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For the second year in a row, Coco Gauff is playing for her first Italian Open title. <\/p>\n
Last year, the No. 4-ranked player in the world fell to Jasmine Paolini in the Italian Open women\u2019s final; this year, she\u2019ll face off with world No. 8 Elina Svitolina, who won back to back Italian Open titles in 2017 and 2018. <\/p>\n
Today\u2019s match marks the sixth all-time between Gauff and Svitolina. Svitolina leads head-to-head with three wins, the most recent one in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Australian Open.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tItalian Open: what to know\t\t<\/p>\n
What: Coco Gauff vs. Elina Svitolina \u2013 women\u2019s final<\/p>\n
When: May 16, 11 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
Where: Stadio Centrale at the Foro Italico (Rome, Italy)<\/p>\n
Channel: Tennis Channel<\/p>\n
Streaming: DIRECTV<\/a> (try it free)<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how to tune in<\/a> to the women\u2019s finals at the Italian Open.<\/p>\n Who is playing in the Italian Open women\u2019s final?<\/p>\n American Coco Gauff will play Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in the women\u2019s final at the Italian Open.<\/p>\n Italian Open women\u2019s final time<\/p>\n The Italian Open women\u2019s final between Coco Gauff and Elina Svitolina will begin at 11 a.m. ET on May 16 (5 p.m. local time).<\/p>\n How to watch the Italian Open for free:<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t have cable, you\u2019ll need a live TV streaming service to stream the Indian Wells Open for free. One option we love is DIRECTV<\/a>, which comes with five days free.<\/p>\n The Tennis Channel is included in DIRECTV\u2019s Choice package, which is currently $35 off your first month after the free trial. Following the free trial and one month at $59.99, the Choice package costs $94.99\/month.<\/p>\n You can also stream the Miami Open men\u2019s final for free with Fubo TV\u2019s Sports + News package ($45.99 for your first month), which comes with a five day free trial<\/a> and includes Tennis Channel.<\/p>\n Why Trust Post Wanted by the New York Post<\/a><\/p>\n This article was written by Angela Tricarico<\/a>, Commerce Streaming Reporter for Post Wanted Shopping, Page Six<\/a>, and Decider.com<\/a>. Angela keeps readers up to date with cord-cutter-friendly deals<\/a>, and information on how to watch your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and movies on every streaming service. Not only does Angela test and compare the streaming services she writes about to ensure readers are getting the best prices, but she\u2019s also a superfan specializing in the intersection of shopping, tech, sports, and pop culture. When she\u2019s not writing about (or watching) TV, movies, and sports, she\u2019s also keeping up on the underrated perfume dupes at Bath & Body Works<\/a> and testing headphones. Prior to joining Decider and The New York Post in 2023, she wrote about streaming and consumer tech at Insider Reviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,4452,10962,5,129,3052,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-16698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-coco-gauff","9":"tag-elina-svitolina","10":"tag-how-to-watch","11":"tag-italy","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-streaming","14":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}