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Coco Gauff tells the WTA what she ‘definitely’ does not want them to do with the Finals tournament in future

Coco Gauff will already be looking ahead to her title defence at the WTA Finals, which return to Riyadh next month.

Gauff won the WTA Finals in 2024, becoming the first American to achieve the feat since Serena Williams in 2014.

She defeated Qinwen Zheng in the final, ending her 2024 season with three titles following her success in Auckland and Beijing.

Gauff could now achieve the exact same feat this time around, having won at the French Open and Wuhan Open this year.

Jessica Pegula praised Gauff after losing their Wuhan Open final, with the tournament having represented the last WTA 1000 final of the season.

Coco Gauff tells the WTA what she doesn’t want them to do with the Finals in future
Gauff can now turn her focus to the WTA Finals, with Riyadh playing host for the second time as part of a three-year deal between the WTA Tour and the Saudi Tennis Federation.

Asked by Arab News if she thinks extending the deal would be a good decision from the WTA Finals, the American said: “I don’t know.

“Because my last three finals, I’ve been in three different places, I definitely don’t think we should go to different places every year.

Now, I don’t feel like I’ve been on a tour long enough to know like if 10 years is the right thing or not, because I’ve played in three different years.

“And I definitely think that there’s benefit to keeping a tournament there for at least two or three years in a row.

“I think that it builds a culture of that tournament in that area, which can bring more attention and also allow fans to, if they want to go to plan their trips and things – I think that was the issue with the two previous WTA Finals before last year’s, it was announced pretty late.

“And I don’t think that the turnout was great because of that. So I definitely think that there’s benefit to having stability there.