The 9 youngest women to earn $1m on WTA Tour: Martina Hingis among five 16-year-olds

Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles, Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva all earned their first $1m in WTA prize money before they celebrated their 17th birthday.

They are among more the women to earn more than $1m from tennis as, according to the latest WTA Tour career prize money leaders list, 538 players have earned more than $1,000,000 and hundreds more will no doubt join them on the list in the next few years.

But it is a pretty sweet feeling when you break that $1m prize barrier while you are still in your teens as Hingis and co will attest.

The 9 youngest women to earn $1m on WTA Tour:

9. Tracy Austin – 17 years and 7 months

It is no surprise to see American great Tracy Austin on the list as she remains the youngest US Open champion as she was just 16 when she lifted the trophy in 1979.

WTA prize-money earnings, of course, were quite low in the 70s and 80s when compared to today’s figures so Austin had to wait a few years before she hit the $1m mark.

That milestone came in July 1980 in San Diego en route to winning her 18th singles trophy.

Austin finished her career with 30 singles titles and $2,092,380 in career prize money.

8. Andrea Jaeger – 17 years and five months

Andrea Jaeger was also an American teen sensation as she was ranked No 2 in the world when she was just 16 in 1981. She is also the second-youngest player to be ranked in the top 10 as she was 15 years and 68 days in August 1980.

Jaeger finished runner-up to Martina Navratilova at the French Open the following year and later in November 1982 she broke through the $1m prize money mark.

The American also lost the 1983 Wimbledon final against Navratilova.

She retired with $1,379,065 in prize money, which puts her at No 434 on the all-time list.

7. Nicole Vaidisova – 17 years and 3 months

Czech sensation Nicole Vaidisova broke through in 2003 and the following year she became the sixth-youngest WTA Tour singles champion at the age of 15 years and three months when she won the Vancouver Open.

She was already a six-time singles trophy winner by the time she made $1m in prize money earnings in August 2006.

Vaidisova, though, started struggling and by 2009 she had slipped out of the top 150 in the WTa Rankings.

When she retired in 2013, she had made $ 2,778,619 in prize money.

6. Maria Sharapova – 17 years and 2 months

Maria Sharapova stunned the world when she beat Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final to win her maiden Grand Slam and she earned £560,500 (roughly $302,670 back then).

That cheque took her past the $1m barrier and the Russian would go on to earn $38,621,964 during her career, which puts her fourth behind Serena and Venus Williams, and Simona Halep in the all-time list.

5. Mirra Andreeva – 16 years and 9 months

The Russian youngster turned pro in 2022 and finished her maiden season with $15,997 and then earned $750,477 during the 2023 campaign.

Her $1m milestone came at the 2024 Australian Open when she reached the fourth round where she made $253,688.

Of course, she has gone on to reach the semi-final of the 2025 Australian Open ($691,092) and won the Dubai Tennis Championships ($597,000) and Indian Wells Open ($1,127,500).

Her current earnings stand at $5,225,895.

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4. Coco Gauff – 16 years and 8 months

American teenager Gauff turned professional in 2018 and by the 2019 she tennis world knew of her talents as she became the youngest player – aged 15 years and three months – to qualify for the Wimbledon main draw.

After earning $13,910 during her first season as a pro, Gauff followed it up with $538,103 in 2019 and $509,862 to reach that $1m mark in November.

She currently sits at No 19 in the all-time list with $23,153,989.

3. Monica Seles – 16 years and 7 months

Having won the 1990 French Open at the age of 16 years and six months in June 1990, it is no shock that Monica Seles moved past the $1m mark just a month later at Wimbledon.

The Yugoslav-born American, who had already won six singles titles by the time she won her maiden Grand Slam, earned $293,000 for her run at Roland Garros.

She finished with $14,891,762 in career earnings with her best seasons coming in 1991 ($2,422,206) and 1992 ($2,622,352).

2. Jennifer Capriati – 16 yrs and three months

Jennifer Capriati’s teen records are something else as she made her professional debut at the age of 13 in Boca Raton in 1990 and reached the final. Shortly after turning 14, she reached the semi-final of the French Open and later in 1990 she became the youngest player to be ranked in the top 10, aged just 14.

A few months after her 16th birthday in 1992, she surpassed the $1m mark in earnings when she reached the quarter-final at Wimbledon.

Capriati earned $10,206,639 in prize money.

1. Martina Hingis – 16 yrs and 1 month

When you win her first Grand Slam title at the age of 15, you are bound to feature highly in several “youngest” lists.

Hingis teamed up with Helena Sukova to win the Wimbledon women’s doubles title in 1996 and in November that year she reached her first $1m in prize money earnings when she won the Oakland Classic.

The Swiss legend won $1,330,996 in prize money in 1996 while her best year was in 2000 when she made $3,457,049.

When she retired had won $24,670,324 and lifted 43 singles trophies and 64 doubles titles.