French Open finalist 10 times richer than Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen combined

Jessica Pegula has reached the French Open women's doubles final alongside teenage sensation Coco Gauff. The duo defeated fellow Americans Madison Keys and Taylor Townsend on Friday to advance to the final.

The winners of the women's doubles will share around £495,000 ($620,000). However, world no 11 Pegula is clearly not in the sport for money as she will inherit the wealth of her father, the billionaire Terry Pegula.

Pegula Jnr has enjoyed a successful career and recently surpassed her previous best ranking of 14th after reaching the Madrid Open singles final. She was beaten across three sets by Ons Jabeur.

The 28-year-old has earned around £3.4m during her tennis career. But she will inherit the huge worth of father Terry, who is Forbes' 434th richest man in the world having earned a fortune from oil, real estate and sporting investments, including owning the NFL team Buffalo Bills.

That means Pegula could stand to inherit around £4.6bn. It would make her richer than some of sport's biggest stars.

Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are worth £400m and £50m, respectively, with the latter's earnings elevating since his world championship success last year. Should she inherit the money, Pegula would also be richer than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic combined.

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Federer has earned £106 million ($130,594,339) through tennis and has a net worth of around £446 million ($550 million), while Nadal has pocketed £104 million ($128,081,950) on court with an overall estimated net worth of £162 million ($220 million). The Big Three's