'Her Aura is higher than anyone at the moment' - Patrick Mouratoglou believes Coco Gauff is the only superstar in women's tennis

Renown tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou recently made a bold claim, stating that women's tennis lacks any real superstars with the exception of American tennis prodigy, Coco Gauff.

The Atlanta native won her first Roland Garros title and second Grand Slam title of her career on Saturday, when she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to capture the Suzanne-Lenglen trophy. Gauff's incredible defense and consistency frustrated the World No.1, who was unable to capitalize after winning the opening set.

Tennis has lacked real superstars since Serena and Rafa, says Mouratoglou

Having coached Serena Williams for a lengthy portion of her career, Mouratoglou has some experience in dealing with mega tennis stars. During a recent forum, the Frenchman refused to label five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek as a tennis superstar, instead referring to her as a top player.

Mouratoglou would later take to social media to clarify his comments, explaining that superstars fill stadiums and the likes of Serena Williams and legendary Spaniard Rafael Nadal were well-known, even to casual tennis fans.

"There is a difference between being a top player, playing incredible tennis and a star," said Mouratoglou. "So I explained that women's tennis lacks superstars, there is one superstar, Coco Gauff, who in terms of aura, is higher than anyone at the moment.
"I'm not saying that there will not be in the future, I'm saying there have been huge superstars in the past, like Serena, Venus, Sharapova. And it can happen to men's tennis as well. Between Sampras, Agassi and Roger, Rafa, there were no superstars on that level of men's tennis."