Q 01/05

What is Coco Gauff's given first name?

A) Corinne

B) Cori

C) Coretta

D) Cordelia

Answer · why

B) Cori

Cori Dionne Gauff was born in Boca Raton, Florida, on March 13, 2004.

Q 02/05

In which Florida city did Gauff grow up and train on public courts?

A) Boca Raton

B) Bradenton

C) Fort Lauderdale

D) Delray Beach

Answer · why

D) Delray Beach

In 2024 she debuted New Balance shoes with the GPS coordinates of those courts inscribed on the soles.

Q 03/05

Gauff's father Corey played college basketball for which university?

A) Florida State

B) Georgia State

C) Georgia Tech

D) Florida

Answer · why

B) Georgia State

Her mother ran track at Florida State; both gave up their careers to train and homeschool her.

Q 04/05

At age 10 Gauff began training at the French academy of which famous coach?

A) Toni Nadal

B) Nick Bollettieri

C) Patrick Mouratoglou

D) Riccardo Piatti

Answer · why

C) Patrick Mouratoglou

Serena Williams's longtime coach also funded her through his Champ'Seed foundation.

Q 05/05

Which tournament at age eight made Gauff decide to play tennis 'for the rest of my life'?

A) Orange Bowl

B) Little Mo

C) Eddie Herr

D) Les Petits As

Answer · why

B) Little Mo

She first met Serena Williams after winning the national event.