Coco Gauff ready to change Wimbledon plans after winning French Open doubles title

Coco Gauff is changing her Wimbledon plans after forming a successful doubles pairing at the French Open. The 20-year-old usually plays with Jessica Pegula but has been forced to find other partners while Pegula was out injured.

She turned to former doubles No. 1 Katerina Siniakova two days before Roland Garros and they ended up lifting the trophy – Gauff’s first Grand Slam title in doubles.

Gauff wasn’t intending to enter the Wimbledon doubles draw but she has now changed her mind after being unable to play with a fellow American in Paris.

With the Olympics a few weeks away, Gauff is keen to fight for a medal in the women’s doubles draw. She had a successful partnership with fellow American Pegula, making it easy to get matches in together before the 2024 Games.

When Pegula got injured, Gauff found other players to team up with, including fellow American Taylor Townsend. But Townsend also hurt herself before the French Open and helped Gauff link up with Siniakova at the last minute.

Although it was the right decision as both women lifted the trophy together on Sunday, it meant that Gauff couldn’t prepare for the Olympics with another American player. As a result, she is set to change her Wimbledon plans.

Initially I thought this year, if everything went perfect, I thought I was just going to play Roland Garros and not play Wimbledon, because I was going to play with an American who I would play the Olympics for, but maybe I will play Wimbledon now,” the singles world No. 3 said after winning with Siniakova.

Gauff previously shared her intentions to reduce her doubles schedule, and it’s something she still thinks she will do once the Olympics are out of the way. She continued: “Yeah, it’s kind of a feeling thing how I feel mentally.

“For sure the Slams is still something I still want to do because I enjoy, but I was more so the 1000s and the 500s I probably won’t play as much. Just depends on the week. Grass, I will definitely probably be playing in Berlin just because I need as much grass time as I can get before Wimbledon

Gauff is hungry for more Majors after getting her first in doubles but the US Open singles champion explained that it was difficult to stay in both draws in a tournament. “Maybe the US Open swing it will be a lot less,” she added.

“Especially now, doing this, this is just one of the goals I wanted to do. I’m motivated. I know I can try to do more, but I think just for the mental side it’s tough, being in places. Usually I do make it to the end of the week, so it’s long weeks for me.”