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- Tennis Star Emma Navarro Reveals What She Thinks About Getting Labeled a 'Billionaire's Daughter'</p>
<p>Grace Jordan-WeinsteinJuly 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM</p>
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<p>Emma Navarro winning her Wimbledon second round match on July 3</p>
<p>Emma Navarro addresses the focus on her family's background</p>
<p>The 24-year-old is the daughter of billionaire Ben Navarro</p>
<p>Navarro won her first two matches and will next play in the third round of Wimbledon Championships on July 5</p>
<p>Tennis star Emma Navarro is ranked 10th in the world with an NCAA championship and several quarter and semifinal Grand Slam finishes to her name — but too often for her liking, the focus is on her father's name, and his status as a billionaire.</p>
<p>Navarro, 24, has cruised through her first two matches at the Wimbledon Championships, defeating Veronika Kudermetova and veteran Petra Kvitova both in straight sets.</p>
<p>She's on to the third round — something most other American players cannot say as the Wimbledon carnage continues this week — but chatter about Navarro frequently focuses on her father, who runs Sherman Financial Group and is worth an estimated $4.8 billion.</p>
<p>Navarro opened up about the "label" she often gets of a "billionaire's daughter" in an interview with U.K. outlet Tatler, just before the start of Wimbledon.</p>
<p>Emma Navarro/Instagram</p>
<p>Emma Navarro and family at Roland Garros in May of 2024</p>
<p>Navarro explained her gripe with the subject: "I don't love being referred to as whoever with however much money's daughter. It's a label I don't really like."</p>
<p>Navarro, who won the NCAA Singles Championship in 2021 as a member of the University of Virginia's tennis team, told Tatler her background does not mean she didn't work hard to rise through the challenging WTA tour.</p>
<p>"I didn't grow up being handed things. We grew up in a sort of traditional way. We'd get up at 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning and go play tennis," the former Cavalier said. "Growing up it was a priority that we learnt toughness and we learnt work ethic."</p>
<p>While Ben was involved in Navarro's tennis development from a young age, her mother Kelly provided a reprieve from the game, Navarro said, calling her, "the rock of the family."</p>
<p>Despite the unique quality of Navarro's background, she is not the only American female tennis player from a billionaire background.</p>
<p>The current No. 3 ranked player, Jessica Pegula, is the daughter of Terry Pegula, who owns the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres and boasts a net worth of $7.6 billion.</p>
<p>Pegula, who reached the finals of the US Open last September, was eliminated from Wimbledon in a shocking upset on Tuesday by Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who is ranked No. 116.</p>
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<p>Emma Navarro at the Players Party in Doha on February 9</p>
<p>Navarro, meanwhile, will continue on at Wimbledon — but with a tough matchup coming down the pike.</p>
<p>The American plays 16th-ranked Barbora Krejčíková, who is defending her Wimbledon title from last year, on Saturday.</p>
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