince (2) and Tecnifibre (1). Other brands – Uniqlo, EA7 (Emporio Armani), Lotto, Yonex, Dunlop and Joma– sponsor either one or two of the high-profile players. Nike (7), Adidas (5), Asics, Lacoste (both 4) and Fila (3) are the main clothing sponsors. The top 30 men wear 11 different clothing brands. The female top 30 plays with five different brands of rackets: Wilson (10), Babolat, Yonex (both 7), Head (5) and Dunlop (1). One player does not have a (visible) sponsor at the moment. Top-30 players also wear Lacoste, New Balance, Ellesse and Asics (all 1). Nike (13) supplies almost half of the top players.Īdidas and Fila follow with four players, while Lotto and Yonex each have two players playing in their gear.
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