Coco Gauff biography: 13 things about 2023 US Open tennis women’s singles champion

Cori Dionne “Coco” Gauff is an American professional tennis player born Atlanta, Georgia, United States to former athletes Corey Gauff and Candi Odom Gauff. Both Corey and Candi are from Delray Beach, Florida, USA.

Corey played college basketball at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Candi was a track and field athlete at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.

Coco is 5’9″ tall. She is 4 years older than her brother Codey Gauff and 9 years older than their brother Cameron Gauff.

Currently, Coco wears New Balance clothing and tennis shoes and uses a Head Boom MP 2022 with 16 main and 19 cross strings. Her tennis idols are Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

In 2018, Coco turn pro. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2010, she started playing tennis.
2. In 2011, she and her family moved from Atlanta to Delray Beach. 
3. In 2012, she won the Little Mo eight-and-under national tournament in Austin, Texas, USA where she met Serena for the first time.
4. In 2014, she started to train at the Mouratoglou Academy in France, which was run by Serena’s longtime coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
5. In 2016, she entered the Les Petits As 14-and-under tournament and made it to the semifinals.
6. On September 10, 2017, she became runner-up to 2017 US Open girls’ singles champion Amanda Anisimova.
7. In May 2018, she made her debut on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women’s Circuit.
8. In October 2018, she signed her first multi-year sponsorship contract with New Balance, a sports footwear and apparel brand based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
9. In July 2019, she defeated Venus in the first round of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles, Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round and Polona Hercog in the third round then lost to Simon Halep in the fourth round.
10. In March 2019, she announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Italian food company Barilla and made her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour debut.
11. On October 13, 2019, she became the 2019 Upper Austria Ladies Linz singles champion by beating Jelena Ostapenko, which was her first WTA Tour singles title.
12. On August 6, 2023, she became the 2023 Mubadala Citi DC Open women’s singles champion by beating Maria Sakkari in the final, which was her first WTA 500 singles title.
13. On August 20, 2023, she became the 2023 Western and Southern Open women’s singles champion by beating Karolina Muchova, which is her first WTA 1000 title.

TIMELINE

2020

• In January 2020, she and Caty McNally finished in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Australian Open women’s doubles after losing to Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.

2021

• In February 2021, she and McNally finished in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Australian Open women’s doubles after losing to Nicole Melichar and Demi Schuurs.
• In June 2021, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2021 French Open women’s singles after losing to Barbora Krejčíková.
• In September 2021, she and McNaly became runner-up to 2021 US Open women’s doubles champions Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai.

2022

• On June 4, 2022, she became runner-up to 2022 French Open women’s singles champion Iga Świątek.
• On June 5, 2022, she and Jessica Pegula became runners-up to Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia, the 2022 French Open women’s doubles champions.
• In September 2022, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2022 U.S. Open women’s singles after losing to Garcia.

2023

• In January 2023, she and Pegula finished in the 2023 Australian Open women’s doubles after losing to Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara.
• On June 7, 2023, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 French Open women’s singles after losing to Swiatek.
• On June 9, 2023, she and Pegula finished in the 2023 French Open women’s doubles after losing to Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend.
• On September 9, 2023, she became the 2023 U.S. Open women’s singles champion after beating Aryna Sabalenka in the final.