Cori Gauff

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Cori Gauff Tennis player
Cori Gauff
Cori Gauff at Wimbledon in 2019
Nickname: Coco
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: 13th March 2004
(age 16)
Size: 178 cm
1st professional season: 2018
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 803,530
singles
Career record: 42:21
Career title: 1 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking: 49 (February 24, 2020)
Current placement: 52
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (2020)
French Open -
Wimbledon AF (2019)
US Open 3R (2019)
Double
Career record: 29:10
Career title: 2 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 42 (February 3, 2020)
Current placement: 51
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (2020)
French Open 1R (2019)
Wimbledon -
US Open 3R (2019)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open -
Wimbledon 1R (2019)
US Open -
Last update of the infobox:
March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Cori "Coco" Gauff [ ˈkoʊɹi ˈkoʊkoʊ gɑːf ] (born March 13, 2004 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American tennis player .

Career

Gauff, who loves to play hard courts, started playing tennis at the age of six. So far she has mainly played on the ITF Junior Circuit. She played her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in May 2018 in Osprey .

On September 10, 2017, she lost the final of the US Open junior singles against Amanda Anisimova 0: 6, 2: 6. She was the youngest player to reach the finals since the junior competitions were introduced in 1974. Nine months later, on June 9, 2018, she won the junior singles title at the French Open against Catherine McNally 1: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 1 . In the week before the French Open, she played her first professional tournament in Osprey , Florida . About the qualification she reached the main field, where she was eliminated in the second round. On September 9, 2018, she won the junior doubles at the US Open together with Catherine McNally . In December she won the Orange Bowl , the most important junior tournament after the four Grand Slams. In the final, she beat Zheng Qinwen 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 4.

At the Wimbledon Championships 2019 , she won as a qualifier in the first round against 39-year-old Venus Williams 6: 4 and 6: 4. This was followed by two more wins against magdaléna rybáriková (6: 3, 6: 3) and Polona Hercog (3: 6, 7: 6 7 , 7: 5). In the round of 16 she met the eventual winner of the tournament, the Romanian Simona Halep , to whom she lost 3: 6 and 3: 6.

In October 2019, at the age of 15, Gauff was able to win the tournament as "Lucky Loser" at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2019 and thus celebrate her first title on the WTA Tour. This makes her the youngest tour winner since Nicole Vaidišová won in Vancouver in 2004. On the way to the title, Gauff beat Kiki Bertens (at the same time Gauff's first victory over a top ten player), Andrea Petković , and Jeļena Ostapenko in the final .

In January 2020, the 15-year-old defeated her role model Venus Williams in her opening match at the Australian Open, as she did in Wimbledon in 2019. In doubles she competed again with Catherine McNally.

Personal

Gauff grew up in Atlanta but then moved to Florida for better training opportunities . Her father, Corey, was a basketball player at Georgia State University, and her mother, Candi, was a track and field athlete at Florida State University .

Gauff lives in Delray Beach and is homeschooled by her parents. She has two brothers.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. October 13, 2019 AustriaAustria Linz WTA International Hard court (hall) LatviaLatvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. 16th February 2019 United StatesUnited States Surprise ITF $ 25,000 Hard court New ZealandNew Zealand Paige Hourigan United StatesUnited States Usue Meitane Arconada Emina Bektas
United StatesUnited States  		6: 3, 4: 6, [14:12]
2. 4th August 2019 United StatesUnited States Washington WTA International Hard court United StatesUnited States Caty McNally United StatesUnited States Maria Sanchez Fanny Stollar
HungaryHungary  		6: 2, 6: 2
3. 19th October 2019 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg WTA International Hard court (hall) United StatesUnited States Caty McNally United StatesUnited States Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi
ChileChile  		6: 2, 6: 2

Web links

Commons : Cori Gauff  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gauff edges McNally in all-American girls' final in Paris. In: wtatennis. June 9, 2018, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Cori Gauff's WTA Journey Begins This Week. In: tennis-prose.com. May 22, 2018, accessed June 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Anisimova wins all-American girls' singles final at US Open. In: wtatennis.com. September 10, 2017, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ The Latest: Gauff, 13, can be youngest US Open girls' champ. In: wtop.com. September 9, 2017, archived from the original on June 13, 2018 ; accessed on June 10, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Lisa Sonnabend: Cori Gauff: "I am overwhelmed and shocked". Sueddeutsche Zeitung, October 14, 2019, accessed on October 14, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 15-year-old Gauff defeats Venus Williams again (January 20, 2020)
  7. ↑ VIDEO - Australian Open 2020 | Gauff and McNally celebrate victory with a dance
  8. ↑ Cori Gauff, 13, Has Great Potential And A Greater Goal (tennis.com from September 24, 2017, accessed June 11, 2018)
  9. ↑ Why 12-year-old Cori Gauff hopes she'll be the greatest of all time (espn.com, September 11, 2017, accessed June 11, 2018)
  10. ^ Cori “Coco” Gauff's promising run at Roland Garros is worth watching. In: tennis.com. June 7, 2018, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Delray teen on upswing with strong play on the tennis court. In: sun-sentinel.com. April 22, 2018, accessed June 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Gauff, Cori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gauff, Coco (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 2004
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia , United States