Cori 'Coco' Gauff: What you should know about the 15-year-old who beat Venus Williams in the Wimbledon Grand Slam

Gauff grew up in Atlanta, with her parents and two younger brothers. She was homeschooled by her mother, a former teacher.

The Gauff family moved to Delray Beach in Florida so that Gauff could train alongside other junior tennis players in what Tennis.com calls a "professional tennis incubator."

Gauff's mother, Candi, ran track at Florida State University. Her father played basketball for Georgia State University.

Gauff's grandmother, nicknamed "Mama D," was her biggest fan when Gauff won the girl's tournament of the Rendez-vous À Roland-Garros competition in Boca Raton, Florida, in April 2017.

It qualified Gauff to fly to Paris and compete for a wild card entry into the Roland-Garros international event. While she eventually fell short, Gauff became the youngest ever finalist in the girls' singles event at the US Open.

After winning the Junior French Open in 2018, the second-youngest to do so, and winning match after match at Wimbledon 2019 as the youngest female to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament main draw (the youngest player overall the qualify for the main draw at Wimbledon), it seems as if Gauff is on her way to accomplishing her ambitious goal.

Gauff told reporters after the win that she thanked Williams, who she "wouldn't be here without." Williams had already won six Grand Slam titles by March 2004, when Gauff was born.

Gauff told CNN she grew up idolizing the Williams sisters. She was trained by Serena Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou and the Champ'seed Foundation that helps young tennis talents who may not have the financial ability to receive training at the highest level.

In the film "Hoosiers," fictional high school basketball coach Norman Dale tells players to remember that the dimensions of a bigger court are the same as the ones they practiced on.

Gauff said she used the same trick when facing the court at Wimbledon, the largest she had ever played on.

In straight sets, Gauff beat Slovakia's Rybarikova 6-3, 6-3.

Gauff has already won $139,000 in Wimbledon prize money on top of the $75,011 in career earnings she's made before Wimbledon 2019.

Furthermore, Gauff has signed deals with three major sponsors – New Balance, the athletic wear company, the pasta company Barilla, and the tennis racket manufacturer Head.

As Gauff continues to knock more experienced players out, her earnings have only increased in size, putting her on track to make more than $1 million by the end of 2019.

She watches makeup tutorials before matches, once dressed up as the daughter of Eden for Halloween, and is a fan of the singer and son of Will and Jada-Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith.

She also likes Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, and Beyonce, and says she's been star-struck to receive so many messages from celebrities after her winning streak.

Gauff survived the first week of her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon, with her toughest match yet against Hercog.

She overcame a 6-3 deficit in her first set to beat Hercog 9-7 in a 32-shot rally, then 6-5 in the third set.

She is set to play against the former world number one champion, Simona Halep.