Coco Gauff has been dating her boyfriend for over a year but has kept his identity private

Coco Gauff has secretly had the help of her beau during the greatest snapshots of her profession.

The tennis star has been open about needing to keep her relationship hidden, making sense of that it helps keep a pieces of her life more unique to just her.

“Truly, it wasn’t something I got to permanently establish,” Gauff advised Individuals in Walk 2024 of her choice to be more private. “I assume I felt like I just, a few pieces of myself I love to share and afterward a few sections I assume I simply mind my own business.”

She added, “And I believe that is only the excellence, all things considered, that individuals actually know me and know portions of me, yet not everything. So I really do feel like my life is a tad in my grasp as well.”

Notwithstanding, she has been open about certain parts of her relationship with her beau, sharing how he upheld her during the U.S. Open in September 2023.

While his character is obscure, she affirmed in Walk 2024 that he isn’t a tennis player, which she sees as reviving.

So who is Coco Gauff’s sweetheart? Here’s beginning and end to realize about the tennis player’s relationship.

Her mom was his fourth-grade teacher

Coco Gauff of the United States with father Corey and mother Candi during the champions photo shoot on September 09, 2023 in New York City. 

Gauff’s boyfriend grew up in Atlanta, and her mother, Candi, was his fourth-grade teacher, Gauff told TIME in April 2024.

“My mom always said, if they’re bad in school, they’re probably bad as adults,” Candi told the outlet. “He’s always been a smart, nice kid.”

This is her first “real” relationship

Gauff has been dating her boyfriend for nearly a year, she told TIME, marking her first adult relationship, having recently entered her 20s.

“This is my first real relationship,” she said. “To just have someone to talk to who is not involved in tennis at all gives me a fresh perspective.”

He calmed her nerves before the U.S. Open

Coco Gauff of the United States reacts after returning a shot against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in their Women’s Singles Final match on Day Thirteen of the 2023 US Open on September 09, 2023. 

When Gauff started getting in her head the night before the U.S. Open finals in September 2023, she leaned on her boyfriend to help calm her.

She told reporters after her U.S. Open win that she attributed her 2022 French Open loss to thinking too much about winning and envisioning herself with the trophy, and explained she didn’t want to do that this time around.

“Honestly, I didn’t have any of those visions [of winning] till last night,” she said. “You know, I thought about it, but I told myself to get it out of my head, because that’s what I did at French. I was envisioning, you know, what would happen if I would win. I think I wanted it too much.”

The tennis star added that calling her boyfriend helped distract her.

“Last night, I started a little bit, but honestly, I just called my boyfriend, and I told him let’s talk until it’s time to go to sleep so we spoke until 1:00 a.m. and then I went to sleep,” Gauff told reporters.

He does not play tennis

Though her boyfriend is supportive of her career, Gauff confirmed he does not play tennis himself.

After some people on X (formerly Twitter) caught Gauff commenting on his posts, she confirmed that he was not an athlete.

“Some people thought it was someone in tennis and that couldn’t be further from the truth,” she told Vogue in March 2024.

In May 2024, Gauff joked that she appreciated that her partner wasn’t involved in the sport after seeing Challengers, a tennis movie starring Zendaya as Tashi, a ruthless tennis player in a love triangle with two other tennis players.

“I told my boyfriend, ‘Thank God you don’t play tennis,’ because [Tashi Duncan is] right, I would not want to date a scrub on tour,” Gauff said, according to an Instagram post from ESPNW.

Gauff quickly clarified that she wasn’t totally serious when she said that. “I was joking bruh 😭😭 plz don’t take this seriously,” she wrote in the comment section of the post.

He wants to be an actor

Coco Gauff celebrates victory in the round two singles match against Emma Raducanu of Great Britain during day three of the 2023 Australian Open on January 18, 2023. 

Instead of sports, Gauff’s boyfriend’s interests are in Hollywood, she told Vogue, adding that he is talented in both music and acting.

“He’s a very nice guy. He’s in school now,” she said. “He’s about to apply for music school. He wants to be an actor and he plays the guitar.”