Coco Gauff is launching her personal administration agency.
The American tennis star is leaving her longtime company, Team8, which is owned by tennis icon Roger Federer.
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Gauff cited her need to “take larger possession” of her tennis profession as she grows “as an athlete, entrepreneur, and “changemaker,” as the explanation behind the choice to begin her personal company.
The 2023 US Open champion posted on social media that her new enterprise can be referred to as Coco Gauff Enterprises.
“That is just the start of an thrilling new period for me, and there’s rather more to return, which I’ll be excited to share in due time,” Gauff wrote.
“From the second I first picked up a tennis racket, I’ve all the time believed my function prolonged far past the courtroom.
“As all the time, tennis will proceed to be my important precedence!”
She additionally added that she desires to make “an affect — not simply in tennis, however in enterprise, philanthropy, and past.”
Gauff’s mom, Candi Gauff, hailed her daughter’s subsequent step within the remark part of her submit.
“Could God proceed to order your steps and defend you! Amen,” she wrote.
Her new enterprise means she is going to not be represented by Team8, a administration agency owned by Federer that the Swiss based in 2013.
Gauff had been represented by Team8 since she was 13, becoming a member of the company again in 2017.
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The 21-year-old has received $23 million in prize cash and picked up tens of millions extra from endorsement offers.
Her complete on and off-court earnings of $30.4 million in 2024 alone put her at No. 1 amongst feminine athletes, in keeping with Sportico.
Guaff’s new enterprise includes beginning a relationship with WME.
That is an company that has represented different sports activities stars, together with 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams
Guaff has been on the tennis scene since 2019, when she made headlines because the youngest qualifier in match historical past.
She then beat Venus Williams within the first spherical of the principle draw and made all of it the best way to the fourth spherical in her Grand Slam debut.
Now, in 2025, she is among the greatest tennis stars on this planet.
The American is ranked No.3 on this planet and received her maiden Grand Slam on the US Open in 2023, on the age of 19.
Her final huge success got here in Riyadh in November 2024, when she received the WTA Finals.