Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton and Chris Eubanks pave way for American Tennis in 2024 as ESPN bestows them with prestigious honors

The players from the American tennis circuit have performed fairly well in this 2023 season. Players such as Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz have performed well. However, few names have stood who took the level to new heights for American tennis.

Coco Gauff, along with Ben Shelton, were named ESPN ‘Breakthrough Players of the Year’ for their rise in the ranks this season. The 27-year-old Christopher Eubanks was awarded with the ‘Best Moment’ for his superb quarterfinal run at Wimbledon this year.

Gauff had a superb year this season. She won the ASB Classic and Cincinnati Masters beating Karolina Muchova in the finals. She also won her first major Grand Slam title by winning the US Open 2023 defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the finals. Gauff ended the year as one of the highest-paid female athletes in the world.

Ben Shelton, the American wonder boy this season, rose to the ranks as he jumped from 96 rankings to 15. He reached the semi-finals of the US Open, where he lost to the eventual winner, Novak Djokovic. Shelton also made it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, which was also his first-ever Grand Slam appearance outside the US Open.

However, the best moment of the season was of World No.29 Chris Eubanks making it to quarters of Wimbledon. In the quarterfinals, he lost to Daniil Medvedev in the fifth set.