Roger Federer Spent His Sicilian Vacation Playing Doubles with the Richest Man in Europe, Then Walked His Own Wife Through the Man’s Boutiques

The LVMH billionaire he was partnered with, Bernard Arnault, likes their odds so much he’s said the two of them “lose very rarely” as a doubles team. That’s the kind of friend Roger Federer keeps now.

Arnault, the LVMH chairman and the wealthiest person in Europe, has vacationed and played tennis with Federer for years, and once called him a “sensational” friend.

The two paired up for doubles on red clay at the Taormina Sporting Club. Federer’s wife Mirka Vavrinec, a former player herself, was there for the day, along with Arnault’s son Alexandre and his wife Géraldine Guyot-Arnault. The group arrived by yacht and spent the evening moving through the LVMH boutiques Arnault owns in the Sicilian resort town.

Federer, 45, retired in September 2022 after 20 Grand Slam titles and built a second act around family, selective business, and exactly this kind of company. He earned roughly $130 million on court, but the real money came from elsewhere: a Uniqlo deal reported around $300 million, Rolex, and a minority stake in Swiss sneaker brand On that pushed him into billionaire territory in 2025.

A stock slide after mixed earnings has since pulled his estimated net worth back to around $950 million.

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