Jessica Pegula recently addressed why her doubles partnership with Coco Gauff may be taking a backseat for the remainder of the year. Pegula shared that Gauff is not currently interested in continuing their doubles collaboration, leading her to consider taking a step back from doubles play.
“For me, I’m not sure. I know Coco doesn’t really, isn’t interested in playing, or at least I’m not, we’re not thinking of playing, so I probably will take it easy on the doubles the rest of the year,” Pegula remarked. She indicated that her focus might shift primarily to singles for the foreseeable future, adding, “I think I’ll just play maybe whenever I kind of want to, and maybe just focus on singles the rest of the year.”
Gauff echoed these sentiments during a press conference, revealing that her primary goal this year was to improve her game for the Olympics. She cited the demanding nature of playing week-in and week-out on tour as the main reason for her decision to scale back on doubles, emphasizing the challenges of maintaining such a rigorous schedule.
Pegula in Toronto, ranking, and results in 2024
Now ranked no.6, the American has an overall 24-10 match record in 2024. Jessica is playing at the moment in Toronto where she beat Unknown Player bye, the world no.45 Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-4, the world no.82 Ashlyn Krueger 6-2 6-4 and the world no.53 Peyton Stearns 6-4 7-5.
Jessica Pegula will square off with the world no.24 Diana Shnaider in the semifinal. In the past, they have never played each other up to now on the main tour.
Pegula conquered 1 title in 2024 in Berlin.
The American won 6 titles in her career: 5 on hard courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Pegula will compete next in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open). She will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 12th of August.
Coco Gauff in 2024
At the moment ranked no.2 (career-high), Coco played her last match on the 9th of August when she was overcome by world no.24 Diana Shnaider 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Toronto (draw).
At present, during this year the American achieved an overall 38-13 win-loss record. Gauff conquered 1 title in Auckland.
Coco Gauff will take on the world no.270 Sinja Kraus in the . In the past, they have never competed against each other as of now in top competitions.
Coco clinched 1 title in 2024 in Auckland.
Coco won 7 titles in her career: 5 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Gauff is scheduled to compete next in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open). She will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 12th of August.
Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff clashed against each other 5 times. Their head to head is 4-1 for Pegula. Before, the last time they squared off, Jessica Pegula won 7-5 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Berlin (Berlin Ladies Open) on the 23rd of June 2024.
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