Coco Gauff jokes there "has not been a lot of a contest" between American women and men at Grand Slams just because the ladies have had way more success during the last 20 years.
As you in all probability know, the final US male tennis participant to win a Grand Slam singles title was Andy Roddick. After successful his maiden Main on the 2003 US Open, the previous world No. 1 appeared in 4 extra Main finals however by no means gained his second title on the largest degree.
After Roddick's 2009 Wimbledon closing defeat to Roger Federer, it took US tennis 15 years to get one other male Grand Slam finalist – Taylor Fritz reached the 2024 US Open closing however stood no likelihood there, shedding in straight units to Jannik Sinner.
On the subject of American WTA stars, their Slam success over the previous 20 years is well-documented. In the newest historical past, Gauff landed two Grand Slams within the final two years.
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"For the boys, I really feel like the ladies, it hasn't been a lot of a contest, no offense to them, however now it’s type of was it three or 4 straight Slams with American within the finals. So I feel we're we're doing fairly good on our finish. They need to catch up. However no, I feel it's nice to see so many a lot illustration of like our nation within the sport," the 2023 US Open winner stated.
After making it clear that she thinks American male tennis options some fairly high quality gamers, Gauff revealed her massive want was to witness an American female and male successful the identical Grand Slam. Final 12 months, Fritz and Jessica Pegula got here shut to creating that occur, however misplaced their respective US Open closing matches.
"I might like to see in my lifetime like a lady and an American lady and male when the identical Slam that may be that may be nice. We obtained it US Open. They had been each within the closing so hopefully possibly this U.S. Open some magic can occur," Gauff added.
In early June, Gauff gained her first French Open title. Now, the 21-year-old is an Australian Open and Wimbledon title away from finishing a Profession Grand Slam.
