Billionaire backing as Emma Navarro hails father for instilling mindset: "Probably the smartest guy I know"

America’s tennis star Emma Navarro has hailed the impact of her billionaire father on her career. The 22-year-old has been one of the star performers in the ongoing 2024 season.

Navarro has won the most 21 matches in 2024, second-most, only behind Elena Rybakina. The New York-born was recently quoted in a report where she heaped praise on her billionaire father who is the owner of the Charleston Open and called him the ‘smartest guy’ that she knows.

"I got to give a lot of credit to my dad,” she said. “He's probably the smartest guy I know and he's dropped a lot of knowledge and wisdom on my siblings and I over the years.

“He actually taught a class last semester at College of Charleston on mindset and, yeah, just being intentional to name the class was intentionality.

"It was a really competitive class. Kids were emailing him throughout this semester trying to get in, but yeah, he's taught me a bunch about, you know, the perspective that I want to take into things, especially, on-court stuff.

“Then my coach as well, just teaches me a lot about mindset and, yeah, like I said, the perspective I want to have so, yeah, two really smart guys that teach me a lot.”

Navarro is currently taking part in Charleston Open where she has already booked her place in the round of 16 after beating Katie Volynets with a score of 6-1, 6-1.