diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/TupleVariation.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/TupleVariation.py
index 92d07a11b..e2ceba4d1 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/TupleVariation.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/TupleVariation.py
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ class TupleVariation(object):
 				if minValue == defaultMinValue and maxValue == defaultMaxValue:
 					writer.simpletag("coord", axis=axis, value=value)
 				else:
-					writer.simpletag("coord", axis=axis, value=value, min=minValue, max=maxValue)
+					attrs = [
+						("axis", axis),
+						("min", minValue),
+						("value", value),
+						("max", maxValue),
+				        ]
+					writer.simpletag("coord", attrs)
 				writer.newline()
 		wrote_any_deltas = False
 		for i, delta in enumerate(self.coordinates):
diff --git a/Tests/ttLib/tables/TupleVariation_test.py b/Tests/ttLib/tables/TupleVariation_test.py
index 6986d5b6e..a9d09b2e4 100644
--- a/Tests/ttLib/tables/TupleVariation_test.py
+++ b/Tests/ttLib/tables/TupleVariation_test.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class TupleVariationTest(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assertIn("bad delta format", [r.msg for r in captor.records])
 		self.assertEqual([
 			'<tuple>',
-			  '<coord axis="wdth" max="0.5" min="0.3" value="0.4"/>',
+			  '<coord axis="wdth" min="0.3" value="0.4" max="0.5"/>',
 			  '<!-- bad delta #0 -->',
 			'</tuple>',
 		], TupleVariationTest.xml_lines(writer))
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class TupleVariationTest(unittest.TestCase):
 		g.toXML(writer, ["wdth", "wght", "opsz"])
 		self.assertEqual([
 			'<tuple>',
-			  '<coord axis="wdth" max="0.5" min="0.3" value="0.4"/>',
+			  '<coord axis="wdth" min="0.3" value="0.4" max="0.5"/>',
 			  '<coord axis="wght" value="1.0"/>',
 			  '<coord axis="opsz" value="-0.7"/>',
 			  '<delta cvt="0" value="42"/>',
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class TupleVariationTest(unittest.TestCase):
 		g.toXML(writer, ["wdth", "wght", "opsz"])
 		self.assertEqual([
 			'<tuple>',
-			  '<coord axis="wdth" max="0.5" min="0.3" value="0.4"/>',
+			  '<coord axis="wdth" min="0.3" value="0.4" max="0.5"/>',
 			  '<coord axis="wght" value="1.0"/>',
 			  '<coord axis="opsz" value="-0.7"/>',
 			  '<delta pt="0" x="9" y="8"/>',
diff --git a/Tests/ttLib/tables/_g_v_a_r_test.py b/Tests/ttLib/tables/_g_v_a_r_test.py
index 64adbb612..ebae5806e 100644
--- a/Tests/ttLib/tables/_g_v_a_r_test.py
+++ b/Tests/ttLib/tables/_g_v_a_r_test.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ GVAR_XML = [
     '</glyphVariations>',
     '<glyphVariations glyph="I">',
     '  <tuple>',
-    '    <coord axis="wght" max="1.0" min="0.0" value="0.5"/>',
+    '    <coord axis="wght" min="0.0" value="0.5" max="1.0"/>',
     '    <delta pt="0" x="3" y="3"/>',
     '    <delta pt="1" x="1" y="1"/>',
     '    <delta pt="2" x="4" y="4"/>',
diff --git a/Tests/varLib/data/test_results/SparseMasters.ttx b/Tests/varLib/data/test_results/SparseMasters.ttx
index 99a80bfb5..4ee03c114 100644
--- a/Tests/varLib/data/test_results/SparseMasters.ttx
+++ b/Tests/varLib/data/test_results/SparseMasters.ttx
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@
     </glyphVariations>
     <glyphVariations glyph="e">
       <tuple>
-        <coord axis="wght" max="1.0" min="0.0" value="0.36365"/>
+        <coord axis="wght" min="0.0" value="0.36365" max="1.0"/>
         <delta pt="0" x="-1" y="-25"/>
         <delta pt="1" x="0" y="0"/>
         <delta pt="2" x="-84" y="5"/>
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
         <delta pt="16" x="0" y="0"/>
       </tuple>
       <tuple>
-        <coord axis="wght" max="1.0" min="0.36365" value="1.0"/>
+        <coord axis="wght" min="0.36365" value="1.0" max="1.0"/>
         <delta pt="0" x="70" y="1"/>
         <delta pt="1" x="70" y="1"/>
         <delta pt="2" x="-76" y="1"/>