COCO GAUFF stunned Venus Williams in her opening match at Wimbledon.
The tennis world was shocked as the 15-year-old beat the former champ, 24 years her senior. Here is what we know about the wonderkid Gauff…
Who is Coco Gauff?
Born in Atlanta in 2004, 15-year-old Cori "Coco" Gauff is the youngest player ever to qualify for the Wimbledon main draw.
This comes less than two years after she became the youngest-ever finalist at the US Open girls tournament, aged just 13.
Gauff started playing tennis aged seven and moved to Florida to improve her training opportunities.
She comes from a family of athletes, with her father playing basketball at Georgia State University and her mother a track and field athlete at Florida State University.
In May, 2018, she qualified for her first adult singles match at Osprey, winning her first professional match, and five months later earned her first sponsorship deal with New Balance.
Then in 2019, Gauff announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Italian food company Barilla Group, which also sponsors Roger Federer.
What happened at Wimbledon 2019?
To make it to Wimbledon, Gauff came through three rounds of qualifying, beating Belgian world number 154 Greet Minnen 6-1 6-1 in the final.
Gauff is currently ranked 313 in the world.
She took on former champ Venus Williams in the first round – and beat her 6-4 6-4 in her Grand Slam singles debut.
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When is Wimbledon on until?
The Wimbledon Championships run from July 1 until July 14.
The Ladies' Final is on July 13.
The Men's Final is always on the final Sunday of the competition – which is July 14 in 2019.
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