Coco Gauff actually made history on the WTA Tour in 2024 alongside Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek
Coco Gauff enjoyed a sensational end to 2024 and she is also part of another piece of history.
The 20-year-old added three titles to her resume in 2024 and climbed back to World number three following a tough summer in which she fell to sixth in the rankings.
Following a coaching change and replacing Brad Gilbert with Matt Daley, Gauff lifted her level in the final stages of the season.
Coco Gauff ended the year with plenty of confidence to take into next year, and she also concluded the season better than she began it from a financial perspective.
Coco Gauff makes 2024 prize money history with Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek
Gauff is ranked third in the WTA Tour rankings behind Iga Swiatek and World number one Aryna Sabalenka.
The trio won 12 titles between them in 2024, and they were rewarded handsomely for their hard work.
Sabalenka’s total prize money for 2024 was $9.73m the highest of any player on tour, while Gauff was $9.35m, and Swiatek is third on the list with $8.55m.
This is the first time in history that more than one woman has received more than $8 Million in prize money in a single season.
Which titles did Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Świątek win in 2024?
Gauff claimed the first of her three titles at the start of the year at the Auckland Open, where she successfully defended the championship.
The American did not win a title again until the China Open in October, before ending the season with her most lucrative role, the WTA Finals.
Gauff won $4,805,000 for clinching the season-ending championships, the highest prize money fee for a WTA event of all time.
Sabalenka won four events in 2024, two of which were Grand Slams. She claimed the Australian Open and US Open events, in addition to the Cincinnati Open and the Wuhan title.
Swiatek on the other hand, claimed five titles, all of which came in the first half of the season. She claimed her fourth French Open title, in addition to the Madrid and Rome double, and the hard court titles in Indian Wells and Doha.
