Coco Gauff’s WTA Finals campaign officially came to an end on Thursday despite winning her final match of the tournament.
Having won her opener in Indian Wells against compatriot Jessica Pegula before losing her second match against Linda Noskova, Gauff needed to beat Marta Kostyuk to have a chance of advancing to the semifinals of the WTA Finals. The 22-year-old American defeated Kostyuk in straight sets, but was ultimately eliminated after Pegula overcame Noskova in three sets later on in the day.
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Pegula reached the third WTA Finals semifinal of her career and will take on Mirra Andreeva.
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Coco Gauff becomes youngest since 2009 to achieve incredible feat
Despite exiting the WTA Finals in the round-robin stage for the second year in a row, Gauff made history in Indian Wells. The victory over Kostyuk was her 40th top-ten win, and she is now the youngest player to reach that milestone since Maria Sharapova in 2009, according to Opta Ace.
Gauff, ranked fourth in the world currently, tallied seven top-ten wins during her 2026 season, which was ultimately a fairly indifferent campaign. The two-time Grand Slam champion won just one title this year, which she clinched at the Cincinnati Open; her fourth WTA 1000 crown.
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At Grand Slams, Gauff enjoyed lengthy campaigns but did not manage to reach a final. She made the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, and then suffered a third-round exit in her title defence at Roland Garros.
But the second half of the Grand Slam season was much better for Gauff, who enjoyed her best-ever Wimbledon campaign by advancing to the semifinals. Gauff had a match point in her semifinal clash with Karolina Muchova at the All England Club, but squandered the opportunity.
Gauff then reached her second Grand Slam semifinal of the season at the US Open, but fell to eventual champion Elena Rybakina. At WTA 1000 level this year, Gauff won one title and made two finals in Miami and Rome.
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