{"id":725825,"date":"2026-06-25T20:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/725825\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:46:18","slug":"coco-gauff-serves-up-debut-docs-with-tennis-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/725825\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff\u00a0Serves Up Debut Docs With Tennis Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Nine months after launching her own production banner, tennis star Coco Gauff<\/a>\u00a0is serving up her debut projects.<\/p>\n

\n\tGauff, who won the French Open last year, has teamed up with the Tennis Channel<\/a> for two documentaries, the first to emerge from her company iROC Media Group.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe projects, both short documentaries, include one that explores the history of fashion in tennis, tracing the sport\u2019s most iconic moments and the culture they helped shape, and the other is a portrait of Zina Garrison, the American tennis champion and a personal hero of Gauff\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\n\tBoth films, which are expected to premiere later this summer, are directed by Vashni Korin (You Can\u2019t Stop Spirit) and exec produced by Gauff and produced by Religion of Sports\u2019 Chelsea Marotta. They are being produced by Gauff\u2019s iROC and Religion of Sports, the company co-founded by Tom Brady, which has a partnership with the former. Religion of Sports is behind In the Arena: Serena Williams\u00a0and\u00a0Simone Biles Rising. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe untitled films are part of the Tennis Channel\u2019s documentary strand Tennis Story alongside five other films coming out later this year. The network is also launching Tennis Story: The Vault, a curated collection of 20 docu-shorts spanning the last decade that feature the likes of Kobe Bryant, Andy Murray, Ryan Day, San Quentin, Lerner Tien, Ben Shelton\u00a0and\u00a0Iva Jovic.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always loved how tennis extends beyond the court and influences culture, which is what drew me to these two stories,\u201d\u00a0said Gauff.\u00a0\u201cFashion has been one of the sport\u2019s most powerful forms of self-expression, and I\u2019m excited to explore how iconic players and moments have shaped the way we see tennis and ourselves. Zina Garrison\u2019s story is equally personal to me. She is a trailblazer whose resilience, excellence, and impact on the game have inspired generations, including me. Through these films, I hope to celebrate the people and cultural forces that have helped define tennis and continue to shape its future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCoco Gauff is one of the most gifted athletes of her generation and her legacy on the court speaks for itself,\u201d added\u00a0Tennis Channel CEO Jeff Blackburn. \u201cWhat excites us most is knowing that the same talent and vision that has made her a champion is now being channeled into storytelling. We\u2019re thrilled to be the home of her filmmaking debut.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTennis doesn\u2019t evolve on its own \u2014 it takes bold people willing to change the game,\u201d\u00a0said Religion of Sports\u2019 EVP of Unscripted Victor Buhler. \u201cCoco is celebrating those trailblazers, and we\u2019re proud to partner with her, IROC, and Tennis Channel to bring their stories to life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Nine months after launching her own production banner, tennis star Coco Gauff\u00a0is serving up her debut projects.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[5113,99,428,25616],"class_list":["post-725825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-coco-gauff","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-channel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}