{"id":349781,"date":"2025-12-16T22:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349781\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:16:09","slug":"coco-gauff-named-worlds-highest-paid-female-athlete-for-third-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349781\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff Named World’s Highest Paid Female Athlete for Third Straight Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the third straight year, tennis superstar Coco Gauff was named the highest-paid female athlete, Forbes announced on Tuesday<\/a> in their annual list for 2025.<\/p>\n

At age 21, Gauff earned a total of $33 million this past year from $8 million in winnings on the court and $25 million from endorsements off the court. Winning the French Open in May definitely helped increase her annual earnings this year.<\/p>\n

This is a slight decrease from Gauff\u2019s earnings in 2024, which was estimated to be $34.4 million. This amount pushed Gauff above a major milestone, she became just the third woman to ever hit a $30 million income<\/a> in a single calendar year behind fellow tennis stars Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. In 2023, Gauff led the list with $22.7 million.<\/p>\n

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Tennis stars were the three highest-paid female athletes in 2025 as Aryna Sabalenka earned $30 million (making her the fourth woman to hit this mark) this season, splitting $15 million from her tennis appearances and $15 million from endorsements. After Sabalenka is Iga \u015awi\u0105tek, who earned $25.1 million combined this year.<\/p>\n

Eight of the 10 highest-paid female athletes are tennis players this year. Apart from Gauff, Sabalenka and \u015awi\u0105tek, stars like Qinwen Zheng (No. 5, $22.6 million), Madison Keys (No. 6, $13.4 million), Osaka (No. 8, $12.5 million), Elena Rybakina (No. 8, $12.5 million) and Jessica Pegula (No. 10, $12.3 million).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full list of the 20 female athletes named this year.<\/p>\n

Athlete<\/p>\n

Sport<\/p>\n

Combined Earnings<\/p>\n

Coco Gauff<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$33 million<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$30 million<\/p>\n

Iga Swiatek<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$25.1 million<\/p>\n

Eileen Gu<\/p>\n

Skiing<\/p>\n

$23.1 million<\/p>\n

Qinwen Zheng<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$22.6 million<\/p>\n

Madison Keys<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$13.4 million<\/p>\n

Nelly Korda<\/p>\n

Golf<\/p>\n

$13 million<\/p>\n

Naomi Osaka<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$12.5 million<\/p>\n

Elena Rybakina<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$12.5 million<\/p>\n

Jessica Pegula<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$12.3 million<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark<\/p>\n

WNBA<\/p>\n

$12.1 million<\/p>\n

Amanda Anisimova<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$11.3 million<\/p>\n

Sabrina Ionescu<\/p>\n

WNBA<\/p>\n

$10.5 million<\/p>\n

Jeeno Thitikul<\/p>\n

Golf<\/p>\n

$10.3 million<\/p>\n

Angel Reese<\/p>\n

WNBA<\/p>\n

$9.4 million<\/p>\n

Paige Bueckers<\/p>\n

WNBA<\/p>\n

$9.1 million<\/p>\n

Jasmine Paolini<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/p>\n

$8.3 million<\/p>\n

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone<\/p>\n

Track and Field<\/p>\n

$8.2 million<\/p>\n

Lindsey Vonn<\/p>\n

Skiing<\/p>\n

$8.2 million<\/p>\n

Ilona Maher<\/p>\n

Rugby<\/p>\n

$8.1 million<\/p>\n

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