Coco Gauff’s serve let her down once again…
The American’s serve has been a topic of discussion for quite some time now.
In 2025, Gauff led the way for double faults on the WTA Tour, hitting 431, 131 more than her closest challenger.
Already in 2026, she’s found herself at the top of the leaderboard, with 28.
It’s costing her in more ways than one, as the 21-year-old has just missed out on $1 million because of her serve!
Coco Gauff faults at the One Point Slam
Gauff entered into the 2026 One Point Slam, looking to earn herself $1 million before the Australian Open even gets underway.
Receiving a BYE into the second round, Gauff took on Croatia’s Donna Vekic.
Despite all her success on tour, the two-time Grand Slam champion wasn’t feeling confident before the match.
“I’m just ready to get it out the way,” said Gauff.
“I’m not nervous because I don’t think I’m going to win, but I just don’t want to perform bad, but we’ll see.”
Losing ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’, Gauff was told to serve by Vekic.
The pressure was on the American, as the professional players competing in the event were only permitted one serve each.
As her serve went into the net, Gauff was eliminated from the One Point Slam.
“I was too tight!” said Gauff after the match, as she and Vekic could barely contain their laughter.
Vekic advanced to the semifinals of the One Point Slam before losing to Taiwan’s Joanna Garland.
What’s next for Coco Gauff?
While the event was played in good spirits and Gauff didn’t seem too bothered by her serving mishap, the result did ‘serve’ as a reminder of the biggest problem with her game.
If Gauff is to make a deep run at the Australian Open later this month, and potentially win the event, she will need to get a handle on the double fault problems, and fast.
She has yet to reach the final of the Australian Open and lost to Paula Badosa in the quarterfinals 12 months ago.
Only time will tell if she can go any further in 2026…
This year’s Australian Open is scheduled to begin on Sunday, January 18.
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