The 16-year-old tennis sensation is taking the French Open, Australian Open, Wimbledon, and world in general by storm

Yesterday Cori &ldquo;Coco&rdquo; Gauff won 6-3 against 2019 semi-finalist Johanna Konta at the 2020 French Open tennis competition. Making her way through the Roland Garros stadium, the 16-year-old is one of the youngest <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/travel-living/nike-paris-female-national-team-athletes-2019">players</a> to set foot on the sandstone-color clay court. Having several notable wins against top tennis players&mdash;like Venus Wlliams at the 2019 Wimbledon and most recently, <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/tennis-serves-up-a-smash-hit">Naomi Osaka</a> at the Australian Open back in January&mdash;Gauff is already a tennis sensation. Here,&nbsp;eight facts you might not know about the rising junior tennis athelte.&nbsp;

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	<li>Originally from Florida, Coco was born into a&nbsp;family of winners.&nbsp;Her parents were both athletes, especially in college. Father&nbsp;Corey Gauff was an NCAA Division I basketball player at Georgia State University, and&nbsp;her mom, Candi Gauff, was a former gymnast and a track-and-field athlete at Florida State University.&nbsp;</li>
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	Although her father wanted her to be a basketball player, Coco didn&rsquo;t like the sport. Inspired by the legendary sisters Serena and Venus Williams, she started playing tennis at 7 years old.
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	Coco was the runner-up at the 2017 US Opens, and then a year later,&nbsp;the winner of the French Open Juniors. It was the start of her professional career, and she has come a long way since.
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	After signing a multi-year sponsorship contract with New Balance, Coco became one of the faces of the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/brands-changing-sportswear">sportswear</a> brand. At just 14 years old, the tennis star&nbsp;was already an inspiration for young athletes across the country.
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	Coco&rsquo;s other endorsers include the tennis racket company Head, and Barilla (yes, the famous pasta company) along with Roger Ferderer. As a teenage athlete, Coco has already reached celebrity millionaire status.
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	Other than her tennis idols, Coco&rsquo;s other heroes&nbsp;are&nbsp;Rihanna, Beyonce, and Michelle Obama, who she got to meet back in 2019.&nbsp;
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	Coco is coached by her dad and the French tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou, who has been <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/off-white-collaboration-serena-williams-nike">Serena Williams</a>&rsquo; coach since 2012.
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	At the end of the day, she&#39;s still a kid on social media:&nbsp;In celebration of her 2019 Wimbledon win, she posted the&nbsp;&ldquo;And I&mdash;Oop!&rdquo; meme, made famous by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/best-drag-queen-fashion-of-all-time-rupauls-drag-race">RuPaul&rsquo;s Drag Race</a> contestant drag queen Jasmine Masters.&nbsp;
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What to Know About French Open Tennis Star Coco Gauff

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