Coco Gauff has received the French Open in the end.
The tennis famous person, 21, bested No. 1 ranked Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday, June 7. Gauff misplaced the primary set 6-7 however rallied to win the following two units 6-2 and 6-4, respectively. The duo beforehand met within the 2023 World Open, which Gauff additionally received.
The match was the primary to function a No. 1 and No. 2 seeded participant in Paris since Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova confronted off in 2013.
Gauff shared two photographs in her Instagram Story that provided glimpses into her match dedication. One was a photograph of her hand holding a bit of paper that reads, “I’ll win French Open 2025” a number of occasions. Gauff defined, “Ignore my handwriting however i noticed @gabbythomas do that. Needed to do the identical lol.”
The second picture was a screenshot of a notice Gauff saved in her cellphone. The unique notice, dated June 8, 2021, learn, “I had a dream final night time that I’ll win french open idk whether it is true or whether it is this years french open however [i] had a dream abt it.” She captioned the second picture, “ignore the typos however have a look at date. In case you can dream it, you are able to do it.”

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Gauff made a giant teaching change in September 2024 when she break up from Brad Gilbert, who introduced the information on X. “Thanks 🙏 to @CocoGauff and all the group for a fully superb summer season run in 2023 and for 14 months of unbelievable group effort,” he wrote on the time. “Coco, at simply 20 years younger, your future is extremely brilliant, and I want you nothing however continued success forward. I’m excited for the following chapter in my teaching profession.”
Gilbert started working with Gauff in July 2023 as a co-coach alongside Spain’s Pere Riba. Gilbert, who beforehand coached tennis phenoms Andre Agassi, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick, helped the younger tennis star attain her all-time high rating of No. 2 in the summertime of final yr.
It was with Gilbert at her facet that Gauff received her first Grand Slam in September 2023 in addition to three extra titles, together with the U.S. Open. However she didn’t medal on the Paris Olympic Video games in 2024.
Gauff’s experiences on the French Open haven’t at all times been optimistic. In 2024, she approached the chair umpire to dispute a name towards her. “I by no means argue these calls. However [the line judge] referred to as it out earlier than I hit the ball,” Gauff mentioned to chair umpire Jaume Campistol. “It’s not even a notion; it’s the foundations.”
With tears streaming down her face, Gauff informed the umpire, “It at all times occurs right here on the French Open to me. Each time.” After the controversial name, Gauff went on to lose the match to Vekić in straight units, 7-6, 6-2.