Cori "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American tennis player.
She is the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and has a career-high ranking of No.
68 in the world.
Gauff won her first WTA singles title at the 2019 Linz Open at the age of 15, making her the youngest singles title-holder on the WTA Tour since 2004.
She has also won two WTA doubles titles with compatriot and fellow teenager Caty McNally.
Gauff rose to prominence with a first round upset of Venus Williams at Wimbledon in 2019.
Born to athletic parents with NCAA Division I collegiate backgrounds in basketball and track and field, Gauff experimented with a variety of sports as a child.
She chose to focus on tennis, having been inspired to play by the Williams sisters and because of her preference to compete in an individual sport.
Gauff had quick success as a junior, earning a sponsorship to train at Patrick Mouratoglou's academy in France.
She 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, making her the youngest finalist in the tournament's history.
She became the No.
1 junior in the world after winning the junior Grand Slam singles title at the 2018 French Open over McNally.
She also won a junior Grand Slam doubles title at the 2018 US Open, this time partnering with McNally.
Gauff made her WTA Tour debut in March 2019 at the Miami Open and won her opening match.
She received a wild card into the qualifying draw at Wimbledon where she became the youngest player to qualify for the main draw in the tournament's history.
She reached the fourth round of the event, and each of her matches was the most-watched of the day in the United States.
Gauff also reached another third round at a major two months later at the US Open.