50 free Coco Gauff trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Coco Gauff was eight when a Little Mo tournament convinced her to play tennis for life, ten when she walked into Patrick Mouratoglou's academy promising to be number one, and fifteen when she qualified for Wimbledon and beat Venus Williams on her first day. Since then she has won the US Open as a teenager, the WTA Finals, the French Open in singles and doubles, and reached No. 1 in doubles with Jessica Pegula. This quiz follows the whole climb: the Delray Beach public courts later stamped on her shoes, the junior finals against Anisimova and McNally, the Linz lucky-loser title, the Osaka upset in Melbourne, the COVID withdrawal from Tokyo and the flag in Paris, the Brad Gilbert year, the Sabalenka and Świątek rivalries, the nine straight hardcourt finals and the 2026 season's Miami final and Wimbledon semi. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for a sports quiz night.
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Q 01What is Coco Gauff's given first name?
Cori
Cori Dionne Gauff was born in Boca Raton, Florida, on March 13, 2004.
Q 02In which Florida city did Gauff grow up and train on public courts?
Delray Beach
In 2024 she debuted New Balance shoes with the GPS coordinates of those courts inscribed on the soles.
Q 03Gauff's father Corey played college basketball for which university?
Georgia State
Her mother ran track at Florida State; both gave up their careers to train and homeschool her.
Q 04At age 10 Gauff began training at the French academy of which famous coach?
Patrick Mouratoglou
Serena Williams's longtime coach also funded her through his Champ'Seed foundation.
Q 05Which tournament at age eight made Gauff decide to play tennis 'for the rest of my life'?
Little Mo
She first met Serena Williams after winning the national event.
Q 06Gauff lost the 2017 US Open girls' final to which future rival?
Amanda Anisimova
At 13 years, 181 days she was the youngest girls' singles finalist in the event's history.
Q 07Gauff won her first junior Grand Slam title at the 2018 French Open by beating whom in the final?
Caty McNally
The two later became a doubles team, winning WTA titles together and reaching the 2021 US Open final.
Q 08How old was Gauff when she became the youngest Wimbledon main-draw qualifier of the Open Era?
15
Ranked No. 313, she won three qualifying matches in straight sets and then beat Venus Williams.
Q 09Which five-time Wimbledon champion did Gauff beat in her 2019 main-draw debut?
Venus Williams
At the net she told her idol 'thank you for everything she's done for the sport'.
Q 10Who ended Gauff's 2019 Wimbledon run in the fourth round?
Simona Halep
Halep went on to win the title; Gauff's ranking jumped from 313 to 141.
Q 11Gauff's first WTA singles title came in 2019 at which Austrian event she entered as a lucky loser?
Linz Open
She beat Kiki Bertens for her first top-10 win and Jeļena Ostapenko in the final at 15 years, 214 days.
Q 12Gauff was the youngest WTA singles champion since which player in 2004?
Nicole Vaidišová
The Czech was also the previous youngest major quarter-finalist before Gauff's 2021 Paris run.
Q 13Which defending champion did Gauff upset in the third round of the 2020 Australian Open?
Naomi Osaka
A year earlier Osaka had beaten her at the US Open, then graciously let her take the on-court interview.
Q 21Gauff won the 2024 French Open doubles title alongside which Czech player?
Kateřina Siniaková
They beat Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the final; that fortnight she also hit No. 2 in singles.
Q 22Gauff carried the US flag at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony alongside which athlete?
LeBron James
She was the youngest American ever chosen; she then lost in the third round to Donna Vekić.
Q 23Whom did Gauff beat in the final to win the 2024 WTA Finals in Riyadh?
Zheng Qinwen
She beat Świątek and Sabalenka along the way, the youngest year-end champion since Sharapova in 2004.
Q 14Why did Gauff withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021?
She tested positive for COVID-19
She had qualified for the US team; three years later she carried the flag in Paris.
Q 15Gauff's Parma 2021 singles-and-doubles sweep was the youngest since which player in 2004?
Maria Sharapova
She beat Wang Qiang in the final and won the doubles with Caty McNally.
Q 16Who beat Gauff in the 2022 French Open final, her first major final?
Iga Świątek
At 18 she was the youngest Paris finalist since Kim Clijsters in 2001; she lost the doubles final that year too.
Q 17With which partner did Gauff first reach the doubles No. 1 ranking in 2022?
Jessica Pegula
Their second WTA 1000 title, in Canada, made her the second-youngest doubles No. 1 after Martina Hingis.
Q 18Whom did Gauff beat in the 2023 US Open final for her first major title?
Aryna Sabalenka
She was the first American teenager to win in New York since Serena Williams in 1999.
Q 19Gauff's first WTA 1000 title came weeks before her first major, at which 2023 event?
Cincinnati
She beat world No. 1 Iga Świątek in the semis and Karolína Muchová in the final.
Q 20Which coach, known for working with Andre Agassi, guided Gauff from July 2023 to September 2024?
Brad Gilbert
He pushed heavy topspin and relentless court coverage; Matt Daly and then biomechanist Gavin MacMillan followed.
Q 24Gauff's 2025 French Open title was the first there by an American since whom?
Serena Williams
She beat Sabalenka in three sets after reaching all three big clay finals that spring.
Q 25In 2025 Gauff became the youngest woman to reach which three clay finals in one year?
Madrid, Rome, Paris
She lost in Madrid to Sabalenka and in Rome to Paolini before winning Roland Garros.
Q 26Gauff's 2025 Wuhan Open win extended a record of winning how many straight hardcourt finals?
Nine
No player had ever won her first nine; it was her third WTA 1000 singles crown.
Q 27How many singles majors had Gauff won by the end of 2025?
Two
The 2023 US Open and 2025 French Open, plus the 2024 WTA Finals and a French Open doubles crown.
Q 28Which racket brand did Gauff play with when she won the 2023 US Open?
Head
She played a Boom MP with 16 mains and 19 crosses, dressed by New Balance.
Q 29Gauff's first sponsorship contract, signed in October 2018, was with which brand?
New Balance
In 2025 she fronted a Miu Miu x New Balance collaboration.
Q 30Which Italian pasta maker, also a Federer sponsor, signed Gauff in 2019?
Barilla
She also became a Rolex Testimonee in 2019 and a Baker Tilly ambassador in 2023.