Faurel started working with the tennis star six years ago, but Visa issues meant he could not frequently travel with Gauff. With this now resolved, Faurel has now joined Gauff’s team.
“I added Jean-Christophe, I call him J.C., to my team. I started with him when I was 14,” Gauff said. “He was with me with that incredible run at Wimbledon. It actually wasn’t either of our choices to stop working together. He was having visa issues and couldn’t get into the U.S. for, like, a long time, a couple years.
“So once he got that all figured out and it became a perfect opportunity and the timing worked to be back together, I knew when we had stopped I always wanted to go back to him when all of that stuff got sorted.
“So the timing worked where I was looking for someone, and we worked well together. I’m really excited to be back with him. It’s nice to have someone on my team that knows me since I was young and knows me well. So I’m really, really excited to have him back on the team.”
