{"id":48708,"date":"2025-08-06T20:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/48708\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:31:13","slug":"coco-gauff-has-done-something-for-the-first-time-in-2025-in-montreal-despite-losing-to-victoria-mboko-in-the-last-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/48708\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff has done something for the first time in 2025 in Montreal despite losing to Victoria Mboko in the last 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coco Gauff began her US Open preparations at the Canadian Open, but came up short in the fourth round.<\/p>\n

The world number two had last been seen in action at Wimbledon, when Gauff lost to Dayana Yastremska<\/a> in the first round.<\/p>\n

Returning to the court in Montreal, Gauff took down Danielle Collins<\/a> in her opening match to set up a third-round tie with Veronika Kudermetova.<\/p>\n

Battling back from a set down, Gauff defeated the Russian to qualify for the last 16 of the 2025 Canadian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"CocoPhoto by Minas Panagiotakis\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

It was there that her run came to an end, however, as Gauff fell to Victoria Mboko<\/a> in straight sets, 1-6, 4-6.<\/p>\n

Unsuccessful in the singles, the 21-year-old has had a better time of things in the doubles, where she has just accomplished something for the first time in 2025.<\/p>\n

Coco Gauff qualifies for her first doubles final of the year in Montreal<\/p>\n

Partnering up with her fellow American, McCartney Kessler, Gauff has made her way through to the final of the Canadian Open doubles tournament.<\/p>\n

RoundOpponentsResultScoreSFOlga Danilovic\/Hsieh Su-weiWin5-7, 6-4, [10-6]QFBarbora Krejcikova\/Jelena OstapenkoWin6-4, 3-6, [10-7]2RLyudmyla Kichenok\/Ellen PerezWin6-3, 4-6, [10-1]1RFanny Stollar\/Wu Fang-hsienWin7-6, 6-4Coco Gauff and McCartney Kessler\u2019s doubles run in Montreal<\/p>\n

Their win over Barbora Krejcikova and Jelena Ostapenko<\/a> was no doubt the best of the bunch, as the American duo took down the experienced doubles stars in a deciding-set tiebreak [10-7].<\/p>\n

They then advanced to take on Olga Danilovic and Hsieh Su-Wei in the semis, where they emerged victorious in a match tiebreak once more.<\/p>\n

Gauff and Kessler will play the number three seeds, Taylor Townsend and Zhang Shuai, in the final, who won the Washington Open<\/a> together last time out.<\/p>\n

Placing more of a focus on her singles career over recent years, Gauff hadn\u2019t qualified for a doubles final on the WTA Tour<\/a> since June 2024.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say she isn\u2019t an outstanding doubles player, as the American is a former Grand Slam champion in the discipline.<\/p>\n

\"CocoPhoto by Minas Panagiotakis\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Earlier in the tournament, Gauff questioned why she serves better in doubles<\/a> than she does in singles, having posted some seriously impressive numbers in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Looking to win her fourth WTA 1000 title in doubles, Gauff will be determined to lift the trophy alongside Kessler on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Coco Gauff\u2019s record in doubles<\/p>\n

During her career, Gauff has contested 15 doubles finals, with five different partners.<\/p>\n

Emerging victorious in nine of those finals, Gauff established herself as one of the best doubles players in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

FinalTierPartnerOpponentsResultScore2024 French OpenGrand SlamKaterina SiniakovaSara Errani\/Jasmine PaoliniWin7-6, 6-32024 Italian OpenWTA 1000Erin RoutliffeSara Errani\/Jasmine PaoliniLoss3-6, 6-4, [8-10]2023 Italian OpenWTA 1000Jessica PegulaStorm Hunter\/Elise MertensLoss4-6, 4-62023 Madrid OpenWTA 1000Jessica PegulaVictoria Azarenka\/Beatriz Haddad MaiaLoss1-6, 4-62023 Miami OpenWTA 1000Jessica PegulaLeylah Fernandez\/Taylor TownsendWin7-6, 6-22023 Qatar OpenWTA 500Jessica PegulaLyudmyla Kichenok\/Jelena OstapenkoWin6-4, 2-6, [10-7]2022 San Diego OpenWTA 500Jessica PegulaGabriela Dabrowski\/Giuliana OlmosWin1-6, 7-5, [10-4]2022 Canadian OpenWTA 1000Jessica PegulaNicole Melichar-Martinez\/Ellen PerezWin6-4, 6-7, [10-5]2022 French OpenGrand SlamJessica PegulaCaroline Garcia\/Kristina MladenovicLoss6-2, 3-6, 2-62022 Stuttgart OpenWTA 500Zhang ShuaiDesirae Krawczyk\/Demi SchuursLoss3-6, 4-62022 Qatar OpenWTA 1000Jessica PegulaVeronika Kudermetova\/Elise MertensWin3-6, 7-5, [10-5]2021 US OpenGrand SlamCaty McNallySam Stosur\/Zhang ShuaiLoss3-6, 6-3, 3-62021 Emilia-Romagna OpenWTA 250Caty McNallyDarija Jurak\/Andreja KlepacWin6-3, 6-22019 Luxembourg OpenWTA 250Caty McNallyKaitlyn Christian\/Alexa GuarachiWin6-2, 6-22019 Washington OpenWTA 250Caty McNallyMaria Sanchez\/Fanny StollarWin6-2, 6-2Coco Gauff\u2019s record in doubles finals<\/p>\n

Prior to the Canadian Open, Gauff had played doubles at just two tournaments in 2025, the Madrid Open<\/a> and the Italian Open.<\/p>\n

2025 Madrid Open \u2013 Coco Gauff\/Robin Montgomery lost in QF to Victoria Azarenka\/Ashlyn Krueger2025 Italian Open \u2013 Coco Gauff\/Alexandra Eala lost in QF to Sara Errani\/Jasmine Paolini\"CocoPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Advancing to her first doubles final of the year in Montreal, Gauff will certainly hope to pick up her tenth title, and her first alongside Kessler.<\/p>\n

Gauff and Kessler will play Townsend and Shuai in the 2025 Canadian Open doubles final on Wednesday, August 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff began her US Open preparations at the Canadian Open, but came up short in the fourth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[9706,7510,101,118,56,54,55,19311,6546],"class_list":{"0":"post-48708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-canadian-open","9":"tag-coco-gauff","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-victoria-mboko","16":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}