By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday, December 5, 2024
Coco Gauff has reached an important milestone off the pitch, according to Sportico.
The 20-year-old American topped Sportico’s list of female winners, earning over $30 million in cash and endorsements for the first time in 2024.
Gauff ranks first for the second year in a row with $30.4 million in awards and endorsements and is only the third woman in the sport to earn more than $30 million in a given year, behind Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams.
Athletes from five different sports made the Sportico cut, led by tennis with nine entries.
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Six of the top seven — Gauff, Iga Swiatek ($21.4 million), Zheng Qinwen ($20.6 million), Aryna Sabalenka ($17.7 million), Naomi Osaka ($15.9 million) and Emma Raducanu ($14.7 million) — athletes on the list are tennis players. .
Nine of the Top 15 are tennis players, with Jasmine Paolini, Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina also on the list.
For Sportico, the earnings include prize money, salaries and bonuses through 2024 for active athletes, including Olympic medal payouts and prize money from the Billie Jean King Cup.
