Coco Gauff
American tennis player
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| 2025 | At the Australian Open, Gauff advanced to the quarterfinals before being defeated by Paula Badosa in straight sets. |
| 2025 | Coco Gauff participated in the United Cup, where she helped the United States team win gold against Poland. She remained undefeated throughout the tournament and defeated world number 2 Iga Świątek in straight sets in the final. |
| 2024 | Chosen as the female flag-bearer for the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, becoming the youngest athlete to be honored with this role. |
| November 9 2024 | Won the WTA Finals singles championship, becoming the youngest player to win the WTA Finals since Maria Sharapova in 2004 and the first American to win since Serena Williams in 2014. She defeated Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals and Zheng Qinwen in the finals. |
| September 2024 | Gauff hired coach Matt Daly, who focused on improving her serve and forehand technique, specifically adjusting her racket grip to be closer to an eastern backhand style. |
| June 2024 | Won her first Grand Slam tournament doubles trophy at the French Open with partner Katerina Siniaková, defeating 11th seeds Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the final. |
| June 10 2024 | Reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 2 in singles after reaching the semifinals at the French Open, where she was defeated by eventual champion Iga Swiatek. |
| May 2024 | At the Italian Open, Gauff reached the semifinals, defeating Magdalena Fręch, Jaqueline Cristian, Paula Badosa, and seventh seed Zheng Qinwen. She passed Caroline Wozniacki for the most WTA 1000 wins before turning 21, but ultimately lost to world No. 1 Iga Świątek in straight sets. |
| January 2024 | Debuted a new pair of New Balance shoes at the Australian Open featuring geographical coordinates of the public tennis courts in Delray Beach where she grew up and trained. |
| January 2024 | Reached the semifinals at the Australian Open, further establishing herself as a top-tier tennis player. |
| October 23 2023 | Gauff and Jessica Pegula returned to the world No. 1 doubles ranking after qualifying for the 2023 WTA Finals in both singles and doubles, becoming the first players to do so in back-to-back years since Sara Errani in 2012–13. |
| September 2023 | Won her first Grand Slam title, reaffirming her faith and approach to prayer in professional tennis. |
| September 11 2023 | Gauff reached world No. 3 in the tennis rankings and was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards Breakthrough of the Year. |
| September 10 2023 | Won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open, marking a significant milestone in her professional tennis career. |
| August 2023 | Gauff won the Washington Open singles title, beating Maria Sakkari in the final. She became the first teenager to win the tournament and claimed her first WTA 500 singles title. |
| August 2023 | Won the Cincinnati Open, publicly thanking Jesus Christ and reflecting on her personal spiritual journey during her victory speech. |
| August 2023 | Gauff won her first WTA 1000 title at the Cincinnati Open, defeating world No. 1 Iga Świątek in the semifinals and world No. 10 Karolína Muchová in the final. |
| July 2023 | Collaborated with actress Storm Reid to fund and create a new playground and purple-painted tennis courts in East Atlanta's Brownwood Park, demonstrating community engagement. |
| July 2023 | Coco Gauff began working with renowned tennis coach Brad Gilbert, who encouraged her to use high, heavy topspin and chase down balls aggressively across the court. |
| June 2023 | Reached the semifinals at the French Open, continuing her strong performance in Grand Slam tournaments. |
| February 2023 | At the Qatar Ladies Open, Gauff reached the quarterfinals and defeated two-time champion Petra Kvitová in the second round. She also defended her doubles title with Jessica Pegula, defeating Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jeļena Ostapenko in a three-set match. |
| February 2023 | Gauff reached the fourth round of the Australian Open before losing to Jeļena Ostapenko in straight sets. |
| January 2023 | Gauff won the Auckland Open singles title by defeating Rebeka Masarova in straight sets. |
| January 2023 | Became a brand ambassador for advisory CPA firm Baker Tilly US, LLP, expanding her professional endorsement portfolio. |
| October 2022 | Became the youngest player since Maria Sharapova in 2005 to qualify for the year-end WTA Finals championships in singles. Also qualified for doubles championships with Jessica Pegula, marking the first time American women have done so since Serena and Venus Williams in 2009. |
