76 Facts About Coco Vandeweghe

Coco Vandeweghe reached her career-high singles ranking of world No 9 on January 15,2018.

Coco Vandeweghe owns one Grand Slam doubles title, which she won at the 2018 US Open with partner Ashleigh Barty.

In 2018, Coco Vandeweghe won her first Grand Slam title, partnering Ashleigh Barty at the US Open.

Coco Vandeweghe is a two-time Grand Slam finalist in mixed doubles, reaching the final at the 2016 Australian Open with Horia Tecau and the 2016 US Open with compatriot Rajeev Ram.

Coco Vandeweghe was born to 1976 Olympic swimmer Tauna Coco Vandeweghe and her then-husband Robert Mullarkey.

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Coco Vandeweghe first started playing tennis with her elder brother, Beau, at the age of eleven.

Coco Vandeweghe is good friends with fellow American players Madison Keys, Irina Falconi, and Shelby Rogers.

Coco Vandeweghe is known to have one of the strongest serves on tour.

Coco Vandeweghe plays very aggressively, and likes to take the ball early and on the rise on both sides.

Coco Vandeweghe's groundstrokes are heavy and are delivered flat and powerful, particularly her forehand.

Coco Vandeweghe is efficient at the net and enjoys moving forward to avoid extended rallies.

Coco Vandeweghe's favorite shot is her forehand down the line, and her preferred surfaces are hard and grass courts.

Coco Vandeweghe won the doubles event with Jamie Hampton, defeating the top-seeded pair of Brodsky and Mallory Cecil in the final.

In general, Coco Vandeweghe did not play many junior events and needed a wildcard to enter the 2008 US Open girls' singles tournament.

Coco Vandeweghe moved up to the ITF circuit after the event, and this would end up being her last junior tournament.

Coco Vandeweghe made her WTA Tour debut at the 2006 San Diego Classic at the age of 14, losing in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko.

In 2008, Coco Vandeweghe played in her first Premier tournament at Miami, where she lost to Sabine Lisicki in the first round.

At the US Open, where she would go on to win the girls' singles title, Coco Vandeweghe made her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam with the wildcard she received from reaching the finals of the USTA junior national championship.

In 2009, Coco Vandeweghe obtained an invitation from the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play the JB Group Classic exhibition tournament with compatriot Venus Williams and Argentine Gisela Dulko in January.

In 2010, Coco Vandeweghe received a wildcard to the Australian Open, but she lost in the first round.

Coco Vandeweghe finished the year strong by qualifying for the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, a Premier 5 tournament.

In 2011, Coco Vandeweghe came through the qualifying rounds at the Australian Open but was knocked out in the first round.

Towards the end of the season, Coco Vandeweghe won first career match in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open, defeating world No 56 Alberta Brianti in the first round.

Coco Vandeweghe got off to a slow start in the 2012 season but started to gain some momentum in the grass-court season when she reached the final of the $75K event at Nottingham.

Coco Vandeweghe followed this up by qualifying for Wimbledon, but she ended up losing the first round.

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At her next tournament, Coco Vandeweghe entered the main draw of the Stanford Classic as a lucky loser and made it to her first career WTA final.

Coco Vandeweghe was the first lucky loser to reach a final since Melinda Czink in early 2005 and rose to a then career-high ranking of No 69 in the world.

Coco Vandeweghe's best result in the rest of the year was a quarterfinal at the Citi Open.

Later in the season, Coco Vandeweghe was able to qualify for the US Open and beat another qualifier in the first round to lift her ranking back closer to the top 100.

Coco Vandeweghe commenced her 2014 season at Auckland, where she was the top seed in the qualifying rounds.

Coco Vandeweghe beat Valeria Solovyeva and Irena Pavlovic in straight sets before losing to Kristyna Pliskova in three sets.

At the French Open, Coco Vandeweghe won her first-round match for the first time in Paris, beating Iveta Benesova in straight sets before losing to Ekaterina Makarova in the second round.

Coco Vandeweghe made the second round with a comfortable win against fellow American Kristie Ahn before losing to third seed Angelique Kerber.

Coco Vandeweghe went on to reach her first quarterfinal at a Premier-5 event at the Rogers Cup.

Coco Vandeweghe drew Ana Ivanovic in the second round, where she won in three tight sets.

Coco Vandeweghe then went on to beat Jelena Jankovic in three sets in the third round, before losing to Ekaterina Makarova in the quarterfinals in three sets.

Coco Vandeweghe beat Alla Kudryavtseva in the first round, before losing to Dominika Cibulkova in two close sets.

Coco Vandeweghe made the second round of Wuhan, the first round of Beijing, and the second round of Osaka to end her best season to date.

Coco Vandeweghe achieved her best Grand Slam result at the Australian Open, where she made the third round for the first time after victories over Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur, falling to Madison Brengle.

Coco Vandeweghe is coached by Craig Kardon, who has previously worked with star players like Martina Navratilova, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, and Ana Ivanovic.

