Coco Gauff

**Cori Dionne “Coco” Gauff** (/ ˈɡɔːf/ GAWF; an haife ta Maris 13, 2004) ƙwararriyar yar wasan tennis ce. Gauff tana da manyan matsayi na WTA na duniya na 2 a cikin marasa aure da na duniya na 1 a ninki biyu. Ta ci taken WTA Tour guda tara, wanda ya hada da 2023 US Open da 2024 WTA Finals, da lakabi na ninki biyu, gami da 2024 French Open.

Gauff ta fara halartan gasar WTA Tour a watan Maris na 2019 a gasar Miami Open tana da shekaru 15. Ta samu kati a wasan neman cancantar shiga gasar Wimbledon ta 2019, inda ta zama 'yar wasa mafi karancin shekaru a tarihin gasar don samun cancantar yin babban zane. A can ne ta doke Venus Williams sannan ta kai zagaye na hudu. Gauff ta lashe taken WTA Tour na farko a gasar Linz Open ta 2019. Ta kai babban wasan karshe na farko a gasar mata biyu a gasar US Open ta 2021 kuma ta kai wasan karshe na farko na karshe a gasar French Open ta 2022. A cikin 2023, Gauff ta lashe taken WTA 1000 na farko a Cincinnati Open da takenta na farko na farko a gasar US Open, kuma ta dauki taken WTA Finals a shekara mai zuwa.

## Rayuwar baya
An haifi Gauff a Atlanta, Georgia a ranar 13 ga Maris, 2004, zuwa Candi (née Odom) da Corey Gauff, dukansu daga Delray Beach, Florida. Tana da kanne guda biyu. Mahaifinta ya buga wasan kwando na kwaleji a Jami'ar Jihar Georgia kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin babban jami'in kula da lafiya. Mahaifiyarta ta kasance ’yar wasan guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle a Jami’ar Jihar Florida kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin malami. Gauff ta rayu shekarunta na farko a Atlanta. Ta fara wasan tennis tana da shekaru shida. Lokacin da take shekara bakwai, danginta sun koma Delray Beach don samun ingantacciyar damar horo. Ta yi aiki tare da Gerard Loglo a New Generation Tennis Academy tun tana ɗan shekara takwas.

Gauff ta tuna, "Ba ni da yawa a cikin tawagar, ina son wasan tennis, na kasance sosai game da shi tun da farko saboda lokacin da nake karami ba na son yin motsa jiki kwata-kwata. Ina so in yi wasa da tawa. abokai. Lokacin da na cika shekaru takwas, a lokacin ne na buga 'Little Mo' kuma bayan haka na yanke shawarar yin hakan har tsawon rayuwata."

## Aiki
### 2018–19: taken farko, saman 100
Gauff ta fara fitowa a zagayen mata na ITF a watan Mayun 2018 tana da shekaru 14 a matsayin wadda ta cancanta a gasar $25k a Osprey, inda ta lashe wasan ƙwararrunta na farko. Ta sami kati don neman cancantar shiga gasar US Open, amma ta yi rashin nasara a wasanta na farko watanni biyar bayan ta cika shekara 14. A gasarta ta farko ta 2019, ta kammala ta zo ta biyu da biyu a gasar Tennis ta Midland ta $100k tare da Ann Li. Makonni biyu bayan haka, Gauff ta buga wasanta na gaba a matakin $25k a cikin Mamaki kuma ta kai wasan karshe a cikin guda biyu da biyu. Ta gama matsayi na biyu a cikin singileti kuma ta lashe taken WTA Tour na farko a cikin biyu tare da Paige Hourigan. A cikin Maris, a Miami Open, ta yi rikodin nasarar wasanta na farko na WTA Tour da Caty McNally.

Gauff ta sha kashi a zagaye na biyu na neman tikitin shiga gasar French Open. A Wimbledon ta doke Aliona Bolsova da Gaisuwa Minnen. Gauff ta zama yar wasa mafi ƙanƙanta da ya kai ga babban zane a Wimbledon ta hanyar cancanta a Buɗe Era yana ɗan shekara 15 da wata uku. A wasanta na farko na farko, ta bata wa Venus Williams zakara a gasar Wimbledon sau biyar a jere. Gauff ta samu nasara a kan Magdaléna Rybáriková da mai lamba 60 Polona Hercog, inda ya ceci maki biyu a wasa da Hercog. Haɗin da ke kewaye da wasan zagaye na farko na Gauff ya haifar da zagaye na uku zuwa Kotun Cibiyar. An cire ta da rashin nasara a zagaye na hudu a hannun zakara Simona Halep.

## Manazarta