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Cori Gauff
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceUnited States
Born (2004-03-13) March 13, 2004 (age 20)
Delray Beach, Florida, United States
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachCorey Gauff[1]
Prize money$75,011
Singles
Career record22–14 (61.1%)
Career titles0
Highest ranking139 (July 5, 2019)
Current ranking139 (July 5, 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ2 (2019)
Wimbledon4R (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record12–6
Career titles1 ITF
Highest ranking269 (June 24, 2019)
Current ranking273 (July 1, 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2018)
French Open JuniorQF (2018)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2018)
US Open JuniorW (2018)
Last updated on: July 5, 2019.

Cori Gauff, also known as Coco Gauff (born March 13, 2004), is an American tennis player. In 2017 she became, at 13 years old, the youngest ever finalist in the girls' singles event at the US Open.[2] She won the Junior French Open in 2018, the second-youngest to do so. She is also the youngest female to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament main draw, and the youngest player overall to qualify for the main draw at Wimbledon.

Personal life

Gauff started playing tennis in 2011 at age seven.[3] She grew up in Atlanta, but moved to Delray Beach, Florida to have better opportunities to train in tennis.[4] Her father played basketball at Georgia State University and her mother was a track and field athlete at Florida State University.[5] She has two younger brothers.[4] Gauff is home-schooled by her mother, a former teacher.[5] Her father is her head coach.[6] She is nicknamed "Coco".[7]

Gauff has trained with Gerard Loglo at the New Generation Tennis Academy in Delray Beach. In 2015, when she was 11, she was selected by Serena Williams's coach Patrick Mouratoglou as part of his Champ’Seed foundation and trained with him in Nice, France.[8][5]

In October 2018, Gauff signed her first multi-year sponsorship contract, with New Balance.[9] In March 2019, she announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Italian food company Barilla, which also sponsors Roger Federer.[9]

Professional career

Gauff made her ITF debut in May 2018 as a qualifier into the 25K event at Osprey, where she won her first professional match. Aged 14, she won her first junior Grand Slam title in June 2018 at the French Open.[10] In September 2018, she won the US Open girls' doubles with her partner Caty McNally.[10] Gauff finished 2018 by winning the Girls 18 and under division of the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships.

2019

At the Miami Open, Gauff recorded her first WTA match-win against Caty McNally.[11] In the second round she lost to Daria Kasatkina.

In June, Gauff won her third qualifying round at Wimbledon to reach the main draw, becoming the youngest player to qualify for Wimbledon in the Open Era.[12][13]

In her Grand Slam tournament debut at Wimbledon on July 1, 2019, Gauff defeated five-time champion Venus Williams in straight sets. It was only the second time since Williams's 1997 Wimbledon debut that she had lost in the tournament's first round.[14][15] Gauff then defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková,[16] and then Polona Hercog, to set up a fourth round clash with former world number 1 Simona Halep.[17]

Equipment

Gauff uses a Head Graphene 360 Speed MP[18] that has 16 main strings and 19 cross tennis strings. Gauff wears New Balance clothing and tennis shoes.

ITF finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2019 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard New Zealand Paige Hourigan United States Usue Maitane Arconada
United States Emina Bektas 		6–3, 4–6, [14–12]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2019 French Open

Tournament 2018 2019 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics*
Tournaments 0 1 1
Titles 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 1–1 1–1
Win % – 50% 50%
Year-end ranking 875

* only WTA Tour main draw (incl. Grand Slams)

References

  1. ^ Persak, Mike. "Delray's Coco Gauff, 14, stays grounded with family after winning French Open girls' title". Sun-Sentinel.com.
  2. ^ "The Latest: Gauff, 13, can be youngest US Open girls' champ". wtop. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "American teen Gauff impresses in junior Slam debut". US Open. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Cori Gauff, 13, Has Great Potential And A Greater Goal: Be The Goat". Tennis.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Why 12-year-old Cori Gauff hopes she'll be the greatest of all time". ESPN. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "Interview with Coach Corey Gauff". blacktennismagazine.com. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "Wimbledon 2019: Cori 'Coco' Gauff described as a 'champion in the making'". July 1, 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Cori Gauff, the revelation of Champ'Seed". champseedfoundation.com. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Tennis prodigy, 14, signs multi-year sponsor deal". CNN. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Five Things to Know About Wimbledon Qualifier Cori Gauff". baseline.tennis.com. June 29, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  11. ^ "2019 Miami Open: Gauff 'controls the controllables,' marvels in first WTA win". WTA Tennis. March 21, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  12. ^ "15-year-old makes Wimbledon history by earning main-draw spot". The42. June 27, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  13. ^ "Wimbledon qualifying: Cori Gauff makes history in qualifying aged 15". BBC Sport. June 27, 2019.
  14. ^ "Wimbledon 2019: Qualifier Cori Gauff, 15, beats Venus Williams in huge upset". BBC Sport. July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  15. ^ "Wimbledon 2019: Cori Gauff, 15, to 'just wing it', Kyle Edmund on Centre Court". July 2, 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ^ "Wimbledon 2019: Coco Gauff beats Magdalena Rybarikova to reach third round". July 3, 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. ^ "Coco Gauff makes astonishing comeback to reach Wimbledon last 16". July 5, 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Tennis Racquet Reviews | Tennis String Reviews | ATP & WTA Tennis Racquets & Strings List". TennisThis.com. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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