Is Iga Swiatek the sole reason Coco Gauff doesn’t have more big titles? Exploring their rivalry

Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek are engaged in a developing rivalry in women’s tennis. Both the WTA stars often find themselves competing for the big titles and face each other at the business end of tournaments. However, despite her recent resurgence, Gauff has struggled against the World No. 1.The American has been one of the most in-form WTA stars throughout the last six months. She turned her potential into results with a title win at the US Open and announced her arrival on the big stage.However, despite her incredible run of form, Coco Gauff only has one WTA 1000 title to show for it, mainly due to Iga Swiatek.Gauff faced Swiatek for the first time in a WTA 1000 semi-final at the Italian Open 2021. The latter won the match 7-6 (3), 6-3 to register her first-ever win against Gauff and since then, has held the upper hand in this rivalry.Swiatek and Gauff then met in the last four of the Dubai Tennis Championship and the China Open in 2023, with Swiatek winning both matches in straight sets. Gauff’s only win against Swiatek came at the semi-final of the Cincinnati Open in 2023, on her way to her maiden WTA 1000 title win.