Coco Gauff has found her footing on the WTA Tour after a difficult start to the 2026 season.
Gauff began the year by losing to Elina Svitolina in the Australian Open quarter-finals; a loss described as ‘shocking’ by Tim Henman.
She then lost her opening match of the Qatar Open to Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
However, Gauff has produced a more consistent level of play since, reaching the semi-finals in Dubai and the final in Miami.
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The American will look to improve her level throughout the clay-court season and into the grass-court swing.
Speaking of the grass swing, which will begin after Roland Garros, Gauff’s participation in a WTA 500 event has already been confirmed.
Coco Gauff is set to play the Berlin Tennis Open
On Tuesday, the Berlin Tennis Open’s X page confirmed Coco Gauff’s participation in the 2026 event.
“Berlin hits different! And who could be a better fit than Coco Gauff?” the X post read.
“In our updated key visual, she represents the outstanding player field in Berlin – we’re really looking forward to having you with us, Coco!”
Andrea Petkovic, the tournament director and former world number nine, also confirmed Gauff’s participation during a press event in Berlin on Tuesday.
“She’s our poster girl,” the German said, as reported by German outlet rbb24. “She is one of the biggest stars we have in the tennis industry in general.”
Gauff struggled at the 2025 Berlin Open, losing in the first round to Wang Xinyu.
Wang went on to reach the final, before losing 7–6, 4–6, 6–2 to 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova.
The event is set to take place from June 13 to 21 in the German capital, with players competing for the title in the Steffi Graf Stadium.
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Gauff has twice reached the semi-finals in the German capital: in 2022 and 2024.
In 2022, the American defeated Ann Li, Xinyu Wang, and Karolina Pliskova before losing to top seed and eventual champion Ons Jabeur.
Two years later, Gauff again made the semi-final stage after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova and Ons Jabeur.
In the last four, Gauff was defeated 5-7, 6-7 by compatriot Jessica Pegula.
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Pegula went on to win the title, beating Anna Kalinskaya in the final.
Pegula, who saved five championship points before beating the Russian 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, said: “I knew I could play well on this surface and giving myself a couple of extra weeks on grass clearly paid off.
“I played some really good tennis this week and I feel like I beat some really good girls, especially on grass. To be able to gut out a win like that is cool.”
