DUBAI: When an 18-year-old Coco Gauff qualified for her first WTA Finals in 2022, she lost all six matches she played across singles and doubles that week in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Two years later in Riyadh, Gauff knocked out the world’s top two, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, en route to the final, and overcame China’s Zheng Qinwen in a gruelling three-hour title decider to be crowned WTA Finals champion.
She is the youngest to win the prestigious tournament since Maria Sharapova won it as a 17-year-old in 2004, and pocketed a record $4.8 million paycheck for her efforts.
Gauff will be back in Riyadh next month to defend her crown, having secured a fourth consecutive qualification for the WTA Finals.