Coco Vandeweghe upgraded her best Grand Slam result at Wimbledon, where she made the quarterfinals after victories over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 11th seeded Karolina Pliskova, 22nd seeded Samantha Stosur, and sixth-seeded Lucie Safarova before falling in three sets to fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova.

Coco Vandeweghe made her first Grand Slam semifinals in doubles with Anna-Lena Gronefeld at the US Open.

However, Coco Vandeweghe enjoyed some success in women's doubles, where she and her partner, Anna-Lena Gronefeld, reached the quarterfinals and losing to world number ones Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis in three sets.

Coco Vandeweghe teamed up with Romania's Horia Tecau in the mixed doubles event where they made the final, falling just short to Elena Vesnina and Bruno Soares.

Coco Vandeweghe went on to reach the quarterfinals of Dubai, with another strong win over Kristina Mladenovic, before losing to Elina Svitolina in three sets.

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At the Qatar Open, Coco Vandeweghe made it to the third round, with straight-set wins over Kirsten Flipkens and Belinda Bencic, obtaining her first top-ten victory of 2016.

In March, Coco Vandeweghe made the third round at Indian Wells, beating Kiki Bertens and Svetlana Kuznetsova before losing to Jelena Jankovic for the second time in 2016.

In doubles, Coco Vandeweghe teamed up with fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, where they unprecedentedly claimed the doubles title.

Coco Vandeweghe participated at the Miami Open, where she reached the third round after defeating Samantha Crawford and world No 6, Carla Suarez Navarro, before losing to Monica Niculescu in straight sets.

Coco Vandeweghe traveled to Brisbane, where she represented the US at Fed Cup.

At the Wimbledon Championships, Coco Vandeweghe was seeded at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time as No 27.

Coco Vandeweghe beat Bondarenko, Babos, and sixth-seeded Vinci before losing to eventual quarterfinalist and 21st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the fourth round.

Coco Vandeweghe struggled for the remainder of the 2016 season, registering just two more wins; over Nicole Gibbs in Stanford at the Bank of the West Classic, where she was the fourth seed, and over Sara Errani in Cincinnati.

Coco Vandeweghe then defeated seventh seed Garbine Muguruza in straight sets to advance to her first-ever semifinal of a Grand Slam, where she went head-to-head with the 2003 finalist Venus Williams.

Coco Vandeweghe became the fourth North American woman other than the Williams sisters to make the semifinals at an Australian Open in five years, following Sloane Stephens, Bouchard, and Madison Keys.

Coco Vandeweghe beat Mona Barthel in straight sets in the first round, then continued with straight-set victories over Tatjana Maria and American compatriot Alison Riske.

Coco Vandeweghe then defeated fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round, advancing to the quarterfinals for the second time in three years.

At the Stanford Classic, Coco Vandeweghe reached the final for the third time, where she lost to fellow American Madison Keys.

Coco Vandeweghe then defeated tenth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in three tight sets followed by a victory over 2015 French Open finalist Lucie Safarova to reach her third Grand Slam quarterfinal of the year, where she stunned top seed and world No 1, Karolina Pliskova in straight sets to advance to her second major semifinal, where Keys defeated her, thus being denied of the chance to reach her first Grand Slam final.

Coco Vandeweghe concluded the season by reaching the final of the Elite Trophy in Zhuhai.

At the Australian Open, Coco Vandeweghe was eliminated in the first round by the Hungarian Timea Babos.

Coco Vandeweghe returned to the tour at the Indian Wells Open and was eliminated in the singles draw.

Coco Vandeweghe reached the semifinals in 's-Hertogenbosch before she lost to the eventual champion Aleksandra Krunic.

At Wimbledon, Coco Vandeweghe was defeated by Katerina Siniakova in three sets, but worse was that she injured her right ankle during the match.

Coco Vandeweghe met Rybarikova in the first round and was forced to retire from the match in the third set with pain in her injured ankle.

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At the beginning of 2019, Coco Vandeweghe was forced to withdraw from several tournaments, including the Australian Open, due to injury.

Coco Vandeweghe defeated the young Czech Marie Bouzkova in the first round to record her first match win since June 2018.

Coco Vandeweghe added what she went through after the nerves had calmed down.

Coco Vandeweghe was defeated by second seed and world No 10, Aryna Sabalenka, in the second round.

Coco Vandeweghe made her first ITF final of 2019 in September at the Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, which is a $60k level event.

Coco Vandeweghe fell to fellow American Shelby Rogers, in three sets.

Coco Vandeweghe reached her first semifinal as a qualifier at the Birmingham Classic in three years since the 2018 Rosmalen Open.

Coco Vandeweghe reached the second round at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships where she lost to Katerina Siniakova.

Coco Vandeweghe made the main draw at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser after Madison Keys withdrawal.

Coco Vandeweghe has played ten seasons with World TeamTennis, making her debut in 2009 with the Sacramento Capitals.

Coco Vandeweghe partnered with Nicole Melichar in women's doubles for the San Diego Aviators during the 2020 WTT season.