75 Facts About Coco Gauff

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Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff was born on March 13,2004 and is an American professional tennis player.

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Coco Gauff has a career-high ranking of world No 4 in singles, reached on October 24,2022, and world No 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15,2022.

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Coco Gauff rose to prominence with a win over former World No 1 and seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams in the opening round of 2019 Wimbledon.

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Coco Gauff chose tennis, inspired by the Williams sisters and preferring an individual sport.

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Coco Gauff had success as a junior, earning a sponsorship to train at Patrick Mouratoglou's academy in France.

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Coco Gauff began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit at 13 and finished runner-up at the junior 2017 US Open in just her fourth ITF event, the youngest finalist in the tournament's history.

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Coco Gauff became the No 1 junior in the world after winning the junior 2018 French Open singles title over McNally.

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Coco Gauff won a junior Grand Slam doubles title at the 2018 US Open, this time partnering McNally.

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Coco Gauff made her WTA Tour debut in March 2019 at the Miami Open and won her opening match.

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Coco Gauff received a wild card into the qualifying draw at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where she became the youngest player in the tournament's history to qualify for the main draw.

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Coco Gauff was born on March 13,2004, to Candi and Corey Coco Gauff, both of whom are from Delray Beach, Florida.

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Coco Gauff has two younger brothers, Codey who is four years younger and Cameron who is nine years younger.

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Coco Gauff's father played college basketball at Georgia State University and later worked as a health care executive, while her mother was a track and field athlete at Florida State University and worked as an educator.

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Coco Gauff grew up in Atlanta, and became interested in tennis at the age of four after watching Serena Williams win the 2009 Australian Open on television.

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Coco Gauff's parents encouraged her to try many sports, including basketball and track.

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Coco Gauff began playing tennis at age six and decided she wanted to pursue it as a career because it was an individual sport and because of her early success in winning the "Little Mo" eight-and-under nationals at the age of eight.

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When Coco Gauff was seven, her family moved back to Delray Beach so that she would have better training opportunities.

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Coco Gauff's parents gave up their careers to focus on training their daughter.

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Coco Gauff's father had limited experience playing tennis growing up.

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At age ten, Coco Gauff began to train at the Mouratoglou Academy in France run by Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena Williams's longtime coach.

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Coco Gauff came over to the Mouratoglou Academy in 2014 to try out and she impressed me with her determination, athleticism and fighting spirit.

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Coco Gauff entered the prestigious Les Petits As 14-and-under tournament in 2016 at age 12 and made it to the semifinals.

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Coco Gauff began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 13, skipping directly to the highest-level Grade A and Grade 1 tournaments.

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Coco Gauff finished runner-up to Jaimee Fourlis in her third career event, the Grade 1 Prince George's County Junior Tennis Championships in Maryland.

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At her next event, Coco Gauff made her junior Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open and finished runner-up to Amanda Anisimova.

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Coco Gauff did not drop a set before the final in either tournament.

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Coco Gauff became the youngest girls' singles finalist in US Open history.

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Coco Gauff didn't enter another tournament in singles until the French, where she won her first career junior Grand Slam tournament title.

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Coco Gauff did not drop a set until the final, where she came from behind to defeat McNally in three sets.

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Coco Gauff reached the quarterfinals in singles at the final two Grand Slam tournaments of the year.

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Coco Gauff fared better in doubles at both tournaments, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon with partner Maria Lourdes Carle and winning her first junior Grand Slam doubles title at the US Open with McNally.

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Coco Gauff finished the year with another Grade A title in singles at the Orange Bowl.

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Coco Gauff ended the season ranked world No 2 behind Clara Burel.

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Coco Gauff made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in May 2018 as a qualifier in the $25K event at Osprey, where she won her first professional match.

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Coco Gauff received a wild card into qualifying at the US Open, but lost her opening match 5 months after turning 14 years old.

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Two weeks later, Coco Gauff played her next event at the $25K level in Surprise and reached the finals in both singles and doubles.

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Coco Gauff became the youngest player to reach the main draw at Wimbledon by qualifying in the Open Era at the age of 15 years and 3 months.

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Coco Gauff continued her run into the fourth round with victories over Magdalena Rybarikova and No 60 Polona Hercog, saving two match points against Hercog.

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Coco Gauff was eliminated with a fourth round loss to eventual champion Simona Halep.

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Coco Gauff played in one US Open Series tournament at the Washington Open, where she qualified for the main draw but lost in the first round.

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Coco Gauff entered the doubles event with McNally and defeated Fanny Stollar and Maria Sanchez in the final for their first career WTA title in their first joint WTA.

