A take a look at the profession highlights of 19-year-old Coco Gauff, who has crushed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 to win the US Open, her maiden grand slam singles title.
Age: 19
Nation: United States
Current WTA rating: 6 (highest: 4)
Seeding: 6
Grand slam titles: 1 (US Open 2023)
ROAD TO FINAL
First spherical: Laura Siegemund (Germany) 3-6 6-2 6-4
Second spherical: Mirra Andreeva (Russia) 6-3 6-2
Third spherical: 32-Elise Mertens (Belgium) 3-6 6-3 6-0
Fourth spherical: 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 taking part in tennis aged six. Growing up, her tennis idols had been Serena and Venus Williams.
CAREER TO DATE
* A former world No.1 junior, Gauff began her skilled profession on the ITF circuit in 2018.
* Won her maiden WTA singles title in 2019 at Linz in Austria and got here to prominence when she reached the fourth spherical at Wimbledon as a qualifier the identical yr, the place she was crushed by eventual champion Simona Halep. Also gained two doubles titles with Caty McNally.
* Reached the fourth spherical of the Australian Open in 2020 and cracked the highest 50 on the planet for the primary time.
* Won her second WTA singles title at Parma, Italy, in 2021 and reached the quarter-finals of the French Open, the place she misplaced to eventual winner Barbora Krejcikova. Gauff additionally reached the US Open ladies’s doubles last with McNally.
* Lost to Iga Swiatek within the French Open last in 2022. Finished runner-up within the ladies’s doubles last on the similar event alongside Jessica Pegula.
* Gauff claimed the largest title of her profession to that time, profitable the Cincinnati Open in 2023. Also gained in Washington DC within the build-up to the US Open.
* Beat Sabalenka to change into the primary American girl to win the US Open since Sloane Stephens in 2017.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
