Coco Gauff is an excellent American professional tennis player.

Cori “Coco” Gauff was born on March 13, 2004, in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States to her parents Candi Gauff and Corey Gauff. Both of her parents hail from Delray Beach, Florida. Her parents have NCAA Division I collegiate backgrounds in basketball and track and field.

Coco Gauff’s father played college basketball at Georgia State University before working as a health care executive. Her mother, on the other hand, was a track and field athlete at Florida State University. She later worked as an educator.

Coco Gauff was raised alongside two younger brothers, Codey Gauff who is four years younger as well as Cameron Gauff who is nine years younger. Gauff is a former world No. 1 junior and started playing on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 13.

Coco Gauff won her first professional match after making her debut on the ITF Women’s Circuit in May 2018 at Osprey. She became the youngest girls’ singles finalist in US Open history and the youngest singles title-holder on the WTA Tour since 2004 after winning her first WTA singles title at the 2019 Linz Open at the age of 15.

Coco Gauff is the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women’s Tennis Association.  She has won four WTA doubles titles and actually had a win over Venus Williams in the opening round at Wimbledon 2019. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 15 in singles on 4 April 2022, as well as No. 10 in doubles on 28 February 2022.

What does Coco Gauff dad do?

Coco Gauff’s dad Corey Gauff works as a health care executive.