Gauff, who will face Spanish eleventh seed Paula Badosa within the quarter-finals, has greater than 750,000 followers on TikTok.
As a result of she was in Melbourne, she questioned if the ban would nonetheless apply.
“I actually thought I would be capable to get away with it,” added Gauff.
“I assume it is one thing to do with my quantity. I do not know. I’ve to do a little analysis.”
US President-elect Donald Trump had stated he would “more than likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban after taking workplace on Monday.
Defending champion and prime seed Aryna Sabalenka, who has greater than 500,000 followers on the platform, can be hoping the ban is lifted.
The Belarusian, who beat Russia’s Mirra Andreeva to succeed in the final eight, recreated one among her viral dance movies with followers on Rod Laver Area after her first-round victory per week in the past.
“This is not one thing we are able to management and I hope they will determine it out as a result of I like TikTok,” she stated.
Sabalenka is about to face one other Russian in Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova within the quarter-finals after the twenty seventh seed beat Croatia’s 18th seed Donna Vekic.