Coco Gauff is one of the most exciting and appealing tennis players in the game.
Her all-court game coupled with her elite athleticism and resolute mindset make her the WTA Tour’s ultimate superstar.
Gauff further proved this by winning the French Open in tricky conditions against Aryna Sabalenka to lift the second Grand Slam title of her career.
Post-match Gauff paid tribute to her family and her team for helping her to succeed in Paris and lift a trophy she has come close to lifting in recent seasons.
Corey Gauff shares his thoughts on Coco Gauff’s coaching team
Following the disappointing summer of 2024 in which Coco Gauff did not progress beyond the fourth round in five successive events, Gauff parted ways with coach Brad Gilbert.
She hired coach Matt Daly in October, who joined her setup along with Jean-Christophe Faurel, who has coached Gauff since her teenage years.
In the eight months they have worked together, Gauff has clinched the China Open, WTA Finals and French Open titles, along with helping Team USA win the United Cup. While talking to Tennis Channel, Gauff’s father Corey opened up on the dynamics of Gauff’s coaching setup and what he thinks of her coaches.
“When I first met him [JC] I liked his energy. I liked the fact that his English wasn’t good because it was going to force Coco to really have to dial in to understand what he’s saying,” the 53-year-old said.
“He’s a core believer in drills and building habits and that’s how I believe I think you coach to a plan to kind of develop a player. JC’s really good about setting up those scenarios that you’re going to be in during a match and training for those scenarios.
“When we brought Matt on the team we were looking at her grips and trying to improve her serve. He was confident enough to take on the task and he is willing to listen. He’s a very humble and very nice young man.
“He decided to have two coaches because we didn’t want any one person to hold all the information. So if they leave the team, they’re sick or they can’t show up, we can’t really continue the philosophy that we’ve kind of laid out for her development plan.
“JC does a good job, he’s kind of the keeper of the development plan and Matt brings another perspective. Sometimes they disagree and sometimes they can’t agree so that’s when I have to intervene and say ‘okay this is the plan going forward.’”
Corey Gauff explains why Coco Gauff is playing less doubles
Alongside her singles career, Gauff has played plenty of doubles, and has nine titles to her name, including the 2024 French Open alongside Katerina Siniakova.
The 21-year-old has always enjoyed competing alongside a fellow player, but she has now reduced the number of doubles tournaments she enters.
Gauff has played just six doubles matches in 2025 so far, and as of writing she has not entered any Grand Slam tournaments this season.
During his interview with Tennis Channel, her father Corey explained why this is the case, citing a need to protect Gauff from burnout and ensuring she is at her peak for the biggest tournaments.
“Having a long career you know there’s only so many cuts you’re going to have on your knees and your body,” father Gauff said. “So I think trying to take a look at it, if she continues to go deep in tournaments, we might want to look at the workload.
“The idea this year was maybe every surface change, play doubles in the first tournament so you can quickly get adapted to the surface and get to hit some serves under pressure and that kind of worked this time.
“On clay she played the second tournament doubles and that actually worked out pretty well and then she played again in Rome.
“That was good as by the time she got to Roland Garros she had played enough clay court matches and she returned and served enough on pressure points, which helps build your singles game when you have to make an important serve or return.”
