By Riddhi Acharya
Emma Navarro recently opened up on how she feels about the 鈥榖illionaire’s daughter’ label. As she gears up for her Wimbledon campaign, the American revealed she dislikes the title given to her by fans and media alike.Navarro is the daughter of billionaire investment tycoon Ben Navarro. The tennis star鈥檚 father is the founder of the Sherman Financial Group that focuses on credit card and debt collection, with a net worth of $4.8 billion according to Forbes. In 2022, Ben Navarro bought the Western and Southern Open tennis tournaments for a whopping $300 million.Recently, in an interview with Tatler, Emma Navarro opened up about being a billionaire鈥檚 daughter, explaining that she avoids reading news and comments about herself.鈥淚 don鈥檛 read anything. I don鈥檛 read the comments, the articles, any of that stuff. I don鈥檛 know what the fans are saying. There will be headlines and they kind of mention that [her father鈥檚 billionaire status] which is fine, but I didn鈥檛 grow up being handed things.鈥漇he went on to add that despite her wealthy background, she grew up in a 鈥榯raditional way鈥 and emphasised her dislike for the 鈥榖illionaire’s daughter’ label.鈥淲e grew up in a sort of traditional way. We鈥檇 get up at 6am on a Saturday morning and go play tennis. Growing up it was a priority that we learnt toughness and we learnt work ethic and how to be intentional and purposeful and live productive lives so I don鈥檛 love being referred to as whoever with however much money鈥檚 daughter. It鈥檚 a label I don鈥檛 really like.鈥漁ver the course of her tennis career, Navarro has individually amassed a fortune of over a million dollars in prize money thanks to her exploits on the court.Emma Navarro set to take on Veronika Kudermetova at WimbledonNavarro in action at Wimbledon 2025 (Image Source: Getty)In 2024, Emma Navarro delivered one of her career’s best performances at Wimbledon to reach the quarterfinals of a major for the first time, taking down big names like Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff on the way.Now, Navarro is back in England and looking for another deep run in the tournament. The American enters the competition as the tenth seed and her opening round match saw her take down Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-1 with ease.Up next, Emma Navarro will now square off against World No.11 Veronika Kudermetova. The duo have faced each other once before, in 2021. Back then, Kudermetova beat a young Navarro 6-4, 6-4.