WTA news: Coco Gauff beats Jessica Pegula at WTA Finals
The American won their group-stage meeting at the season-ending tournament.
The WTA Finals features the top eight singles players competing for the season title.
Key takeaways
- The match was a group-stage meeting on Sunday
- The WTA Finals brings together the top eight singles players
- The WTA apologised after private practice comments were leaked
The WTA issued an apology after a private conversation between Jessica Pegula and her coach was accidentally broadcast during a practice session at the WTA Finals.
The WTA takes full responsibility for failing to inform players and their teams that microphones, in place to give fans a livestream of the players’ practice, were active on the courts.
Serena Williams’ coach Rennae Stubbs criticized the WTA for its handling of Pegula’s private comments about Mirra Andreeva and Coco Gauff, which were aired on Wednesday. Pegula is scheduled to face Gauff in the group stage of the WTA Finals on Sunday.
The WTA Finals brings together the top eight singles players and doubles teams competing for the season-ending title. The elite singles field features Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka, Mirra Andreeva, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Muchova, and Linda Noskova.
Fans can stream live practice court sessions. Coco Gauff is an American professional tennis player with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 and world No. 1 in doubles.
She has won twelve career singles titles, including two majors at the 2023 US Open and 2025 French Open, as well as the 2024 WTA Finals and four WTA 1000 events. Jessica Pegula has reached a career-high singles ranking of world No.
3, first achieved in October 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved in September 2023. She has won 11 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including four WTA 1000 titles in singles and two in doubles.
Pegula was the runner-up at the 2024 US Open and at the 2023 WTA Finals.
The tournament continues with the remaining group matches. The WTA Finals is set for Indian Wells, California, from November 8 to November 15, 2026.
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