{"id":304815,"date":"2025-10-15T07:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304815\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:48:14","slug":"the-only-three-wta-players-who-have-ever-beaten-coco-gauff-in-a-final-after-she-wins-her-11th-title-in-wuhan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304815\/","title":{"rendered":"The only three WTA players who have ever beaten Coco Gauff in a final after she wins her 11th title in Wuhan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coco Gauff continued her impressive record in finals after winning the Wuhan Open for the first time in her career.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gauff beat Jessica Pegula to win the Wuhan Open<\/a>, lifting the WTA<\/a> 1000 title without dropping a single set.<\/p>\n

This was a first title for the American since June, when Gauff won Roland Garros<\/a> to claim her second Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

Gauff<\/a> has now won 11 titles in her career, with the 21-year-old proving herself as a real force in championship matches.<\/p>\n

\"CocoPhoto by Wanghe\/Getty ImagesThe three players who have beaten Coco Gauff in a final before<\/p>\n

Gauff won her first WTA title in a rare way<\/a>, and she did so at just 15 years old at the WTA 250 tournament in Linz.<\/p>\n

It would be two years until Gauff would reach another WTA final, this time on the clay of Parma where she was once again victorious.<\/p>\n

Gauff then really started to step it up a gear and showcase her true potential, reaching her first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, this was the first time she experienced defeat in a main tour final, as she was beaten by a formidable Iga Swiatek<\/a>, leaving Gauff quite tearful after a heavy loss in the biggest match of her career to that point.<\/p>\n

This did not start a trend for Gauff, who would win her next seven consecutive finals against the likes of Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>, Karolina Muchova<\/a> and Qinwen Zheng<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This run would see Gauff win her first Grand Slam at the US Open<\/a>, two WTA 1000 titles, as well as the year-end WTA Finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gauff had only lost one of her first 10 finals until this year, where she would actually lose back-to-back championship matches during the clay court swing.<\/p>\n

The first of those came in the Spanish capital, where Sabalenka beat Gauff to win the Madrid Open title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite bouncing straight back to reach the final in Rome, it was defeat again for the American, as home favourite Jasmine Paolini beat Gauff to win the Italian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While no-one likes to lose a final, the blow of these defeats is likely to have been softened now after Gauff beat Sabalenka to win Roland Garros in a dramatic final<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gauff has faced some difficulties since winning her second Grand Slam singles title, but showing her resilience has once again bounced back during the Asian swing.<\/p>\n

After winning her second WTA 1000 tournament in China, Gauff has shown how dangerous a player she can be<\/a> and particularly in finals.<\/p>\n\nTournament where Coco Gauff reached the final<\/strong><\/td>\nFinal Result<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLinz Open 2019<\/td>\nGauff beat Jelena Ostapenko, 6-3 1-6 6-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nEmilia-Romagna Open 2021<\/td>\nGauff beat Qiang Wang, 6-1 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRoland Garros 2022<\/td>\nIga Swiatek beat Gauff, 6-1 6-3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAuckland Open 2023<\/td>\nGauff beat Rebeka Masarova, 6-1 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWashington Open 2023<\/td>\nGauff beat Maria Sakkari, 6-2 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCincinnati Open 2023<\/td>\nGauff beat Karolina Muchova, 6-3 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nUS Open 2023<\/td>\nGauff beat Aryna Sabalenka, 2-6 6-3 6-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAuckland Open 2024<\/td>\nGauff beat Elina Svitolina, 6(4)-7 6-3 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nChina Open 2024<\/td>\nGauff beat Karolina Muchova, 6-1 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWTA Finals 2024<\/td>\nGauff beat Qinwen Zheng, 3-6 6-4 7-6(2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMadrid Open 2025<\/td>\nAryna Sabalenka beat Gauff, 6-3 7-6(3)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nItalian Open 2025<\/td>\nJasmine Paolini beat Gauff, 6-4 6-2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRoland Garros 2025<\/td>\nGauff beat Aryna Sabalenka, 6(5)-7 6-2 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWuhan Open 2025<\/td>\nGauff beat Jessica Pegula, 6-4 7-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

How does Coco Gauff\u2019s final record compare to Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek?<\/p>\n

Gauff is currently the world number three, and has only been beaten by top 10 players in her three final defeats.<\/p>\n

The only two players who are currently ranked above Gauff are two of the players who have wins over her, Sabalenka and Swiatek.<\/p>\n

While Sabalenka is the world number one, her final record is not anywhere near as dominant as Gauff\u2019s, having won just over half of her championship matches.<\/p>\n

This includes three defeats in Grand Slam finals, two of those coming against Gauff, but Sabalenka\u2019s worst record is actually in the lower level WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments.<\/p>\n

Gauff may have the advantage over Sabalenka in championship matches, but it is Swiatek who is the most dominant in finals out of the top three in the WTA rankings.<\/p>\n

In her 30 finals to date, Swiatek has been the victor in over 83% of them and has already won 25 titles at just 24 years of age.<\/p>\n

Grand Slam finals are where she particularly excels, with Swiatek\u2019s victory at Wimbledon<\/a> continuing her unbeaten record in the biggest matches in tennis.<\/p>\n\nWin-loss Record in finals<\/strong><\/td>\nAryna Sabalenka<\/strong><\/td>\nIga Swiatek<\/strong><\/td>\nCoco Gauff<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGrand Slams<\/td>\n4-3<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\n2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWTA 1000<\/td>\n9-4<\/td>\n11-2<\/td>\n3-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWTA 500<\/td>\n5-7<\/td>\n6-2<\/td>\n1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWTA 250<\/td>\n2-3<\/td>\n1-1<\/td>\n4-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWTA Finals<\/td>\n0-1<\/td>\n1-0<\/td>\n1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWTA Elite Trophy<\/td>\n1-0<\/td>\n0-0<\/td>\n0-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOverall<\/td>\n21-18 (53.8%)<\/td>\n25-5 (83.3%)<\/td>\n11-3 (78.6%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The next chance these three players will have to improve their final records even further is at the WTA Finals in Riyadh.<\/p>\n

Gauff is the defending champion at the WTA Finals<\/a>, and will be the third seed at this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Coco Gauff continued her impressive record in finals after winning the Wuhan Open…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":304816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[2477,2210,22298,22553,62,1464,67,132,68,2212],"class_list":{"0":"post-304815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","9":"tag-coco-gauff","10":"tag-iga-swiatek","11":"tag-jasmine-paolini","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115377085687714051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}