Stat of the Day: Coco Gauff records 10th Top 10 win of career with victory over Vondrousova

Coco Gauff’s path of destruction through the summer hard-court season continued in Montreal on Thursday night as she stormed past new Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in just 62 minutes, 6-3, 6-0, in the third round of the WTA 1000 event.

And it was a milestone victory for the 19-year-old American—it was the 10th Top 10 win of her career.

COCO GAUFF’S 10 TOP 10 WINS (in order of ranking):
d. No. 1 Barty in 2021 Rome QFs (clay)
d. No. 4 Osaka in 2020 Australian Open 3rd Rd (hard)
d. No. 4 Sabalenka in 2021 Rome 3rd Rd (clay)
d. No. 4 Badosa in 2022 Doha 3rd Rd (hard)
d. No. 4 Pegula in 2023 Eastbourne QFs (grass)
d. No. 6 Sabalenka in 2022 Toronto 3rd Rd (hard)
d. No. 7 Pliskova in 2022 Berlin QFs (grass)
d. No. 8 Bertens in 2019 Linz QFs (indoor hard)
d. No. 9 Sakkari in 2023 Washington D.C. F (hard)
d. No. 10 Vondrousova in 2023 Montreal 3rd Rd (hard)

Gauff has now won her last three matches against Top 10 players in straight sets, defeating Pegula in the Eastbourne quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-3, Maria Sakkari in the Washington D.C. final, 6-2, 6-3, and now Vondrousova in the third round of Montreal, 6-3, 6-0.

The No. 7-ranked American has been on a tear since Wimbledon: she’s 6-0 in matches and 12-0 in sets, and she’s only lost 26 games in those 12 sets (an average of 2.2 games per set). She won the biggest title of her career at the WTA 500 event in Washington D.C. last week, and she's kept that momentum going in Montreal.

Gauff and Vondrousova were on serve at 2-all in the first set when the American took complete control of the match, dropping just one more game the rest of the way en route to the 62-minute victory, finishing it off on a big crosscourt forehand winner.

“It’s been a long day,” she said in her on-court interview.

“We were supposed to be on the main court, then the second-biggest court, then out here. But wherever I play, I’m just happy.

“I didn’t think anybody would come to our match because Leylah's playing on stadium right now, but I’m happy for the people who came, and I’m happy with how I played, and it’s been a long day.”

Up next for Gauff will be Pegula, who defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini earlier in the day before the rain came, 6-4, 6-0. The two have played each other twice before, splitting those meetings 1-1, but they’re also one of the top doubles teams in the world.

“I love playing with her—not so much against her, because she’s a tough player!” Gauff said. “But I’m just happy to get through today, and I hope to have a good match against her tomorrow.”