Cori Gauff is an American tennis professional. Her highest rating of all time was No. 11, which she attained on April 4, 2022. Since being pro in 2018, she has competed as a singles and doubles player in the main draw of every Grand Slam event, including the 2021 US Open doubles finals. She advanced to the French Open singles quarterfinals in 2021 as well. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 13, 2004. She became a professional in 2018, and Corey Gauff and Jean-Christophe Faure are her coaches. She had won a little over US$3.1 million in prize money as of early May 2022. Right-handed player Coco plays with a two-handed backhand. Since she was little, Coco Gauff has been interested in sports like basketball and tennis. From a young age, she gained popularity as a tennis player and was given the opportunity to practise at Patrick Mouratoglou's academy. She started playing tennis at age six and, after winning the "Little Mo" eight-and-under national championship at age eight, she chose to make tennis her career because it was an individual sport. Gauff continued to excel, becoming the youngest champion in the history of the USTA Clay Court National 12-and-under at the age of 10 years and 3 months.
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Gauff was a former junior world number one. [16] At age 12, she competed in the prestigious Les Petits As 14-and-under tournament and advanced to the semifinals. [17] At the age of 13, Gauff started competing on the ITF Junior Circuit, skipping right up to the Grade A and Grade 1 competitions. In her third competition, the Grade 1 Prince George’s County Junior Tennis Championships in Maryland, she came in second place to Jaimee Fourlis. [18] Gauff lost to Amanda Anisimova in her subsequent match at the 2017 US Open, when she made her junior Grand Slam debut. [19] Before either tournament’s final, she didn’t lose a set. Gauff finished as the US Open’s youngest-ever girls’ singles finalist. [20]
Gauff made her professional debut in 2018 May of that year. She was only 15 when she won her maiden WTA singles championship at the Linz Open in 2019. Gauff gained notoriety in the tennis world after defeating Venus Williams at the 2019 Wimbledon. She was regarded as the youngest player to qualify for the main draw of this tournament in its history. She also has three doubles championships to her name alongside Caty McNally. She made it to the finals of French open this year (2022) but lost to current world no 1 Iga Swiatek.
She advanced as a singles player to the fourth round of Wimbledon and the third round of the US Open. She advanced to the fourth round of the 2020 Australian Open as well as reaching the doubles competition’s quarterfinals. The next year, she would finish in the quarterfinals once more. She advanced to the French Open quarterfinals in 2021 and Finals in 2022. Her finest performance that year came in the US Open doubles competition finals.
| Competition | Best result | Year |
| Australian Open | Fourth Round | 2020 |
| French Open | Final | 2022 |
| Wimbledon | Fourth Round | 2019,2021 |
| US Open | Third Round | 2019 |
Coco Gauff in a file photo (image: twitter) Coco Gauff in a file photo (image: twitter)
Coco Gauff came from behind to beat Magda Linette 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open 2021 first round match; Credit: Twitter/@CocoGauff Coco Gauff came from behind to beat Magda Linette 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open 2021 first round match; Credit: Twitter/@CocoGauff
Coco Gauff in a file photo (Image credit: Twitter) Coco Gauff in a file photo (Image credit: Twitter)
Coco Gauff after winning the singles trophy at Parma. (Image: Twitter/@CocoGauff) Coco Gauff after winning the singles trophy at Parma. (Image: Twitter/@CocoGauff)
