Cori Gauff's net worth has staggering rise after 15-year-old's remarkable Wimbledon run

Cori “Coco” Gauff has shocked tennis lovers all around the world last week with her stunning victories over Venus Williams, Magdalena Rybarikova and Polona Hercog.

Prior to Wimbledon, the 15-year-old has already amassed £59,000 on the WTA tour in 2019, from tournaments such as Indian Wells, Miami and Charlestone, the latter of which she reached the quarter-finals.

The teenager will more than triple that at The All England Club after progressing to the second week - before falling short to Simona Halep on Monday.

After her stunning three-set win over Hercog, Gauff has earned £176,875 between singles and mixed doubles, an extraordinary amount for the tennis starlet.

Off the court, she has a set of profitable endorsements from the likes of New Balance, Head and Barilla, according to Forbes’ Kurt Badenhausen, Gauff will make $1million in retainers off these deals in 2019.

However the drawback to all of this success is taxes, overall the future stars tournament winnings will be taxed In the UK at an effective rate of 36.52 per cent.

WikifyIndia have estimated her overall net worth at $100,000 (£79,000).

Gauff shocked the world when she defeated her idol and seven-time grand slam champion Williams in straight sets.

She embraced Williams at the net and thanked her for being the reason she wanted to play tennis. She said: "I told her she was so inspiring and I've always wanted to tell her that but I've never had the guts to before."

Many wondered if the American could back up her win agaisnst Venus when she played Rybarikova from Slovakia in round two.

She did just that, turning in another impressive straight sets performance to defeat the 30-year-old 6-3, 6-3.

Gauff played another Slovak in Polona Hercog in round three and the two produced the match of the tournament so far. She showed the maturity and mental toughness of a champion to rally from a set and 5-2 down to prevail 3-6, 7-6, 7-5.

Source: Mirror

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