Coco Gauff aka Cori Gauff is a 15 years old American tennis player. She holds the title of the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women’s Tennis Association.
Quick Facts and Information on Coco Gauff
Birth Name | Cori Gauff |
Birthday / Date of Birth | 13th March 2004 |
Age | 15 |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Born Country | U.S |
Nationality | American |
Hometown / Birthplace | Atlanta, Georgia |
Religion | Christian |
Ethnicity | African-American |
Parents | Father: Corey Gauff, Mother: Candi Gauff |
Siblings | Two |
Profession | Tennis Player |
High School / College / University | N/A |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Current Dating Status | Single |
Children / Kids | None |
Social Media | Twitter, Instagram |
Net Worth | $2.5 million |
Height | 1.75 meter |
The rising tennis player Coco Gauff is American by nationality and was born on March 13 2004. She was named Cori Gauff on her birth. The 15 years old currently residing in Delray Beach, Florida was born to her parents who were also an athlete. It seems she acquired the genes from her parents to pursue tennis and become a well known player.
She is one among the youngest players who is ranked in the top 100 by Women’s Tennis Association in the 66th position and also won two WTA titles. It has been learnt that she played various sports in her childhood but no any sports could interest her like tennis so as she understood her interest she focused on it and is now on the verse of rising as a champion in the tennis game.
Coco Gauff Parents
She is a focused player who was born to her athlete parents, father Corey and mother Candi. Her parents have been training her since her early childhood to become a winner and are quite pleased with her performances so far.
Her father was a basketball player in his time Georgia state and her mother was also from the athlete background as a hurdler at Florida State. They feel proud and blessed to have a daughter who has already gained much of the success unlike other children of her age.
They have been so supportive to her that they even left their respective jobs to train her. Corey is the head coach to his daughter Coco.
Along with Coco her parents are busy raising her other two siblings.
Coco Gauff Family
Coco is raised along with her two siblings by her parents. The family spends a quality time with each other and is very supportive to her towards her career in sports. Coco states that her family is her biggest strength and her parents the biggest supporters.
Had the family been not supportive to her, it would be really difficult for her to gain this height of success. All the members in the Gauff family feel proud of her as she is the reason to hold the head high.
Coco Gauff Boyfriend
Reports on the various sites have stated that Coco is still single and has not found any special man in her life. In fact she is too young to have started her dating life leaving her sports behind.
Even if she has someone special in her life, she has remained tight lipped about the matter and is not ready to share the news with everyone.
Currently the star player is only focused on her games and nothing more than that.
Coco Gauff Career
She started her career as a player at a very early age of 12 years. She was trained by her father who was an athlete and still carries out her practice under his guidance and coaching along with other coach.
She is the former player to rank no 1 in the junior competition and enter Les Petis at the age of 12 and make it upto the semi finals.
At the age of 13 she began playing ITF Junior circuit which is the highest level of Grade A and Grade 1 tournament. She has succeed in many matches and proven to be one of the rising player who will surely keep the name of her country.
She began to play her professional Wimbledon matches from the year 2018.
Coco Guff Coach
Everybody needs a teacher or guidance from someone to move forward in their life. Likewise Coco also has a mentor who has been training her for the matches and grooming her.
Her first coach in her life is her father who left his profession for training her and making reach this far. Besides she has been taking trainings from her coach Patrick Mouratoglou who was a former coach to Serena Williams.
According to him, she is a fantastic player who has a lot more to achieve in her career. He is quite impressed with her performances and states that she has a lot more potential.
Under his coaching, she has won many games as well.
Coco Gauff Wimbledon Ranking
Coco is a player with a lot of potential to move forward in her career. Her professional life as a Wimbledon player started in the year 2018. She won her first professional match debuting on the ITF women’s circuit in May 2018 as a qualifier in the $25k event.
Its not possible to win every game, she has also face several defeats and be satisfied with the runner up positions. She lost her second round of qualifying match at the French Open but qualified for the Wimbledon in a wildcard entry. She has also played in the US open Series and also played double with several players.
She is ranked in the 67th position under the singles and 69th under the doubles.
Coco Gauff Net Worth
The rising star of the tennis game has earned much of the fame in her career along with the huge bucks on her name. Certainly she has grabbed a hefty amount under her name. The 15 years old tennis sensation is successful to collect $2.5 million as her net worth by the year 2019.