The 2 American girls who’ve made it to the U.S. Open semifinals not solely share grit and talent, however they’ve one thing else in widespread: each of their dads are billionaires. 

On Thursday, twelfth ranked girls’s tennis affiliation (WTA) participant Emma Navarro, who’s from the U.S., will face off in opposition to second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, a Belarusian, to vie for a spot within the finals. On the opposite aspect of the draw, sixth-ranked Jessica Pegula, additionally an American, performs Karolina Muchova, who’s Czech. 

Navarro and Pegula’s household wealth isn’t any secret, with Pegula beforehand telling Agence France Presse it is “annoying” when assumptions are made about her primarily based on father’s enterprise success. 

“I did some media factor the opposite day. They have been, like, What’s probably the most annoying factor?” she advised the outlet. “It is that individuals assume I’ve a butler, that I get chauffeured round. I’ve a non-public limo, that I fly personal in every single place. I am positively not like that.” 

She additionally admitted she thinks “it is form of humorous as a result of I do not actually even know anybody that lives like that. It is outrageous.”

What is the supply of their fathers’ wealth?

Terry Pegula, Jessica’s father, made his fortune in oil and fuel because the founding father of East Assets. In 2010, he bought a lot of the firm’s property to Royal Dutch Shell for $4.7 billion, Forbes reported. He now oversees a sports activities empire, which incorporates possession of the Buffalo Payments and Buffalo Sabres. 

Based on Forbes, Terry Pegula is value $7.7 billion.

Navarro additionally has monetary sources impartial of her earnings on the professional tennis circuit. Her father, Ben Navarro, is the founder and CEO of Sherman Monetary Group. He is value an estimated $1.5 billion, in line with Forbes. 

The monetary companies firm purchases and companies shopper debt that originates from monetary establishments, bank card firms and retailers. Navarro can be the proprietor of the Charleston Open, a WTA Tour occasion.

Tennis may be prohibitively costly, with court docket charges, tools, and lesson prices including up, and infrequently creating obstacles to entry for a lot of younger gamers. Whereas each American semifinalists could have had entry to top-notch teaching from a younger age, no amount of cash should buy a U.S. Open championship. 

—With reporting from the Related Press