In the thrilling semifinal matchup at the 2023 Cincinnati Open, Coco Gauff revealed her joy at achieving her first-ever victory over Iga Swiatek. The American has a prior record of 0-7 versus the top-ranked player in the world.

Gauff and Swiatek competed in the WTA 1000 competition on Saturday, August 19, for a place in the final. Gauff had previously dropped 14 straight sets against Swiatek and ended her losing run after winning the first set in a tiebreak.

During the press conference after the match, Coco Gauff discussed her maiden victory over Swiatek and expressed her relief at not having a comparable record to Gael Monfils’ 0-19 against Novak Djokovic.

Gauff said: “It feels good. To be honest, I don’t know if I was thinking too far ahead. No offense to Gael, but I did not want that record, like the Novak and Gael record. I didn’t want that.”

Gauff said she was more confident in her ability to compete against the best after the victory.

Gauff in Cincinnati, ranking, and results in 2023

Coco Gauff

36 - 11win/loss

Hard

18-5

Clay

13-4

Grass

5-2

Rank
2

High
2

20 year old

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Auckland

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Australian OpenIndian WellsRomeFrench OpenBerlin

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DubaiStuttgart

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Now the world no.7, Coco has a composed 37-13 match record in 2023. Coco is now playing in Cincinnati where she overcame the world no.33 Mayar Sherif 6-2 6-2, the world no.50 Linda Noskova 6-4 6-0, the world no.43 Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-2 and the world no.1 Iga Swiatek 7-6² 3-6 6-4.

Coco Gauff will come up against the world no.17 Karolina Muchova in the final on Sunday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. They have never played each other until now in top competitions.

Coco has won 2 titles in 2023 in Auckland and Washington.

Coco won 4 titles in her career: 2 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)

Cincinnati

Gauff's Record

Projected
Draw

Iga Swiatek in 2023

Iga Swiatek

48 - 5win/loss

Hard

22-3

I Hard

2-0

Clay

22-1

Grass

2-1

Rank
1

High
1

23 year old

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Ranked no.1, Iga played her last match on the 19^th of August when she lost to world no.7 Cori Gauff 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Cincinnati (draw).

This season the Pole achieved a compiled 53-9 match record. The Pole has won 4 titles in 2023 in Doha, Stuttgart, French Open and Warsaw. Swiatek was the finalist in Dubai and Madrid.

Cincinnati

Swiatek's Record

Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek clashed against each other 8 times. Their actual head to head record is 7-1 for Swiatek. Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Coco Gauff won 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) on the 19^th of August 2023.

In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.