At 15 she beat Venus Williams on Wimbledon’s Centre Court; at 19 she lifted the US Open trophy; at 21 she fought past the world No. 1 to win the French Open. Coco Gauff has grown up in public, and the business has grown with her: she has been the world’s highest-paid female athlete two years running. According to Celebrity Net Worth’s estimate, last updated September 10, 2026, Coco Gauff’s net worth is $50 million.
There is no independent audited figure for her wealth. What is documented: more than $36.7 million in official career prize money, an endorsement portfolio most veterans would envy, and Forbes’ estimate of roughly $33 million in total earnings for 2025 – a gross annual earnings figure that is historical context, not evidence about the size of her fortune today.
Who is Coco Gauff?
Cori Dionne Gauff was born on March 13, 2004, in Atlanta and raised in Delray Beach, Florida, where her parents – a former college basketball player and a former track athlete – built their lives around her game. At 15, in 2019, she qualified for Wimbledon and beat Venus Williams in the first round, instantly becoming the most famous teenager in tennis. Four years later she was a Grand Slam champion, and she has been a fixture at the top of the sport ever since.
How Coco Gauff built her career
Gauff’s first major title came at the 2023 US Open, where she rallied past Aryna Sabalenka in the final after adding Brad Gilbert to her coaching team and sweeping the summer hard-court swing. In 2024 she won the WTA Finals and a French Open doubles title, and finished the year as the world’s highest-paid female athlete. The defining win came on June 7, 2025: down a set to world No. 1 Sabalenka in the French Open final, she took control and won 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, becoming the first American woman to win the Roland-Garros singles title since Serena Williams in 2015. That year she also launched Coco Gauff Enterprises to take direct control of her endorsements, investments and philanthropy, and Forbes again ranked her the world’s highest-paid female athlete, estimating her 2025 earnings at about $33 million – a list whose top ranks have also included Simone Biles and Caitlin Clark. Her 2026 season brought a Rome final, her first Wimbledon semifinal and a run to the US Open semifinals.
Coco Gauff net worth timeline
- 2004 – Born in Atlanta; raised in Delray Beach, Florida.
- 2019 – At 15, qualifies for Wimbledon and beats Venus Williams in the first round.
- 2022 – Reaches her first Grand Slam singles final at the French Open.
- 2023 – Wins her first major at the US Open, beating Sabalenka in the final.
- 2024 – Wins the WTA Finals and a French Open doubles title; becomes the world’s highest-paid female athlete.
- June 7, 2025 – Wins the French Open over world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the first American woman to take the title in a decade.
- 2025 – Launches Coco Gauff Enterprises; tops Forbes’ highest-paid female athletes list again with about $33 million.
- 2026 – Reaches the Rome final, her first Wimbledon semifinal and the US Open semifinals.
- September 10, 2026 – Celebrity Net Worth updates its estimate of her fortune to $50 million.
How the $50 million estimate breaks down
Celebrity Net Worth’s estimate rests on two pillars. On the court: more than $36.7 million in official career prize money, including a guaranteed $1.45 million for her 2026 US Open semifinal run. Off it: one of the strongest endorsement portfolios in sports – New Balance, Rolex, Bose, Chase, Mercedes-Benz, UPS, L’Oreal, Head, Fanatics and Baker Tilly – now run through her own company. The prize-money figure is documented and public; the endorsement terms are not. Forbes’ $33 million estimate for 2025 is a gross annual earnings figure for one dated period, before taxes, agent fees and training costs – historical earnings context, not a measure of what she is worth today. Treat the $50 million as a well-sourced approximation, not a verified total.
Watch: Coco Gauff on her French Open triumph
Two days after beating the world No. 1 in Paris, Gauff joins TODAY to talk about the comeback, the pressure and what the title means:
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Net worth figures on Frotheen are attributed estimates, not verified financial statements. Sources: Celebrity Net Worth (estimate updated September 10, 2026) and USA Today on Forbes’ 2025 highest-paid female athletes list (December 16, 2025), with career details from the same sources.
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