Coco Gauff is an American Tennis player and the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She has a career-high ranking of No. 35 in the world in singles and No. 42 in doubles.
She is the most influential and emulated role model in the history of tennis and has achieved what no one else has. Coco set a historical record for herself by winning her qualifying match for the main Wimbledon Tennis tournament at the age of 15. She made a name for herself in tennis through her game sense and skills.
Her idols in tennis are Serena and Venus Williams. She said they are the reasons why she took to playing tennis.
Profile
Full Name: Cori “Coco” Gauff.
Date of Birth: 13th March 2004.
Place of Birth: Delray Beach, Florida, USA.
Nationality: American
Profession: Tennis player
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed, backhand).
Turned Pro: 2018
Coco Gauff’s Net Worth
Profiting quite a lot from being a tennis player and an awesome one at that, Coco Gauff has a net worth of $2.5 million. Her hard work not only earned her fame and support from people all around the globe as she started riding in a professional tennis career since she was 8 years old.
Coco makes a pretty good sum of money. She has earned a total of $1, 061,874 in her career as prize money as of 2021. Her salary has not been disclosed yet but it’s obvious she makes a lot of money.
Her net worth being at $2.5 million is mainly due to her endorsement deals.
Coco Gauff’s Endorsements, Prize Money and Sudden Rise
The young Tennis Player, Coco Gauff has become a favorite with a lot of brands. In October 2018, she signed her first multi-year sponsorship contract with New Balance. She has endorsements with ‘Head’ and she even uses their Graphene 360 Speed MP which has 16 main and 19 cross strings.
She also wears ‘New Balance’ clothing and tennis shoes and in March 2019, she announced another multi-year sponsorship agreement with Italian food company ‘Barilla’. She is projected to earn at least $1 million primarily from endorsements in 2019.
The Tennis Player’s Prize Money
As of 2019, when Coco beat Venus Williams at the Wimbledon tournament, her earnings were about $75,000. From winning two streaks, at the event, Coco guaranteed herself at least $140,000.
So far, she has earned $1,061,874 in prize money on the WTA Tour.
Coco Gauff’s Sudden Rise to Stardom
After moving back to Delray Beach, Florida from Atlanta, in order to get better tennis opportunities, she trained so hard and all over the world as a pre-teen.
At the age of 11, she was chosen by Serena Williams’ coach to attend an exclusive training camp in Nice, France. By 2018, she made her professional debut at an event in Osprey, Florida. She won her very first professional match at the tournament here and she was just 14 years old.
In October 2018, she signed an endorsement deal with New Balance and this was the beginning of her multi-year endorsement deals.
At the early age of 15, Coco won her first WTA singles title at the 2019 Linz Open and this made her the first youngest Tennis player to win that title since 2004. Adding to her title, she also won two WTA doubles titles playing with a fellow teenager; Caty McNally.
By March 2019, Coco made her WTA Tour debut at the Miami Open and won her opening match. She received a ‘wild card’ into the qualifying draw at the 2019 Wimbledon Championship where she became the youngest player in the tournament’s history to qualify for the main draw.
Coco reached the fourth round of the tournament and her matches were even the most-watched because the teenager was already making so many waves and attracting a lot of attention to her.
Two weeks after she finished runner-up in doubles at $100K Midland Tennis Classic alongside Ann Li, she played her next event at the $25k level in Surprise and reached the finals in both singles and doubles.
She made it to the third round of the 2019 US Open and the fourth round of the 2020 Australian Open where she defeated Venus Williams and made it through to the third round earning her the title of the first US woman to achieve the feat in 30 years.
Gauff is currently coached by her father Corey Gauff and Jean-Christophe Faurel.
see also; Cori Gauff: 30 Things You Didn’t Know About the Terrific Tennis Phenomenon
Complete profile of Coco Gauff
| Coco Gauff | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Cori Gauff |
| Date of Birth | 13 March 2004 |
| Age | 17 years |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | African-American |
| Birth place | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Profession | Tennis player |
| Education | NA |
| Father | Corey Gauff |
| Mother | Candi Gauff |
| Siblings | Cameron Gauff, Codey Gauff |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Spouse/Partner | NA |
| Boyfriend | NA |
| Kids | NA |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Estimated Net Worth: | $2.5 million |
| Source of net worth | Tennis career |
| Height | Feet- 5 feet and 9inches Meters- 1.75m |
| Weight | 64 kg (142 Ibs) |
| Eye color | Black |
| Hair color | Black |
| Social media | Facebook TikTok |
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