The American Coco Gauff won the title at the WTA Finals for the first time. The 20-year-old US Open winner from last year defeated the Chinese in the final in Riyadh on Saturday Zheng Qinwen 3:6.6:4.7:6(2) and secured record prize money of 4.8 million US dollars. Both Gauff and the 22-year-old Olympic champion Zheng were in the final of the year-end tournament for the best eight players of the season for the first time.
For the third in the world rankings Gauff it is the third tournament victory of the year. With her final win against Zheng, she prevented the first WTA Finals triumph for a Chinese woman and followed Serena Williams after, which ensured the last US success to date in 2014.
The showdown for the title against Zheng was characterized by numerous twists and turns, at times the Chinese looked like the sure winner on several occasions. But Gauff She fought back again and again and ultimately triumphed clearly in the tiebreak after more than three hours of play, after missing two match points when Zheng served.