“Fathers of women tennis players being psychopaths,” Coco Gauff’s father closely assessed by Andy Roddick as he minces no words to hold up the truth of parental gratification

Andy Roddick is proud of Corey Gauff for standing out from the other stereotypical tennis fathers. 

“Fathers of women tennis players being psychopaths,” Coco Gauff’s father closely assessed by Andy Roddick as he minces no words to hold up the truth of parental gratification

Andy Roddick, Coco Gauff, and Corey Gauff (Via Open Source)

Andy Roddick, the former tennis champion, lauded the father of Coco Gauff for his contribution to his daughter’s success and for defying the history of psychopathic fathers who have coached their daughters. 

Roddick was in attendance at the Gauff camp while assisting the young Coco Gauff with her serves ahead of the 2024 Australian Open. 

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Her coach, Brad Gilbert, has sought assistance from one of the most consistent servers, Roddick, who obliged immediately. After spending some time with Gauff, her father, and the coach, he praised them immensely during the inaugural podcast episode of ‘Served’.

During his podcast, he discussed the negative trend that is associated with fathers coaching their daughters. Terming some fathers as “psychopaths,” proving them to be bad parents as well as coaches. Having said this, Roddick praised the father of Coco Gauff, Corey Gauff, for his ability to take a step back and allow the coaches to take over. 

It’s been spoken about a little bit but it needs to be spoken about more. Especially in our sport where there has been a negative history of fathers of women tennis players being psychopaths and being irresponsible to the total human. Not the tennis but the total human.
Said Andy Roddick on his podcast.
Corey Gauff was here also and his ability to not be the center of attention, doesn’t need the information to come from him, that is rare and it sounds like something that should be very obvious and it’s not.
Continuing further, he added

After a horrific 2023 Wimbledon run, Corey Gauff took a backseat and allowed the coaches to do their work. Assisting Brad Gilbert, he helped the coach make Gauff a better player, who evidently did better and even won the 2023 US Open. 

Andy Roddick lauded Corey Gauff for taking a back seat, hoping others would learn from the father of a Grand Slam winner

In a recent podcast episode, Andy Roddick applauded the father of Coco Gauff, Corey Gauff. As one of the fathers to take a back seat and let the coach do his things, it helped his daughter a lot, who went on to reach a career-high of World No. 3.

Coco Gauff and her family
Coco Gauff and her family (via People)

Furthermore, Roddick also hoped that this would serve as a precedent for other tennis parents, especially young females. Coco Gauff has improved all aspects of her game. 

With the help of other players and mentors, she improved her tennis and became one of the top players in the world. She started 2024 undefeated, up until the semi-finals of the Australian Open. 

Losing to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets, the American’s winning streak was cut short. The 19-year-old will be featured in the WTA Doha Open, among the other stars, hoping to gain a few essential points to rise to the top.

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