3 milestones Coco Gauff could achieve at French Open 2024

Coco Gauff is among the greatest female tennis players at the moment. Ranked No. 3 in the world, the 20-year-old American has won seven WTA titles already, including a Grand Slam at the US Open in 2023. However, she lost in the Australian Open semifinal to Aryna Sabalenka in January.

In 2024, Gauff has made deep runs into all the WTA 1000 tournaments but has often found world No. 1 Iga Swiatek standing in her way. However, the young American will hope to turnaround things at the French Open next week.

She could potentially achieve a few milestones in that tournament, which are:

#3 Being the first American woman to win French Open in almost a decade

Serena Williams was the last American woman to win the title at Roland Garros. She won three titles there, with the last of her triumphs coming nine years ago in 2015. Since then, European women have dominated the proceedings on the red dirt of Paris, with Swiatek being the most prominent with three trophies.

Should Gauff be able to win the title this year, it might start a turnaround among women's tennis in the USA, as far as tennis on clay courts is concerned.

#2 Being the first American woman to win multiple Grand Slams since Serena Williams

As mentioned earlier, Coco Gauff has won the US Open title already. It will be her second Grand Slam title if she wins the French Open. No American woman has won more than one Major since Serena Williams in a long time. Sloane Stephens has a solitary Grand Slam to her credit, as she won the New York Major in 2017.

Hence, Gauff will have the opportunity to attain the feat by winning the French Open next month.

#1 Coco Gauff could reach a career-high ranking of World No. 2

Iga Swiatek is comfortably ahead of both Aryna Sabalenka, ranked No. 2 in the world, and Gauff at the moment. The Pole leads the American and Belarusian by more than 4000 and 3500 points, respectively.

However, should Swiatek fail to defend her title at Roland Garros and Sabalenka manage to win it, the latter will have a chance to overtake the former, provided the four-time Major champion fails to make a deep run into the tournament.

On the other hand, if Gauff wins the title or even reaches the championship match, she will have a chance to erase the 500-point deficit that separates Sabalenka and her, provided the Belarusian fails to reach the semifinals.

Such a scenario will enable the American to climb to a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2.