Five WTA tennis players are among the Top 10 internet-searched female athletes of the year according to Eurosport.
Ranked first is the woman who was ranked No. 1 for most of 2023, four-time Grand Slam Champion Iga Swiatek, with 15.6 million searches.
2023 US Open Champion Coco Gauff is second with 10.1 million searches.
Coco Gauff has arrived in Cancun! 😍 #WTAFinals pic.twitter.com/uW47YcIjLF
— LaWanda (@lawanda50) October 24, 2023
The third and ninth-ranked athletes were sidelined for the majority of 2023.
They are 2021 US Open Champion Emma Radacanu in third with 9.6 million searches, and four-time Grand Slam Champion Naomi Osaka on maternity leave in 2023, was ranked ninth with 5.4 million searches.
Jessica Pegula moves up to second place on the list for most match wins in 2023 on the back of her title run at the Korea Open.#tennis #wta #jessicapegula #igaswiatek #arynasabalenka pic.twitter.com/juw7zhRizf
— Tennis365 (@tennis365com) October 15, 2023
10th on the list is American tennis player Jessica Pegula with 4.3 million searches.
Pegula is consistently ranked among the WTA’s five top players in the world.
Surprisingly absent from the list is the current World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Tennis and football dominate, with Simone Biles 🐐 the lone representative of a different sport to make the top 🔟@wta | @FIFAWWC | @Simone_Biles pic.twitter.com/8HyOc8pKbX
— Eurosport (@eurosport) October 24, 2023
The Gymnastics GOAT Also Made The List
In addition to five tennis players, World and Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles came in seventh with 6.3 million searches.
Biles had a whirlwind year that included two wedding ceremonies with Jonathan Owens and a return to competitive gymnastics.
“Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.”
– Simone Biles pic.twitter.com/2HEzaTqGt2— Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness (@coachajkings) October 20, 2023
Four Soccer Players Round Out The List
The fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth athletes on the list are soccer players Alexia Putellas, Alex Morgan, Sam Kerr, and Megan Rapinoe.
#Alexiaputellas pic.twitter.com/lU1y9rARCe
— Alexia putellas pics (@alexiaput3llas) October 24, 2023
Talent is one thing, mindset is everything. ~ Alex Morgan pic.twitter.com/wsZIH3z4Bj
— Marc Anderson (@mentalsports) October 17, 2023
Sam Kerr reporting for national team duty #ktbffh 💙💙 pic.twitter.com/zoHGdGqbiX
— Solomon Adusei Peprah (@Curtis_peprah) October 24, 2023
Last night at Megan Rapinoe’s final regular-season home game, the OL Reign set a new NWSL attendance record:
34,130. pic.twitter.com/PIBKivpOT7
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) October 7, 2023
Congratulations to all of the female athletes who made the list!
Add The Sports Daily to your Google News Feed!
