Top 10 most searched female athletes in the world

Who are the most searched female athletes in the world? From tennis to football, golf to skiing, the sporting world was widely scattered when it came to the most searched femaler athletes. From Sharapova to Vonn to Patrick, the achievements and the glamour of these athletes drove up the search rates.Here is the list of the 10 most googled female athletes (All figures as measured for the year 2013)

#10 Danica Patrick

Google Results from Past Year: 7,290,000

Danica Patrickis anAmericanautoracingdriver and model. She is the most successful woman in the history ofAmericanopen-wheelracing. Her win in the 2008IndyJapan300is the only women's victory in anIndyCarSeries race. She competed in the series from 2005 to 2011.

In 2012, Patrick competed in theNASCARNationwideSeries, and in 2013 she became the first female NASCAR driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole.She was named theRookieoftheYearfor both the2005Indianapolis500and the2005IndyCarSeriesseasons. She holds the IRL record for most consecutive races running at the finish.

#9 Maria Sharapova

Google Results from Past Year: 7,450,000

Maria Sharapovais a Russianplayer who is currently ranked No. 8 in the world by theWomen'sTennis Association(WTA).Sharapova has won 29 WTAsingles titles, including fourGrandSlamsingles titles.She wasWorldNo. 1in singles on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks.

The Russian is famous all over the world and is actively involved in a number of brand endorsement deals, and even has her own line of candy called 'Sugarpova'.

#8 Lindsey Vonn

Google Results from Past Year: 11,600,000

Lindsey Vonnis an American ski racer.She has won four overall World Cup championships, with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first ever in the event for an American woman.

With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, two World Championship gold medals in 2009 (plus three silver medals in 2007 / 2011), and four overall World Cup titles, Vonn has become the most successful American skier in history.

#7 Katie Taylor

Google Results from Past Year: 11,900,000

Katie Tayloris anIrish football player and aboxer. Boxing under theIrish Amateur Boxing Association, she is the current Irish, European, World and Olympic Champion in the 60kg division. She has represented theRepublic of Irelandinassociation football, and also playedGaelic football. She won a gold medal in boxing at 2012 Summer Olympics London.

#6 Alex Morgan

Google Results from Past Year: 15,000,000

Alex Morganis an Americanfootball player andOlympicgoldmedalist. She plays in theforwardlineforNationalWomen'sSoccerLeague(NWSL)clubPortlandThornsFCand theUnitedStateswomen'snationalsoccerteam.At age 22, she was the youngest player on the national team at the2011FIFAWomen'sWorldCup.

In 2012, Morgan was named USSoccerFemaleAthleteoftheYearand FIFAWorldPlayerof theYear.

#5 Miesha Tate

Google Results from Past Year: 17,100,000

Miesha Tateis anAmericanmixed martial artistwho fights in theUltimate Fighting Championship(UFC). She is a formerStrikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. She has also won a silver medal in theFILA Grappling Championship.

#4 Venus Williams

Google Results from Past Year: 25,500,000

Venus Williamsis anAmericanprofessionaltennisplayer who is a formerWorld No.1.She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by theWomen's Tennis Associationon three separate occasions.Williams has won four Olympicgold medals, one in singles and three in women's doubles. She has45 career singles titles under her name.Her 22 overall Grand Slam titles consist of seven in singles, thirteen in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles.Venus Williams is one of only four women in the open era to have won five or more Wimbledon singles titles.

#3 Ronda Rousey

Google Results from Past Year: 30,600,000

Ronda Rouseyis an Americanmixed martial artist,judokaandactress. She is the first UFC Women's Bantamweight Championas well as the lastStrikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion.Rousey became the first American woman to earn anOlympic medalinJudo at the Summer Olympicsin Beijing in 2008.

#2 Hope Solo

Google Results from Past Year: 41,800,000

Hope Solois the goalkeeper of the American women's football team and is a two-timeOlympic gold medalist. She currently plays forSeattle Reign FCin theNational Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's football in the United States.Solo is considered one of the top goalkeepers in the world.

#1 Serena Williams

Google Results from Past Year: 44,800,000

Serena Williamsis an American professional tennis player who iscurrently ranked No. 1 in women's singles tennis. TheWomen's Tennis Associationhas ranked her World No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. Serenahas won fourOlympic gold medals, one in women's singles and three in women's doubles. Serenaholds the most Major singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles combined amongst active players, male or female.