Factbox: U.S. Open women’s singles champion Coco Gauff

Factbox: U.S. Open women's singles champion Coco Gauff  Reuters

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Factbox: U.S. Open women’s singles champion Coco Gauff

Factbox on Coco Gauff – U.S. Open Women’s Singles Champion

Age: 19

Nation: United States

WTA ranking: 6 (Highest ranking: 4)

Seeding: 6

Grand Slam titles: 1 (U.S. Open 2023)

ROAD TO FINAL

  • First round: Laura Siegemund (Germany) 3-6 6-2 6-4
  • Second round: Mirra Andreeva (Russia) 6-3 6-2
  • Third round: 32-Elise Mertens (Belgium) 3-6 6-3 6-0
  • Fourth round: Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6-3 3-6 6-1
  • Quarter-finals: 20-Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 6-0 6-2
  • Semi-finals: 10-Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-5

EARLY LIFE

* Started playing tennis aged six. Growing up, her tennis idols were Serena and Venus Williams.

CAREER TO DATE

* A former world number one junior, Gauff started her professional career on the ITF circuit in 2018.

* Won her maiden WTA singles title in 2019 at Linz and came to prominence when she reached the fourth round at Wimbledon as a qualifier, where she was beaten by eventual champion Simona Halep. Also won two doubles titles with Caty McNally.

* Reached the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2020 and cracked the top 50 in the world for the first time.

* Won her second WTA singles title at Parma in 2021 and reached the quarter-finals of the French Open, where she lost to eventual winner Barbora Krejcikova. Gauff also reached the U.S. Open women’s doubles final with McNally.

* Lost to Iga Swiatek in the French Open final in 2022. Finished runners-up in the women’s doubles final at the same tournament alongside Jessica Pegula.

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