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Coco Gauff Wins US Open at Age 19

Coco Gauff won the US Open women's singles title, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to claim her first Grand Slam championship at 19 years old. The win placed her in the lineage of Serena and Venus Williams as a dominant Black American force in women's tennis.

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  1. September 9, 2023
    Coco Gauff Wins US Open at Age 19

    Coco Gauff won the US Open women's singles title, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to claim her first Grand Slam championship at 19 years old. The win placed her in the lineage of Serena and Venus Williams as a dominant Black American force in women's tennis.

  2. September 9, 2023
    Coco Gauff Wins US Open, Youngest American Champion Since Serena

    Cori 'Coco' Gauff won the US Open singles title at age 19, becoming the youngest American woman to win the US Open since Serena Williams in 1999. Gauff, who had grown up idolizing Serena, wept on court and became the face of a new generation of American tennis.