Coco Gauff is the superstar WTA Tour needed declares Boris Becker picking her as a top favorite for the US Open 2023

Boris Becker lends his support to Coco Gauff's potential ascent as a budding "superstar" in tennis.

Coco Gauff is the superstar WTA Tour needed declares Boris Becker picking her as a top favorite for the US Open 2023

Boris Becker (Guardian) and Coco Gauff (CNN)

American teen sensation Coco Gauff has had a hugely successful North American hard-court swing. After a disappointing first-round exit at Wimbledon, the nineteen-year-old has won two titles. Gauff won the Washington Open earlier this month, beating Maria Sakkari in the final. It was her first WTA 500 singles title. The American followed it up with her first WTA 1000 title at the Cincinnati Masters. The world number 6 beat Karolina Muchova in straight sets to clinch the title. This was her biggest singles title to date.

6-time Grand Slam champ and German tennis legend Boris Becker is very much on board the Coco Gauff Hype train. In an interview with Eurosport Germany’s Das Gelbe vom Ball podcast, Becker picked Gauff as one of the favorites to win the US Open in front of a home crowd. Talking about the pressure on Gauff since the early stages of her career, Becker remarked, “It’s always difficult when you’re 15 years old and already being touted as the next superstar of the tennis scene by us experts.”

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Calling her recent success a ‘breakthrough’ moment, the former German pro remarked, “In this respect, I call this a breakthrough, it can be compared to [Jannik] Sinner, and now she is also in the tight circle of the absolute top favourites for the US Open, and that is nice for the scene.” Becker believes that Coco Gauff can be a new “superstar” on the WTA Tour and compete with Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka for Grand Slam titles.

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Further talking about the stature of the American, Boris Becker remarked, “She is a great personality with a lot of charisma. She comes from America, which is the promised land of tennis with the most big tournaments. The women’s scene needs a superstar, and I’ll say Coco Gauff is one.”

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Boris Becker believes emergence of players like Coco Gauff is good for women’s tennis

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Coco Gauff (Image via CNN)

Women’s tennis has often been marked by the dominance of a single player, marking an era. It was Serena Williams for the last two decades, Margaret Court in the ’60s, Steffi Graf in the ’90s, and Martina Navratilova in the ’80s. The contemporary tennis landscape is now illuminated by the remarkable presence of the WTA triumvirate Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, and Elena Rybakina. These three extraordinary athletes have collectively claimed an impressive total of five Grand Slam titles.

Boris Becker believes that it’s good for tennis that more players are competing for Grand Slam titles. Talking about a potential final four at the upcoming US Open, Becker remarked, “For the tennis scene it’s good, so Swiatek and Sabalenka I see in the final four, definitely at this US Open. But we talked about Coco Gauff and maybe there’s someone else coming up that we all don’t have on our radar.”


Coco Gauff reached the pinnacle of her Grand Slam performance at the 2022 Roland Garros, securing the runner-up position. However, her journey in the previous year’s US Open was halted in the quarter-finals. The American tennis sensation carries the anticipation that her triumphant prowess will propel her towards a coveted first Grand Slam victory, particularly on the grounds of her home Slam.

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