American tennis sensation Coco Gauff is a professional tennis player who is ranked No. 3 in singles as of November 2024. Gauff has won nine singles titles to date, which include winning the 2023 Cincinnati Open, defeating Iga Świątek in the semifinals and Karolina Muchova in the finals. Joining hands with her new coach, Matt Daly, she won her second WTA 1000 title at the 2024 China Open, defeating Karolina Muchova in the final. By winning the China Open, she became the second American player in Beijing after Serena Williams.
Her best Grand Slam record includes winning the 2023 US Open, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in a stunning three-set match. After winning the US Open in 2023, Coco Gauff became the first American teenager to win the US Open since Serena Williams in 1999. She then reached the semifinal at the 2024 Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka. Coco Gauff came into the spotlight at the 2019 Wimbledon after defeating former world No. 1 Venus Williams in the first round in straight sets. She won her first WTA title at the Linz Open in 2019, becoming the youngest WTA player to win a singles title since 2004.
Besides singles, she is an accomplished doubles player and achieved the career-high ranking of World No. 1 with Jessica Pegula after qualifying for the 2023 WTA Finals. She lifted her maiden Grand Slam in doubles with Katerina Siniakova registering a win over Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini. She has won nine doubles titles, including three WTA 1000 (the 2023 Miami Open, the 2022 Canadian Open and the 2022 Qatar Open).
With her aggressive playing style and big serve, Gauff advanced to the semifinal of the 2024 WTA Finals with a win over Swiatek and Pegula. She defeated World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to reach the finals, where she overcame a set deficit to defeat gold medalist Qinwen Zheng. This victory made her the youngest player to win the prestigious WTA Finals since Maria Sharapova in 2004.
Despite her early exit in the third round of the 2024 Paris Olympics, she was selected by the United States Olympic Committee to be one of the country's flag bearers at the opening ceremony alongside LeBron James.
| Name: | Coco Gauff |
| Net Worth: | $12 million |
| Nationality: | American |
| Residence: | Delray Beach, Florida |
| Marital Status: | Unmarried |
| Source of Wealth: | Tennis Prize Money and Endorsements |
| Prize Money: | $16,776,989 |
| Endorsements: | New Balance, Head, Barilla Foods, UPS, Baker Tilly |
Coco Gauff Age
Coco Gauff is 20 years old, as of 2024.
Coco Gauff was born on March 13, 2004, in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, to Candi Gauff (father) and Corey Gauff (mother). Both her parents were athletes, her father played college basketball at Georgia State University, while her mother was a track and field athlete at Florida State University. Gauff started playing tennis at the age of six, under her father's guidance. At the age of 10, she joined the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France and started working with Patrick Mouratoglou. As a junior, Gauff was a world No. 1 and won one singles major (French Open 2018) and one doubles major (US Open 2018) in her junior career.
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When Did Coco Gauff Turn Professional?
Gauff made her professional debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in May 2018 in the $25K event at Osprey, at the age of 14. She made her WTA tour debut at the Miami Open in 2019, where she won her first WTA match against Caty McNally. She made her grand slam debut at Wimbledon in 2019 at age 15.
How Many Titles Does Coco Gauff Have?
Coco Gauff has won eight WTA singles titles in her career so far, including one Grand Slam (US Open 2023) and two WTA 1000 (Cincinnati Open 2023, and China Open 2024) titles.
In doubles, she has won nine titles in her career so far, five of them came with Jessica Pegula.
FAQs on How Old is Coco Gauff
A. Coco Gauff was born on March 13, 2004, and she is 20 years old as of 2024.
A. Coco Gauff has an estimated net worth of $27.1 million, as of 2024.
A. Coco Gauff has endorsement deals with New Balance, Head, Barilla, and Microsoft.
A. Coco Gauff started playing tennis at the age of six.
A. Yes, Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam title at the US Open 2023 registering win over Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
