Coco Gauff has reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time in her career and has opened up on what her real name is

Coco Gauff has stormed into her first Wimbledon quarter-final and faces her doubles partner Jessica Pegula on Centre Court on Tuesday. The pair are lined up as the opening match on the main show court, meaning play will get underway at 1.30pm.

Interestingly, the 22-year-old star has not registered at Wimbledon under her real name. Gauff's official forename is actually 'Cori', but her family came up with a nickname to avoid any mix-up with her dad Corey.

"My dad's name is Corey," Gauff has previously said. "And so I guess, you know, they didn't want me to get my dad and me confused when my mom is like yelling at one of us in the house.

"With Coco there are two stories. My aunt says she came up with calling me Coco. But then my dad said, when he was younger, people used to call me Co.

"Then he was like, I'll call my daughter Coco. I don't know which story is actually true, but they both get pretty bad if I don't say both of them. I just say that."

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The situation cause a fair amount of confusion when checking in for flights and at hotels, as her bookings appear under different names.

"Every time I check into hotels or people at the airport, they look at my ID, obviously the airport you book under your real name, but the person sometimes will recognise me and they'll be like, 'Wait, are you Coco?'," she added. "I'm like, 'Yeah, it's just a nickname. I'm not somebody that looks like her'."

"In the hotel, sometimes, like, 'Well, we don't have your room', I'm like, 'It's probably under Coco, not Cori', and then they'll do that."

Two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff first burst onto the scene at Wimbledon at just 15 years of age. Now she has a wealth of experience to draw upon as she prepares to face her doubles partner Pegula.

"Honestly, it's going to be kind of similar. It will be the third flat hitter I've played in a row. I think the last two matches I've had definitely gave me prep for her," Gauff said.

"Yeah, she's always a tough opponent for me. I think she's really consistent and gets a lot of balls back and can also play really aggressive, too. I think it's just going to be another one of those where I just have to be in it from start to finish."