Coco Gauff earns high school diploma and brings winning graduation photoshoot to Paris | Tennis.com (2024)

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Coco Gauff earns high school diploma and brings winning graduation photoshoot to Paris. The 18-year-old used the Eiffel Tower as her backdrop ahead of her upcoming Roland Garros campaign.

Tennis star Coco Gauff has every reason to celebrate. She snapped pictures in a cap and gown in front of the Eiffel Tower to commemorate her graduation from high school.

Coco Gauff Made $3 Million With Her U.S. Open Win.

Yup, Coco has more going on in life than what she does on the court. Coco shared in her recent Time cover story that she has a boyfriend but prefers to keep his identity private. She's also known him for ages—her mom Candi was his fourth-grade teacher.

Coco Gauff was born March 13, 2004, in Atlanta. But she grew up in Delray Beach, about 20 miles south of West Palm Beach and 53 miles north of Miami. She did not go to high school locally because of her globetrotting tennis career, but she did earn her high school degree in 2022.

Tennis star Coco Gauff with mom Candi Gauff and dad Corey Gauff on TODAY after her US Open victory in September 2023. When Coco was eight, Corey and Candi moved their family to Delray Beach, Florida to be closer to tennis training. Coco was homeschooled so she free up more time for coaching, per TIME.

Her father later became her primary coach, while her mother oversaw her homeschooling. Her father had limited experience playing tennis growing up. At the age of 10, Gauff began to train at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France run by Patrick Mouratoglou, longtime coach of Serena Williams.

Who is Coco Gauff? Coco Gauff is an American tennis player and one of the best players on the WTA Tour. In 2023, aged 19, she became the youngest woman to win the US Open since Serena Williams in 1999 when she won the title. It is her only major title to date.

Coco Gauff retires due to injury in first round of Western & Southern Open; Naomi Osaka loses. MASON, Ohio ‒ Days after earning the No.

Naomi Osaka set an earnings record for female athletes with $60 million in the 12 months ending May 1, 2021.

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Coco Gauff is officially the world's highest-paid female athlete after earning $23 million in 2023. The 19-year-old earned an estimated $16 million in endorsem*nts alone, leading a group of seven women's tennis players who landed inside the Top 10 in Sportico's annual list.

“I didn't go to college, so I don't have any student bills to pay; I'm too young; my parents never put me in that position to be in debt, so I have nothing to pay right now,” she explained. This choice allowed her to focus entirely on her tennis career, which has paid off.

She talked to Sports Illustrated Kids about her nickname, saying that sharing the same name as her father got confusing within the family: “I believe it was my aunt who said, 'Oh, we should just call her Coco. ' When my dad was growing up, people used to call him Co.… Ever since then, I've been going by Coco.”

A. Yes, Her father played college basketball at Georgia State University, and her mother represented Florida State University in track and field.