That ranking milestone is "why I'm not super depressed right now," Sabalenka said, then joked: "I’m definitely going to be. 1 in the rankings next week (Gauff will be No. The 25-year-old from Belarus already was assured of rising from No. Sabalenka came in 23-2 at majors in 2023, including a title at the Australian Open. Gauff has also made an estimated $12 million from endorsements, appearance fees and other business endeavors over the last 12 months. She has earned $5.6 million this year and $11.1 million across her five-year pro career, according to Forbes. "Thank you, Billie," Gauff said, "for fighting for this." Open became the first major sports event to pay women and men equal prize money the person who led that effort, Hall of Fame player and rights advocate Billie Jean King, was on hand Saturday. This is the 50th anniversary of when the 1973 U.S. In addition to her trophy, Gauff was handed an envelope with the champion's $3 million paycheck, the same amount Novak Djokovic or Daniil Medvedev will get after the men's final Sunday. Little do they know, he’s the reason I won this match." People always tried to tear us apart, saying he didn’t need to be in my box or he didn’t need to coach me anymore. That man has supported me through so much. At the French Open, he claims he wasn’t crying. "That was the first time I saw my dad cry. "He was the first person I saw," Gauff said. Her father Corey, who earlier also was her coach, also on hand.
"You did it!" Gauff's mom told her, both in tears. Didn't take long for her to close it out, then drop to her back on the court, before climbing into the stands to find her parents. Gauff broke to begin the third set on one such point, tracking down every ball hit her way until eventually smacking a putaway volley that she punctuated with a fist pump and a scream of "Come on!" 6-seeded Gauff did it Saturday by withstanding the power displayed by Sabalenka on nearly every swing of her racket, eventually getting accustomed to it and managing to get back shot after shot. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. Since then, she has won 18 of 19 matches, and now 12 in a row, while working with a new coaching pair of Brad Gilbert and Pere Riba.Ĭharles Krupa/AP Coco Gauff returns a shot to Aryna Sabalenka during the women's singles final of the U.S. "I said, 'I’m not going to take my eyes off her, because I want to feel what that felt like for her.' "Īnother down moment came this July at the All England Club, where she exited in the first round. "I watched Iga lift up that trophy, and I watched her the whole time," Gauff recalled. She reached her initial major final at last year’s French Open, finishing as the runner-up to Iga Swiatek, a loss that stung. Gauff burst onto the scene at 15 by becoming the youngest qualifier in Wimbledon history and making it to the fourth round in her Grand Slam debut in 2019. Gauff has won six titles since making her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in May 2018 at the age of 14 as a qualifier in the $25K event at Osprey, Fla. Gauff earned a 12th consecutive victory and 18th in her past 19 matches dating to a first-round exit at the All England Club in July.She became the first American to win the tournament since Sloane Stephens in 2017.Įarlier this year, Gauff won in Auckland, New Zealand Washington D.C. She reached her initial major final at last year’s French Open, finishing as the runner-up, and now has earned the biggest trophy of her still-nascent career. This is the sort of triumph that had - fairly or not - been expected of Gauff ever since she burst onto the scene at 15 by becoming the youngest qualifier in Wimbledon history and making it to the fourth round in her Grand Slam debut in 2019.
Open was all about saying goodbye to Williams as she competed for the final time, this year’s two weeks in New York turned into a “Welcome to the big time!” for Gauff. Gauff, who is from Florida, is the first American teenager to win the country’s major tennis tournament since Serena Williams in 1999. Open final on Saturday to the delight of a raucous crowd that was loud from start to finish. NEW YORK (AP) - Coco Gauff set aside a so-so start and surged to her first Grand Slam title at age 19, coming back to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S.
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