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American tennis player, Coco Gauff, is in her second Grand Slam final where she faces incoming world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final on Saturday as she bids for a first Grand Slam title.
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.