US Open: 11 things to know about youngest winner, Coco Gauff

American tennis player, Coco Gauff defeated incoming world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final on Saturday as she won her first Grand Slam title.

This is her second grand slam finals.

The 19-year-old is the youngest American winner in New York since Serena Williams in 1999.

Here are 11 things to know about the youngest grand slam winner

1. Coco Gauff was born on March 13, 2004, and turned 19 in 2023.

2. Her parents are Corey, a former basketball player at Georgia State University, and Candi, who competed in Track and Field and Florida State University.

3. Gauff has reached the final of her home Grand Slam for the first time in her career.

4. The American adores Paris, and was a champion as a junior at Roland-Garros in 2018 as a 14-year-old.

5. The 19-year-old beat former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki and former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko along the way, before defeating Karolina Muchova 6-3, 7-5 in the semi-final to reach her second Grand Slam final.

6. Coco Gauff won her first WTA 1000 title on August 20, 2023, when she beat Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-4 in the final. The 19-year-old won her third title of the year with a superb performance.

7. She qualified at Wimbledon in 2019 and then stunned Venus Williams in the first round. She would reach the second week that year and become the youngest player to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon since 1991.
She was 15 at the time.

8. Gauff won her first WTA match at the Miami Open in 2019, when she defeated her longtime doubles partner Caty McNally in the first round.

9. She won her first WTA title at Linz in October of 2019.

10. Gauff is coached by her father Corey, Pere Riba, and Brad Gilbert.
She reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in October 2022.

11. Coco Gauff has won five WTA titles as of August 20, 2023, and owns a 5-1 lifetime record in finals, including 3-0 in 2023 with triumphs in Auckland, Washington DC, and Cincinnati, where she won her biggest title to date.