Coco Gauff's projected path to Wimbledon 2025 final
Coco Gauff faces a tough road at Wimbledon 2025.
Coco Gauff will need to tap into every last ounce of her talent and bag of tricks if she wants to reach the Wimbledon 2025 final. The American has five Grand Slam champions in her half of the draw. The American is seeded second at SW19 this year following her maiden French Open title.
She is once again seeded to clash with Aryna Sabalenka, who is the top seed and leads the draw’s top half. The top-ranked American upset Sabalenka in the finals at Roland Garros to claim ownership of the Suzanne Lenglen Cup for the first time.
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Gauff will look to carry the confidence from winning the clay-court major into Wimbledon as she heads to the All-England Club with just one grass-court match under her belt. Second seed Gauff will make her sixth appearance at SW19, at a venue where the dice are against her. She is yet to make it past the fourth round and into the second week.
The American bridged the gap with Sabalenka after a frosty reaction from the top seed after the French Open final with a dance. Now she will hope to waltz her way into the finals and hopefully deliver as the first American woman to win Wimbledon since Serena Williams in 2016.
With none of the WTA Top 10 having won at Wimbledon, the women’s singles draw is wide open, and a new champion could be crowned. If Gauff succeeds at Wimbledon, she will be the second woman to complete the Channel Slam this century after countrywoman Serena Williams (2002, 2015). Let’s take a look at her potential route to glory.
Round 1 – Dayana Yastremska
Gauff will take on Dayana Yastremska to begin her Wimbledon journey as she hopes to add the Venus Rosewater dish to her collection. Yastremska was a finalist at the recently concluded Nottingham Open. The American World No. 2 leads the Ukrainian 3-0 in their head-to-head.
Yastremska took a set off Gauff at Madrid this season, where she bageled the American in the opening set of their first-round match. It was the only set dropped by Gauff at the Madrid Open WTA 1000 event. The 21-year-old Gauff would do well to approach the opening round match against Yastremska with caution.
Round 2 – Victoria Azarenka / Anastasia Zakharova
Coco Gauff could be staring down former World No. 1 and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka in the second round. Gauff and Azarenka faced off in Guadalajara in 2022 for their first and only meeting to date. The American ended up on the losing side in the quarter-final round of the WTA 500 event. Azarenka has a better record on the Wimbledon turf, having reached the semi-finals in 2011 and 2012.
Russian qualifier Anastasia Zakharova will be an unknown quantity for Gauff as the two have never met before. The 23-year-old Russian is ranked 94th a