For the second-year working Coco Gauff is the primary.
After claiming the WTA Finals title for the primary time, the world no.3 tops the highest-paid feminine athlete rankings once more however this time breaking her personal 2023 report.
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That is regardless of no single Grand Slam title in 2024.
The 20-year-old tennis star ranks prime of Sportico’s record of the 12 months’s highest paid feminine athletes, raking in $30.4 million from prize cash and endorsements.
It leaves her away from skiier Eileen Gu who’s second, and her fellow tennis stars with Iga Swiatek ($21.4 million) and Zheng Qinwen ($20.6 million) who rank third and fourth respectively.
Her $9.2m prize was solely bettered by Aryna Sabelanka who got here in fifth general, whereas her $21million in endorsements was solely topped by US-born Chinese language ski star Gu who introduced in $22million.
With Gauff rising her personal earrings by $7.3 million from 2023, she now turns into the third girl ever in sports activities to earn over $30 million in a single 12 months becoming a member of fellow Grand Slam winners Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka.
Tennis gamers dominate the 2024 record with 9 of the 15 highest paid girls in sports activities all from the game with the likes of Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu additionally within the prime ten.
Whereas Gauff has loved large success off the court docket, she had endured had a disappointing 12 months till her WTA Finals triumph in Riyadh.
Her Grand Slam 12 months was disappointing as she missed out on defending her US Open title with a fourth-round exit in New York and was overwhelmed on the semi-final stage of the Australian and French Open.
Nevertheless Gauff did win three WTA titles in 2024 together with essentially the most profitable occasion on tour, defeating Zheng to say the $4.8 million winners cheque because of this, the largest pay-out for a girls’s tennis occasion in historical past.
Nevertheless it was off the court docket that the 2023 US Open champion proceed to considerably increase her earnings, with $21 million coming from sponsorship offers.
In keeping with Sportico this contains manufacturers like L’Oreal the place she signed a multi-year deal and juice model Bare the place the WTA finals champion has an fairness place.
The 20-year-old will look to have one other profession finest off-court but additionally on-court and has already began her pre-season in a bid to take action, saying on X, “First day of preseason offers first day of faculty vibes.”
4-time main doubles champion Rennae Stubbs lately spoke out on what Gauff must do to grow to be a Grand Slam champion once more with the Australian highlighting one flaw.
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“Will probably be attention-grabbing to see how going out of indoors – as a result of we all know taking part in indoors helps your serve,” she mentioned on The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast.
“I wish to see how she will be able to deal with that going outdoor, with the solar and components and so on as a result of I believe if she will be able to get a extra constant kick serve that might be enormous.”
Gauff has struggled together with her serve on tour this 12 months, most notably when she hit 21 double faults in opposition to Aryna Sabalenka within the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open earlier this 12 months and threw away the match from a profitable place.
“That’s all she must work on, the serve. The forehand is getting higher, that shall be okay,” Stubbs additionally mentioned.
“Her greatest problem is the serve, if she is double-faulting she is hurting herself massive time. I believe she is an actual risk on the Australian Open if that’s beneath management.”
Gauff will restart her WTA season on the United Cup the place she’s going to hyperlink up with compatriots Danielle Collins and Taylor Fritz as they appear to win the title for america.
The primary main of the 12 months, the Australian Open begins on January 13, and having reached the final 4 final 12 months, Gauff will hope to win the title for the primary time in her profession.