Coco Gauff Loses Wimbledon Semifinal to Karolina Muchova

Coco Gauff lost to Karolina Muchova in the Wimbledon women's singles semifinals on Thursday. The 22-year-old American had advanced to her first Wimbledon semifinal by winning her quarterfinal match on July 7, 2026.

Gauff trailed after the first set of the quarterfinal but won the next two sets 6-3, 6-3. She converted all four break-point opportunities across the final two sets and served at 76 percent in the third set. Gauff broke serve to take a 2-1 lead in the third set before her opponent broke back to tie the score at 3-3.

She broke again at love to reach 4-3 and closed the match when her opponent's backhand went into the net at 3-5, 30-40. In the second set, her opponent double-faulted at 0-40 while serving at 3-4. Gauff finished that set with a 117 mph ace.

The loss ended Gauff's run at the tournament.

She became the youngest player to reach the semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments since 2007 and was the highest remaining seed in the women's draw. "Honestly, pretty insane. Considering I hadn't won a match on grass in 2 years before this tournament.

I'm definitely just really happy with how I played today," Gauff said on July 7. Gauff will receive approximately $1.24 million for reaching the semifinals. The tournament winner earns close to $5 million. Her quarterfinal opponent, age 32, has never advanced past the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.