Coco Gauff Named World’s Highest-Paid Woman Athlete For Third Year In A Row

Coco Gauff has reached one other profession excessive.

For the third yr in a row, Forbes named the tennis star the world’s highest-paid girl athlete, incomes $33 million in 2025.

Gauff’s reported revenue is the fourth-highest ever for a girl athlete in Forbes historical past

Of the $33 million Gauff made this yr, $8 million got here from her work on the courtroom. Her on-court revenue was seemingly inflated because of her French Open victory in June, the place she confronted Aryna Sabalenka for the title, Blavity reported.

Off the courtroom, Gauff took residence $25 million, securing endorsements from New Balance, Bose and Baker Tilly.

According to Tennis.com, Gauff’s reported revenue is the fourth-highest ever for a girl athlete in Forbes historical past, trailing Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams’ 2021 totals of $57.3 million and $45.9 million, in addition to her reported 2024 earnings of $34.4 million.

“As I’ve gotten older, I don’t wish to simply be a face of manufacturers, but in addition be the model,” the outlet reported Gauff advised Forbes. “My dad has at all times stated that this was his plan for me once I was youthful, and it was as much as me if I needed to hop on board or not. And once I grew to become 18, I knew that that is one thing that I needed to work for.”

The tennis star’s newest No. 1 placement comes a couple of weeks after she topped Sportico’s list of highest-paid ladies athletes on the planet.

Tennis gamers dominated the Forbes listing’s Top 10

Mirroring the French Open’s last outcomes, Sabalenka ranks second on Forbes’ listing with $30 million in earnings in 2025. She has additionally secured the No. 2 spot on the WTA’s profession prize cash rankings with $45.2 million, following Williams’ $94.8 million.

Rounding out the highest three on Forbes’ listing is tennis champion Iga Świątek, who noticed $25.1 million in earnings this yr.

While different tennis gamers, together with Qinwen Zheng, Madison Keys, Naomi Osaka, Elena Rybakina and Jessica Pegula, dominated the Top 10, freestyle skier Eileen Gu and golfer Nelly Korda full the listing.