Coco Gauff shares plans for what she wants to do after retiring from playing tennis

Despite her many accomplishments, Coco Gauff has yet to hit the prime of her career.

At the age of 21, she already has two Grand Slams and WTA 1000 titles to her name, and is the world number two.

She is currently preparing for the Wimbledon Championships, a tournament where she has yet to progress beyond the round of 16.

But though she is pursuing of becoming an even bigger star in tennis, Gauff has one eye on what she wants to do when she hangs up her racket.

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What does Coco Gauff plan to do after she retires from tennis?

Coco Gauff has established herself as arguably the WTA’s biggest star due to her exciting style of play, infectious personality and connection with crowds around the world.

The American has already had a career the vast majority of players dream of, but she is hungry for more success.

While passion for tennis still burns bright, she is thinking about her life after career comes to an end. “Therefore, Gauff is putting plans in place for going into business when she retires and it is something she has gradually started to plan for,” Gauff said.

“It’s definitely something that I want to start to step up for post-career,” Gauff said. “Kind of start building that process, which is why I wanted to do it early. Because I didn’t want to feel like I was playing catch-up at the end of my career.

“On the business side of things, it doesn’t come as natural as tennis feels. I’m still learning, and I have a lot to learn about.

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“I’ve debated different things and what paths I wanted to take when it came to just stimulating my brain outside of the court, because I always knew that once I finished high school that I needed to put my brain into something else.”

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How far will Coco Gauff go at Wimbledon?

All eyes will be on Gauff when she takes to Wimbledon’s hallowed grass courts for the sixth time.

For the first time in her career, Gauff will enter the tournament on the back of winning the French Open, and she will have plenty of confidence to try and have the best run of her career at SW19 so far.

However, her compatriot and former three-time Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick has explained why he does think Gauff will make it past round four.

“I don’t think Coco makes it to the fourth round,” Roddick said via his ‘Served’ podcast. “It’s weird because we judge people against their own shadows. How much stock do you put in what she did, which was amazing, over the clay-court season?

“Everything about clay benefits her game, it slows it down, more time on the forehand side. Grass is going to be her most challenging surface. It just is. The playbook hasn’t changed because she won Roland Garros.

“She was able to manage the playbook against her with speed on that forehand side. Her legs are more of a weapon on the clay; she slides great. The spin profile on her forehand is better on clay.

“She hasn’t won here (Wimbledon) hardly at all. Her best result was when she was like 15? She has not played well on grass at all. The forehand does it no favours.”

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