Screenshot of Candi Gauff's reaction.
Coco Gauff’s mother, Candi, recently reacted to the American tennis player becoming the UNCF’s (United Negro College Fund) youngest major gift donor.
The 22-year-old donated $250,000 across 2025 and 2026 to fund college tennis scholarships. She made her first contribution, $100,000, in February 2025 to establish the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program. Her second major gift came during her appearance at the 2026 Australian Open, when she donated an additional $150,000. The Coco Gauff Scholarship, administered by UNCF, provides financial support to student-athletes playing competitive tennis at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, including Howard, Albany State University, Clark Atlanta University, and Tuskegee University.
Gauff recently met the student-athletes to inspire them to pursue their sporting dreams. The American tennis player stated that since tennis doesn’t receive enough funding, especially at HBCUs, she wanted to offer her support and create more opportunities.
“Tennis is often an underfunded sport, particularly within these institutions. Supporting tennis, especially women or people of color in tennis, is something that is super important to me and HBCUs in general.”
Taking pride in her daughter’s philanthropic effort, Gauff’s mother shared glimpses of the meeting and reacted with heart emojis. She also reshared a post.
Screenshot of Candi Gauff’s reaction.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Coco Gauff is African American.
Coco Gauff expresses her frustration over WTA qualification format
Coco Gauff expressed disappointment with the WTA Finals qualification format after her second-round loss in the group stage. Gauff dominated the first round against her compatriot Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 on Sunday. After that win, she faced Linda Noskova, who won 6-3, 6-3 in Indian Wells, securing her spot in the semifinal.
However, Gauff’s defeat made her semifinal participation uncertain. The American’s advancement to the next round depends not only on the result of her match against Marta Kostyuk, but also on Pegula’s faceoff with Wimbledon champion Noskova. While Gauff has won two sets so far, Pegula leads with three. If the two-time Grand Slam champion wins more sets than Pegula, she will secure her spot in the semifinal round. After the loss against Noskova, Gauff expressed her dissatisfaction with the format, calling it “stupid.”
“The scenarios, I know they make sense, but they’re kinda stupid. I mean I know it’s like the point thing and all the sets and all of that but it’s like I’m just trying to win the match. If I win my match [Thursday] and tomorrow if I still don’t qualify, or whenever I play, I’m like, ‘It’s okay, it’s cool.’ I’m looking forward to next year. I can’t say much, but everybody knows that has to change.” (via Christian Court’s X)
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