Coco Gauff Youngest to Reach 40 Wins Against Top 10 Players Since Maria Sharapova
She just keeps on making history. The world No. 4 defeats Marta Kostyuk in just one hour and 33 minutes at the WTA Finals in Indian Wells. Now, Coco Gauff is the youngest player to reach 40 wins against top 10 players since Maria Sharapova in 2009.
According to OptaAce, “Coco Gauff has claimed her 40th career top-10 win, becoming the youngest player to achieve the feat since Maria Sharapova in 2009. Since the reintroduction of the Round Robin format in 2003, only Maria Sharapova (13) has claimed more WTA Finals wins than Coco Gauff (nine, equaling Iga Swiatek) before turning 23. Climb.”
Moreover, tennis fans are probably experiencing some Déjà vu. Back in 2024, Coco Gauff went 2-1 in the group stage of the WTA Finals. She went on to win the title, edging Zheng Qinwen in a final-set tiebreak. Two years later, the 22-year-old is 2-1 again. This time fending off alternate Marta Kostyuk, in order to keep her semifinal hopes alive.
Coco Gauff defeated Marta Kostyuk in two sets [6-4, 7-5] and finished her group stage with two wins and one loss. She needs Linda Noskova to beat Jessica Pegula to reach the semifinals.
So then, for now Coco Gauff has done her part to stay alive at the WTA Finals. Coco Gauff pulled off a huge comeback against the Ukranian Marta. Coco Gauff beats Marta Kostyuk (0-3) and finishes the group stage with two wins and one loss. Gauff did not allow that one loss to take her mentally out of her game. She stayed focused.
Coco Gauff Youngest to Reach 40 Wins Against Top 10 Players Since Maria Sharapova
This week Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova defeated Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3 in just 75 minutes at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Tuesday, becoming the first player to secure a semifinal berth at the 2026. After being defeated by Linda Noskova, Gauff told the media,
”She played solid today and served really well. I started off the match not serving so well, so I didn’t really put enough pressure on her return games. It’s just something I have to work on.”
Gauff obviously made some adjustments because she came out looking much better on the court. And was able to pull out the victory against Kostyuk. Now she awaits the result between Noskova and Pegula to see if she advances to the semifinals.
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