An incredible honor ✨ @TIME names @CocoGauff to its annual TIME Women of the Year list. The list recognizes extraordinary leaders fighting for a more equal world. 💜
Coco Gauff named as one of TIME Magazine's Women of the Year for 2024
WTAThursday, 22 February 2024 at 06:00
TIME have handed Coco Gauff the honour of being confirmed as part of their annual Women of the Year list which was announced during her win over Karolina Pliskova in Dubai. It recognises extraordinary leaders fighting for a more equal world.
The World No.3 and reigning US Open champion has for some time been a real forerunner for change and is the youngest woman and only athlete on the list. Growing up, she was reminded by her father: "You can change the world with your racquet". Now as a top tennis star and Grand Slam champion, the platform she uses grows stronger and she uses it for good and to impart change on the world. As a result, she has received this recognition.
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"Having an activist in the family -- Gauff’s grandmother was the first Black student at her Delray Beach, Fla., high school in 1961 -- has shaped her perspective," Sean Gregory wrote for TIME. "In the days following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Gauff posted about the injustice on social media and spoke at a protest."
"Especially in this day and age, I will say growing up in tennis, coming from the lineage of Billie Jean King, Venus Williams, Althea Gibson, I feel like this sport is very popular in advocating for equality and justice," Gauff told reporters on Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. "I feel comfortable doing that.
"Growing up with my family, my family history, I feel like that's just something I knew, whether I was going to be a tennis player or not, even if I was a kid in a regular high school, I would probably be part of some club or something to that degree. I just feel like that's something I've been passionate about since I was little."
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