Coco Gauff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Coco Gauff

American tennis player

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-2004

Place of Birth: Delray Beach, Florida, United States

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Coco Gauff

  • 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.

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