Coco Gauff Reveals Legacy She Wants to Leave Behind: “Just Want to Look Back and Say I Gave It My All”

Coco Gauff has built a reputation for being a player who doesn’t give up until the end. And in the toughest matches on the biggest stages, her digging deep and saving herself from the brink of defeat are always lauded.

Gauff is in Berlin and will start her campaign on June 16. Recently, during her interview with WTA, Gauff was asked how she wants to be remembered when she hangs up her racket.

I think you know when I finish and retire from my career, I just want to look back and say, I gave it my all. I gave it my 100%, and I don’t have any regrets. So that’s why every match, I try to go out there and just leave it all out on the court.

The 22-year-old has already played three Grand Slam singles finals, losing the 2022 French Open to Iga Swiatek and winning the 2023 US Open and the 2025 French Open after overcoming a set deficit in both finals she played against Aryna Sabalenka.

And I want to say I always done this like early on. I would just sometimes, like, if I was losing and just be, like, well, whatever. It felt like it was becoming too hard. So, I think for me, I want to know that people can look back and say she enjoyed the tough moments, and she gave it her all.

Coco Gauff added

Gauff has also made three Grand Slam doubles finals, winning the 2024 French Open alongside Katerina Siniakova, defeating the pair of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini. The World No.7, however, has yet to end her title drought this season. She has so far featured in two finals, losing the Miami Open to Sabalenka and the Italian Open to Elina Svitolina.

Fabrice Santoro compares Mirra Andreeva to Coco Gauff after the Russian ace’s Roland Garros win

Coco Gauff failed in her title defense at the French Open. Anastasia Potapova clinched a three-set win over her in the third round. And this is why the former World No.2 has dropped to the No.7 spot in the rankings table.

The winner of the tournament was Mirra Andreeva. She defeated qualifier and fellow first-time finalist Maja Chwalinska in straight sets and became the third youngest woman this century to emerge victorious in a Major singles final. After her win, former ATP player Fabrice Santoro compared the 19-year-old to Major champions Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, and Gauff.

Can she become world number 1? Excellent question; it’s difficult to answer. We knew she would win a Grand Slam, but we didn’t know when. She has now done so, and she will undoubtedly go for more. I think that today, she is a tremendous champion, perhaps slightly below Sabalenka over twelve months, and maybe Rybakina as well. I think she has nothing to envy in Coco Gauff, for example; that’s just my opinion.

Fabrice Santoro said on Prime Video Sport France

Andreeva is also the first Russian woman since Maria Sharapova to win a Grand Slam singles title. While Gauff will be competing in Berlin, Andreeva withdrew from the WTA 500 event to rest and recover before Wimbledon.

Gauff will face Paula Badosa or a qualifier in the opening round in Berlin. The main draw of the Wimbledon Championships starts on June 29, and Iga Swiatek will be competing as the defending champion. She beat Amanda Anisimova last year.

Gauff has never made it past the fourth round in the grass-court Major, reaching the fourth round just once. Andreeva is a onetime quarterfinalist (reached the stage last year).

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