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== Personal life == == Personal life ==
Gauff started playing tennis at 7.<ref>{{cite web|title=American teen Gauff impresses in junior Slam debut|url=http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-05/american_teen_gauff_impresses_in_junior_slam_debut.html|website=US Open|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> She grew up in ], but moved to Florida to have better opportunities to train in tennis.<ref>{{cite web|title=CORI GAUFF, 13, HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AND A GREATER GOAL: BE THE GOAT|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/04/cori-gauff-13-has-great-potential-and-greater-goal-be-goat/65662/|website=Tennis.com|accessdate=24 September 2017}}</ref> Her father Corey played basketball at ] and her mother Candi was a track and field athlete at ].<ref name="gauff-hopes">{{cite web|title=Why 12-year-old Cori Gauff hopes she'll be the greatest of all time|url=http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/18401434/tennis-why-12-year-old-cori-gauff-thinks-greatest-all|website=ESPN|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> Gauff started playing tennis at 7.<ref>{{cite web|title=American teen Gauff impresses in junior Slam debut|url=http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2017-09-05/american_teen_gauff_impresses_in_junior_slam_debut.html|website=US Open|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> She grew up in ], but moved to Florida to have better opportunities to train in tennis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cori Gauff, 13, Has Great Potential And A Greater Goal: Be The Goat|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/04/cori-gauff-13-has-great-potential-and-greater-goal-be-goat/65662/|website=Tennis.com|accessdate=24 September 2017}}</ref> Her father Corey played basketball at ] and her mother Candi was a track and field athlete at ].<ref name="gauff-hopes">{{cite web|title=Why 12-year-old Cori Gauff hopes she'll be the greatest of all time|url=http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/18401434/tennis-why-12-year-old-cori-gauff-thinks-greatest-all|website=ESPN|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref>


== Professional career == == Professional career ==

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Cori Gauff
Full nameCori Gauff
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceDelray Beach, Florida, United States
Born (2004-03-13) March 13, 2004 (age 20)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachGerard Loglo
Singles
Career record227–98
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2018)
French Open JuniorSF (2018)
Wimbledon JuniorQ2 (2017)
US Open JuniorF (2017)
Doubles
Career record139–63
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open JuniorQF (2018)
Last updated on: 10 September 2017.

Cori "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American junior tennis player. She is the youngest ever finalist in the girls' singles event at the US Open.

Personal life

Gauff started playing tennis at 7. She grew up in Atlanta, but moved to Florida to have better opportunities to train in tennis. Her father Corey played basketball at Georgia State University and her mother Candi was a track and field athlete at Florida State University.

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.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 2017 US Open Hard United States Amanda Anisimova 0–6, 2–6

References

  1. "Gauff, 13, can be youngest US Open girls' champ". wtop. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. "American teen Gauff impresses in junior Slam debut". US Open. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. "Cori Gauff, 13, Has Great Potential And A Greater Goal: Be The Goat". Tennis.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. "Why 12-year-old Cori Gauff hopes she'll be the greatest of all time". ESPN. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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