| September 2022 | Reached the US Open quarterfinals, becoming the youngest American woman to do so since 2009. Guaranteed a top 10 debut in singles rankings at world No. 8. |
| August 2022 | Won her second WTA 1000 doubles title with Jessica Pegula at the Canadian Open, defeating Nicole Melichar and Ellen Perez in the final. Became the No. 1 doubles player in the world. |
| July 11 2022 | Reached a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 after competing at Wimbledon Championships. |
| June 2022 | Reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the French Open, defeating multiple opponents before losing to Iga Świątek in straight sets. Also reached the doubles final with Jessica Pegula, securing a new career-high of world No. 13 in singles and top 5 in doubles. |
| February 28 2022 | Gauff climbed to a career-high No. 10 in the doubles rankings after winning her first WTA 1000 doubles title with Jessica Pegula, defeating third-seeded pair of Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens. |
| 2021 | At the French Open, became the youngest female player (17 years, three months) to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Nicole Vaidišová in 2006, and the youngest American to reach a Roland Garros quarterfinal since Jennifer Capriati in 1993. |
| 2021 | At the Abu Dhabi Open, Gauff beat Norwegian Ulrikke Eikeri before losing to Maria Sakkari in the next round. |
| 2021 | Reaches her first major final in women's doubles at the US Open. |
| 2021 | Selected for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the second youngest American player after Jennifer Capriati. However, she tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw. |
| July 12 2021 | Reached the third round in doubles at Wimbledon with Caty McNally, entering the top 40 in doubles rankings at No. 38. |
| May 2021 | Reached her first WTA 1000 semifinal at the Italian Open after No. 1 Barty retired with a right arm injury during their quarterfinal match. She subsequently entered the top 30 world rankings for the first time. |
| May 2021 | Won her second singles and third doubles titles (with McNally) at the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, becoming the youngest player to win both singles and doubles titles at an event since Maria Sharapova in 2004. |
| September 2020 | At the French Open, Gauff defeated ninth-seeded Johanna Konta in the first round but was later eliminated by Martina Trevisan in the second round, where she struggled with 19 double faults. |
| January 2020 | Gauff reached the quarterfinals in women's doubles at the Australian Open with partner McNally, her best Grand Slam doubles result to date. |
| January 2020 | At the Australian Open, Gauff defeated Venus Williams in straight sets in the first round, becoming the youngest player to defeat a top-5 player since Jennifer Capriati's 1991 US Open victory by beating defending champion Naomi Osaka in the third round. |
| 2019 | Finished runner-up in doubles at the $100k Midland Tennis Classic alongside Ann Li. |
| October 2019 | Won her first singles WTA title at the Linz Open as a lucky loser, defeating top seed Kiki Bertens in the quarterfinals and Jeļena Ostapenko in the final, becoming the youngest WTA player to win a singles title since 2004 at age 15. |
| October 2019 | Won her second WTA doubles title with Caty McNally at the Luxembourg Open, defeating Kaitlyn Christian and Alexa Guarachi. |
| August 2019 | At the US Open, won her first WTA doubles title with Caty McNally, defeating Fanny Stollár and Maria Sanchez in the final. |
| July 2019 | At Wimbledon, became the youngest player to reach the main draw in the Open Era at age 15 years and three months, and notably defeated five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in straight sets. |
| March 2019 | Makes her WTA Tour debut at the Miami Open at age 15. |
| March 2019 | Announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Italian food company Barilla, joining the roster of athletes like Roger Federer. |
| December 2018 | Won another Grade A singles title at the Orange Bowl, ending the year ranked world No. 2. |
| October 2018 | Signed her first multi-year sponsorship contract with New Balance, marking the beginning of her professional endorsement career. |
| September 2018 | Won the Junior US Open doubles title with partner Catherine McNally, defeating Hailey Baptiste and Dalayna Hewitt in straight sets. |
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