How old is Coco Gauff?

American tennis sensation Coco Gauff is a professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 3 in singles (career high) by the WTA. Gauff has won seven singles titles to date, which include winning the 2023 Cincinnati Open, defeating Iga Świątek in the semifinals and Karolina Muchova in the finals.

Her best grand slam record includes winning the 2023 US Open, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in a stunning three-set match. After winning the US Open in 2023, Coco Gauff became the first American teenager to win the US Open since the legendary Serena Williams in 1999. She reached her first major semifinal at the 2024 Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff also finished finalist at the 2022 French Open, where they lost to Swaitek in the final.

Gauff came into the spotlight at the 2019 Wimbledon after defeating former world No. 1 Venus Williams in the first round in straight sets. She won her first WTA title at the Linz Open in 2019, becoming the youngest WTA player to win a singles title since 2004.

Besides singles, she is an accomplished doubles player and achieved the career-high ranking of World No. 1 with Jessica Pegula after qualifying for the 2023 WTA Finals. She, along with Pegula, won the 2023 Miami Open doubles title and became the first all-American duo to do so in 22 years.

Her success story continues as she won the 2024 ASB Classic and defeated Elina Svitolina in the final. She finished as a quarterfinalist at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships, where she lost to Anna Kalinskaya.

Coco Gauff Age

Coco Gauff is 19 years old, as of January 2024.

Gauff was born on March 13, 2004, in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, to Candi Gauff (father) and Corey Gauff (mother). Both her parents were athletes, her father played college basketball at Georgia State University, while her mother was a track and field athlete at Florida State University.

Gauff started playing tennis at the age of six, under her father's guidance. At the age of 10, she joined the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France, and started working with Patrick Mouratoglou. As a junior, Gauff was a world No. 1 and won one singles major (French Open 2018) and one doubles major (US Open 2018) in her junior career.

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When did Coco Gauff turn professional?

Gauff made her professional debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in May 2018 in the $25K event at Osprey, at the age of 14. She made her WTA tour debut at the Miami Open in 2019, where she won her first WTA match against Caty McNally. She made her grand slam debut at Wimbledon in 2019 at age 15.

How many titles does Coco Gauff have?

Gauff has won seven WTA singles titles in her career so far, including one grand slam (US Open 2023) and one WTA 1000 (Cincinnati Open 2023) title.

In doubles, she has won eight titles in her career so far, five of them came with Jessica Pegula.