Cori Gauff vs Jessica Pegula — Final, Cincinnati Open 2026

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Cincinnati Open 2026

WTA 1000HardCincinnati, USA11 – 23 Aug

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final · Sun

🇺🇸4 seed

Cori Gauff

starts your time

24 Aug 2026

🇺🇸3 seed

Jessica Pegula

What this match is worth

On the line

1000 pts

Winner takes the title · runner-up 650

Head to head

20 Gauff

In Setlex records · 2 meetings

Around this match

Title defence

Iga Swiatek out in Semifinal — won it in 2025

Seeds left

3 of 19 nos. 3, 4, 8

Both roads here

from the draw this page already loads

Gauff
Round
Pegula

🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova

2-6 6-4 6-1

R64

Simona Waltert🇨🇭

6-3 6-2

🇺🇸Ann Li

6-1 7-6(3)

R32

Emma Navarro🇺🇸

7-5 6-2

🇨🇿Marie Bouzkova

6-3 6-2

R16

Sorana Cirstea🇷🇴

6-2 4-6 7-5

🇺🇦Marta Kostyuk

6-2 6-2

QF

Amanda Anisimova🇺🇸

6-4 2-6 7-6(4)

🇨🇿Sara Bejlek

6-4 6-1

SF

Iga Swiatek🇵🇱

7-5 4-6 6-4

Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 64: Cori Gauff beat Liudmila Samsonova; Jessica Pegula beat Simona Waltert. Round of 32: Cori Gauff beat Ann Li; Jessica Pegula beat Emma Navarro. Round of 16: Cori Gauff beat Marie Bouzkova; Jessica Pegula beat Sorana Cirstea. Quarterfinal: Cori Gauff beat Marta Kostyuk; Jessica Pegula beat Amanda Anisimova. Semifinal: Cori Gauff beat Sara Bejlek; Jessica Pegula beat Iga Swiatek

Their week so far

derived from those scorelines

10–1

Sets won

10–3

66%

Games won

57%

1–0

Tiebreaks

1–0

1

Deciding sets

3

Cori Gauff left, Jessica Pegularight. Longer isn't always better — a deciding set is a harder week, not a worse player.

Previous meetings

2 meetings in Setlex records

Cori Gauff leads 20

  1. 2026 · GrassCori Gauff won London, Great Britain, Quarterfinal4-6 6-3 6-3
  2. 2025 · HardCori Gauff won Wuhan, China, Final6-4 7-5
Fixture and start time are real, not estimated — no win probability, no projection. The scoreline appears here once the match is decided. Only the WTA singles draw is covered.