Coco Gauff is headed to Flushing Meadows.
The USTA announced that the 15-year-old sensation was awarded a wild-card entry into the US Open.
Gauff took the tennis world by storm last month when she made a thrilling run to the fourth round at Wimbledon, ultimately falling to eventual champion Simona Halep. Gauff was the youngest ever Wimbledon qualifier.
The Post reported last month that US Open officials were planning to give Gauff a wild card despite the entry exceeding the maximum-allowable three wild cards for 15-year-olds.
“We would expect to see Coco in the main draw of the US Open,” USTA director of communications Chris Widmaier told The Post. “She certainly won the hearts of tennis fans in our country with her Wimbledon performance. It’s not every day an athlete of her age becomes water-cooler talk.”
Gauff will be joined by another teen prodigy as 17-year-old Caty McNally also received a wild card. Gauff and McNally won the doubles title this month at the WTA Citi Open.
The US Open begins Aug. 26.



