Coco Gauff defeats Jessica Pegula to win Cincinnati Open

Coco Gauff powers past Jessica Pegula in the final of the Cincinnati Open to win her first title of 2026 just before the US Open, as Arthur Fils wins the men's event.

Coco Gauff powers past Jessica Pegula in the final of the Cincinnati Open to win her first title of 2026 just before the US Open, as Arthur Fils wins the men's event.

American beats third seeded compatriot Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 Gauff claims her first title of season and second in Cincinnati One year ago, Coco Gauff departed the Cincinnati Open with her career at a crossroads. On serve, she had capitulated, offering up countless double faults in most matches, and she had lost confidence in her progress and game. She believed she had to make drastic changes to her team before it was too late. It has taken an enormous amount of resilience, patience and toil, but this week Gauff began to feel the consequences of those efforts as she closed out one of the smoothest tournaments of her career with her best performance of the season, thoroughly outplaying the third seed Jessica Pegula to win 6-2, 6-4 and clinch the Cincinnati Open title for the second time in her career. Continue reading...

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Coco Gauff carried the momentum from a strong start through to the finish line as she defeated Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 to claim her second Cincinnati Open title. Gauff raced to a 5-0 lead in the first set and also took an early advantage in the second, ultimately closing out the victory in an hour and 14 minutes.

No one plays a perfect tennis match. Coco Gauff came pretty close Sunday evening in Cincinnati, winning the biggest tuneup before the U.S. Open and in the process becoming one of the leading favorites to win the year’s final Grand Slam. Gauff beat Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and a quarter to win her first title in 10 months. And it couldn’t have come at a better time. After a dominant 10 days at the Cincinnati Open and a pretty good showing in Toronto, where she lost in the semifinals in

Coco Gauff made a statement with the US Open approaching, dominating Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 to win her first title of 2026 at the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati.Gauff earned her first in 2023, going on to claim the first of her two Grand Slam titles at the US Open that year.

Coco Gauff dominated Jessica Pegula to earn the Cincinnati Open win and her 12th career WTA singles title.

In the first All-American Cincinnati Open women's final since 1970, Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula for her second Rookwood Cup.

Coco Gauff defeated fellow American Jessica Pegula in straight sets, 6-2 6-4, to capture her second Cincinnati Open women's singles title.