Wimbledon 2025: Dayana Yastremska stuns Coco Gauff in 1st round
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In a major upset, reigning French Open champion and World No. 2 Coco Gauff has been knocked out of the first round at Wimbledon. Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, ranked World No. 42, defeated Gauff in a late-evening match on Tuesday. The match lasted for an hour and 19 minutes with Yastremska winning it decisively by a scoreline of 7-6(3), 6-1. Here are the details.
Match details
Another upset Tuesday at SW19
Yastremska put on a stellar display of tennis, marking her second career win over a Top 2 player and first since beating then-No. 2 Karolina Pliskova at the 2019 Wuhan event, as per WTA. Notably, Gauff was the third Top 5 seed to be upset on Tuesday after No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula and No. 5 seed Zheng Qinwen suffered similar fates earlier in the day.
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Another early exit for Gauff at Wimbledon
Gauff, on the other hand, has lost in the first round at Wimbledon in two of the last three years. Gauff has a 71-21 win-loss record at Grand Slams. At Wimbledon, she has an 11-6 record. As per Opta, she is now the third reigning French Open champion to lose her next Wimbledon first-round match in the Open Era, after Justine Henin (lost to Eleni Daniilidou) and Francesca Schiavone (lost to Vera Dushevina).
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A look at the match stats
Gauff doled out 2 aces compared to her opponent's 1. However, the former committed nine double faults with Yastremska committing three. Yastremska had a 69% win on the 1st serve and a 68% win on the 2nd. She converted 4/6 break points.