Naomi Osaka’s family faced eviction: How did she rise to Grand Slam glory?

Naomi Osaka was 16 when her family received an eviction notice on their Florida condominium. Her professional tennis career was still developing, and her earnings were nowhere near enough to provide financial security. A year later, she had earned just $6,290 during the first six months of 2015, a figure that looks very different against the career she would eventually build.More than a decade later, Osaka has four Grand Slam singles titles, a former world No. 1 ranking and a career that stretches beyond tennis into investments, sports ownership, media and fashion.The family gamble behind the Stanford breakthroughOsaka’s professional journey began with her father, Leonard François, who coached Naomi and her older sister Mari. François was inspired by Richard Williams and chose to develop his daughters outside the traditional American junior tennis system.