Coco Gauff

Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (; born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has won six WTA Tour singles titles, including a Major at the 2023 US Open, and eight doubles titles. Gauff has career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and of world No. 1 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Born to parents with NCAA Division I collegiate backgrounds in basketball and track and field, Gauff became the No. 1 junior in the world after winning the junior 2018 French Open singles title and also won a junior Major doubles title at the 2018 US Open. Gauff made her WTA Tour debut in March 2019 at the Miami Open. She received a wildcard into the qualifying draw at the 2019 Wimbledon, where she became the youngest player in the tournament's history to qualify for the main draw. There, she rose to prominence with a win over former world No. 1 and seven-time Major singles champion Venus Williams in the opening round, going on to reach the fourth round. She won her first WTA Tour singles title at the 2019 Linz Open at the age of 15 years and seven months, making her the youngest singles titlist on the Tour since 2004. In 2021, she reached her first Major final in women's doubles at the US Open, and reached her first Major singles final at the 2022 French Open. In 2023, she won her first WTA 1000 title at the Cincinnati Masters and her first Major singles title at the US Open. Early life Gauff was born on March 13, 2004, to Candi and Corey Gauff, both from Delray Beach, Florida. She has two younger brothers. Her father played college basketball at Georgia State University and later worked as a health care executive. Her mother was a track and field athlete at Florida State University and worked as an educator. Gauff lived her early years in Atlanta. She began playing tennis at the age of six. When she was seven, her family moved back to Delray Beach to have better training opportunities. She worked with Gerard Loglo at the New Generation Tennis Academy starting from the age of eight.