Cori Gauff is having a stunning 2021. The American teenager won the tournament in Parma, and she reached the semifinals in Rome and Adelaide. Also, Coco managed to get to the quarterfinals of the recent French Open.
Thanks to this performance, Coco Gauff is in the enviable position of becoming the American number 1 in the year-to-date rankings on Monday and at just 17 years of age. Gauff is the American no.2 in the year-to-date live rankings, but if she wins the next match against Anastasija Sevastova in Eastbourne, she will be the American no.1.
Coco has 1765 points in the YTD live rankings and if she goes 1 step further in the UK she will have 1810 points. In this case, she will have just 2 points more than Jennifer Brady, which is American number 1 in this log.
Coco’s childhood hero, Serena Williams, is currently the American number 3 in the live year-to-date rankings. However, it is well known that the former world number 1 is just focused on winning her elusive 24th major. Being the American no.1 is not a priority for Serena.
Here the American players in the live year-to-date rankings.
Gauff in Eastbourne, ranking, and results in 2021
Now the world no.23 (career-high), the American has managed to achieve a compiled 28-10 match record in 2021. Cori is competing in Eastbourne where she ousted Elise Mertens 0-6 7-64 7-5.
Cori Gauff will face the world no.61 Anastasija Sevastova in the 2nd round on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Sevastova.
Gauff conquered 1 title in 2021 in Parma.
Serena Williams in 2021
Currently ranked no.8, Serena played her last match on the 6th of June when she capitulated to world no.21 Elena Rybakina 6-3 7-5 in the 4th round of the French Open (draw).
This season Serena owns a composed 12-4 win-loss record. Serena Williams’s best accomplishment of this season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open.
Cori Gauff and Serena Williams have never played each other.
Jennifer Brady in 2021
Ranked no.15, Brady played her last match on the 5th of June when she had to retire when playing against world no.23 Cori Gauff in the 3rd round and the scoreline was 6-1 0-0 .
Until now, during this year Jennifer has a 14-8 record. Jennifer Brady’s best result of the year was getting to the final at the Australian Open.
Cori Gauff, Serena Williams and Jennifer Brady |
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