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At the US Open, Coco Gauff wild-carded into the singles and doubles main draws.

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Coco Gauff continued her Grand Slam success in singles with two three-set wins over Anastasia Potapova and Timea Babos, both on Louis Armstrong.

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Coco Gauff was defeated in the third round by world No 1 and defending champion, Naomi Osaka.

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Coco Gauff defeated Jelena Ostapenko in the final to become the youngest WTA player to win a singles title since 2004.

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At the Australian Open, Coco Gauff defeated Venus Williams in straight sets in the first round and Sorana Cirstea in the second round, making it three straight Grand Slams where she reached the third round.

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Coco Gauff defeated defending champion Osaka in the third, becoming the youngest player to defeat a top-5 player since Jennifer Capriati beat Gabriela Sabatini at the 1991 US Open.

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At the Western and Southern Open, played in New York, Coco Gauff lost in the first round to world No 21, Maria Sakkari.

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At the US Open, Coco Gauff was defeated in the first round by Anastasija Sevastova.

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At the French Open, Coco Gauff defeated the ninth seed and world No 13, Johanna Konta, in the first round, but went on to lose to eventual quarterfinalist Martina Trevisan in a second-round match in which Coco Gauff hit 19 double faults.

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The final stages of the 2020 season saw Coco Gauff take a wild card into the qualifying draw at the Ostrava Open.

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At the Australian Open, in singles, Coco Gauff again beat Teichmann in the first round, but fell in the round of 64 to the fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina, in straight sets.

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Coco Gauff entered the Dubai Championships, where she beat Ekaterina Alexandrova, 12th seed Marketa Vondrousova, and qualifier Tereza Martincova before falling to Jil Teichmann, in straight sets in the quarterfinals.

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Coco Gauff then lost to the eventual champion, Iga Swiatek.

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Coco Gauff became the youngest player to win both the singles and doubles titles at an event since Maria Sharapova won both titles at the 2004 Birmingham Classic.

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Coco Gauff thus rose to new career-high rankings of world No 25 in singles and No 41 in doubles.

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Coco Gauff became the youngest American to make her top 25 debut in nearly 23 years.

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Subsequently, Coco Gauff was eliminated after losing in straight sets to the eventual champion, unseeded Barbora Krejcikova.

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At Wimbledon, Coco Gauff reached the fourth round for a second consecutive time defeating Elena Vesnina in straight sets in 70 minutes, and Kaja Juvan in straight sets in the third round.

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Coco Gauff lost her next match to Angelique Kerber in straight sets, eliminating her from the tournament.

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Coco Gauff reached the third round in doubles with Caty McNally and as a result entered the top 40 in the doubles rankings at No 38 on July 12,2021.

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Coco Gauff reached the quarterfinals at the Canada Masters in the National Bank Open edition in Montreal after a retirement and a walkover from Anastasia Potapova and Johanna Konta, respectively.

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Coco Gauff won her first match against qualifier Hsieh Su-wei in straight sets, but lost to second seed and world No 2, Naomi Osaka.

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Coco Gauff reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the French Open, defeating Rebecca Marino, Alison Van Uytvanck, Kaia Kanepi, 31st seed Elise Mertens, Sloane Stephens, and Martina Trevisan before losing to Iga Swiatek in straight sets.

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Coco Gauff reached the final in doubles with Jessica Pegula where they were defeated by Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic.

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Coco Gauff beat sixth seed Aryna Sabalenka, a day after ousting Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, winning both matches in a third-set tiebreak.

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Coco Gauff lost to eventual champion Simona Halep, in straight sets.

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Subsequently, Coco Gauff was defeated by Caroline Garcia, in straight sets.

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In October, Coco Gauff became the youngest player in singles since Maria Sharapova in 2005 to qualify for the year-end WTA Finals championships.

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Coco Gauff started her 2023 season at the Auckland Open where she defeated Rebeka Masarova in the final in straight sets.

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At the 2023 Qatar Total Open, Coco Gauff reached the quarterfinals after defeating two time champion Petra Kvitova in the second round.

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Coco Gauff uses a Head Boom MP 2022 with 16 main and 19 cross strings.

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In October 2018, Coco Gauff signed her first multi-year sponsorship contract, with New Balance.

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At the 2021 French Open, Coco Gauff wore a New Balance outfit of bold mismatched color splotches to contrast with the all white ensemble of doubles partner Venus Williams.

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Coco Gauff's parents clarified that she was not diagnosed with depression in the clinical sense, and had not sought medical attention relating to her psychological wellbeing.