Korda Ranks 7th in Female Athlete Earnings

Earns About 20.3 Billion KRW This Year, Tittikun Ranks 15th
Tennis Players Dominate Top Earnings
Gauff Tops List for Three Consecutive Years, Sabalenka Second

Nelly Korda (USA) ranked seventh in earnings among female athletes this year.

Nelly Korda earned approximately 20.3 billion KRW this year. Photo by AP Yonhap News

On December 3 (local time), Sportico, a U.S. sports business media outlet, announced its annual ranking of female athlete earnings. Korda, currently ranked No. 2 in the world, earned 13.8 million dollars (approximately 20.3 billion KRW) this year. Jin Young Ko of Thailand, who holds the world No. 1 ranking, ranked 15th with 10.1 million dollars.

Tennis players continued to dominate the top spots in female athlete earnings this year. Coco Gauff (USA), ranked No. 3 in the world in women’s professional tennis (WTA), earned 31 million dollars (approximately 45.6 billion KRW) to claim the top position. She has been the highest-earning female athlete for three consecutive years since 2023. This year, Gauff averaged about 125 million KRW per day. Last year, she also ranked first with 30.4 million dollars in annual earnings, and in 2023, she earned 22.7 million dollars.

Arina Sabalenka (Belarus), the WTA world No. 1, ranked second with 30 million dollars, while Iga Swiatek (Poland), ranked No. 2, took third with 23.1 million dollars. Among non-tennis athletes, Gu Ailing (China), who won two gold medals in skiing at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, achieved the highest rank at fourth place with 23 million dollars. China’s tennis star Zheng Qinwen ranked fifth with 20.6 million dollars.

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