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

Just days ago, Cori &ldquo;Coco&rdquo; Gauff won 6-3, 6-3 against Johanna Konta (who was a semi-finalist last year) at the ongoing 2020 French Open. Powering her way through the Roland Garros stadium, the 16-year-old is one of the youngest competitors in history&nbsp;to set foot on the famed&nbsp;clay court, in addition to being the youngest&nbsp;player in the Women&#39;s Tennis Association Top 100 rankings. Having racked up several notable wins against top seeds &mdash; like Venus Wlliams at Wimbledon 2019, and most recently, Naomi Osaka&nbsp;at the Australian Open back in January &mdash; Gauff is undoubtedly the sports sensation to watch.&nbsp;

Here,&nbsp;we list&nbsp;eight facts you might not know about this rising athlete.&nbsp;

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	<li style="text-align:justify">Originally from Florida, Coco was born into a&nbsp;family of winners.&nbsp;Her parents were both all-star athletes in college. Father&nbsp;Corey Gauff was an NCAA Division I basketball player at Georgia State University, while her mother Candi Gauff was a&nbsp;gymnast and a track-and-field athlete at Florida State University. Coco has two younger brothers, Codey and Cameron.&nbsp; 
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	<li style="text-align:justify">Although her father wanted her to be a basketball player, Coco didn&rsquo;t enjoy the sport as much as she did tennis. Inspired by&nbsp;legendary sisters Serena and Venus Williams, she picked up her racket when she was six years old. 
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	Coco&nbsp;was the runner-up at the 2017 US Open, and a year later,&nbsp;the winner of the Roland Garros Junior Championships. It marked the start of her professional career, and she has come a long way since. 
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	<li style="text-align:justify">After signing a multi-year sponsorship&nbsp;with New Balance, Gauff&nbsp;became one of the faces of the sportswear&nbsp;label. Just 14 at the time, the tennis star has since become&nbsp;a huge inspiration for aspiring athletes around the world.&nbsp; 
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	<li style="text-align:justify">Some of Gauff&#39;s other sponsors include the tennis racket company Head, and Barilla (yes, the&nbsp;pasta company) &mdash; joining&nbsp;Roger Federer. As a teenage athlete, Coco has already reached celebrity millionaire status. 
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	<li style="text-align:justify">Other than her tennis idols, Gauff also looks up to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/men/rihanna-is-releasing-a-men-s-collection-and-it-s-not-what-you-think">Rihanna</a>, <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/the-13-best-outfits-from-beyonce-s-new-visual-album-black-is-king">Beyonc&eacute;</a>&nbsp;and Michelle Obama (she got to meet the latter in 2019).&nbsp; 
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	<li style="text-align:justify">Coco is coached by her dad as well as&nbsp;Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena Williams&#39; longtime trainer.&nbsp; 
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	<li style="text-align:justify">Despite her many achievements and accolades, at the end of the day, Coco is&nbsp;still a kid at heart, and a true Gen Z-er.&nbsp;In celebration of her <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/celebs-who-served-up-the-best-looks-at-wimbledon-2019">2019 Wimbledon</a> win, she posted the&nbsp;&ldquo;And I&mdash;Oop!&rdquo; meme on social media, which was made famous by RuPaul&#39;s Drag Race&nbsp;contestant Jasmine Masters.&nbsp;</li>
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What To Know About Rising Tennis Star Coco Gauff

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