Emma Raducanu’s registered company made a profit of almost £10 million in 2023, according to data posted to Companies House.
The company in question – Harbor 6 Ltd – was registered in 2020, the year before Raducanu shot to fame by winning the US Open as a qualifier.
She is identified as the sole director and sole employee of the company, which ended its tax year on February 28.
Raducanu’s 2023 prize money was just under £200,000, so it seems likely that the majority of her income came from her nine major sponsorship deals. The list includes British Airways, Porsche, Tiffany, Dior, Evian, Wilson, Nike, HSBC and Vodafone.
Companies House records show that Raducanu’s prize money does not always flow through Harbor 6 Ltd, as it recorded an income of around £600,000 in 2021, despite her huge £2 million paycheque from the US Open.
The recorded earnings of £9.6 million are slightly lower than Forbes Magazine’s estimate of £12.2 million as Raducanu’s annual income, which was earned in August and placed her sixth in the list of top-earning tennis players.
Raducanu has struggled with injuries for a few seasons since her dramatic victory in New York, undergoing three separate surgeries last May to address problems in both wrists and one ankle.
Raducanu sweated in the main draw of the French Open
Emma Raducanu is sweating for a place in the main draw at next month’s French Open, with five players standing between her and direct entry via her protected ranking of No. 103.
It seems unlikely that Raducanu would receive a wildcard invite from the French Tennis Federation, as home wannabes like Leolia Jeanjean, Fiona Ferro and Jessika Ponchet all hover around the 150 mark and would likely be favored by the organisers.
So Raducanu needs five players to withdraw due to injury if she wants to avoid the demolition derby of the qualifying event. It’s a similar situation to the one she faced in the run-up to the Australian Open in January, when she needed six shots and narrowly made it in.
Raducanu’s ranking has fallen to No. 303 after she lost the points from last year’s run to the fourth round of Indian Wells. It is the lowest position she has occupied since arriving at Wimbledon in the summer of 2021 as a virtual unknown.
But she is entitled to enter three more tournaments via her protected ranking of No. 103 – where she stood when she withdrew from Madrid last year to undergo surgery on her wrists and ankle.
If it turns out that Raducanu has to play qualifying for the first time since her stunning ride to the 2021 US Open title, she can take solace in a fine record. She has won her last nine qualifying matches, most by a dominant margin, with her last defeat coming when she was 16 years old.
Brit gives Kerber a beating in Stuttgart
Raducanu continued her good clay form to ease past former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber with a 6-2, 6-1 scoreline.
The 21-year-old returned to the WTA Tour after last weekend’s morale-boosting performance in northern France, where she defeated both home players to earn Britain’s first-ever Billie Jean King Cup victory in the country.
The BJK Cup match in Le Portel was played on indoor clay, the same unusual conditions that prevail in Stuttgart, so she came into this tournament with useful preparation.
Kerber provided a very special challenge: an opponent with a lot of firepower, especially from the forehand, but whose stately movement made her vulnerable to any well-aimed combination of shots.
Raducanu scored a whopping 25 winners in the match, although you had to wonder how many of them would have dodged the racket of a more athletic mover.
There were moments of tension, especially when Kerber put pressure on Raducanu’s serve early in the second set. She brought up no fewer than seven break points in that one marathon game, eventually converting with a volley into the open court.
Raducanu was also not feeling well at this stage, judging by the fact that she had summoned the doctor to court, but she steeled herself and persevered to record her fourth win over a major champion.
In the next round she will play Linda Noskova, the 19-year-old Czech who she defeated at the French Open last year. “It was actually very difficult to play against Angie,” Raducanu said in her on-court interview, “because she has so much history behind her and you are not just playing Angie Kerber, but the person who achieved all those great results. It really is an issue where you have to try to organize your thoughts and not get confused.”
“It wasn’t exactly the prettiest game, but I just tried to think about the next thing and not get bogged down because there were some really long games going back and forth. It’s hard to recreate the demands of a race because it’s not just the hours on the court, but also the stress and nerves going to your muscles.”
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