3 losses at WTA Finals amount to 4th most successful tournament of Gauff's career
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Coco Gauff is the future of American tennis, and she made her mark on the WTA Tour already in 2022, even though not very successful.
It feels that the 18-year-old American has been around for ages despite her young age since she turned professional already three years ago.
However, Gauff is still a teenager, and that's why her accomplishments have to be appreciated even more, as the closest-ranked teenager in the WTA Rankings is 75th Emma Raducanu.
In 2022, the young American enjoyed the best season of her career despite ending it without a trophy. She played her first Grand Slam singles final at the Roland Garros and also qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals as World No. 4, which is her career-high.
Moreover, Gauff became the World No. 1 player in doubles this year and played in the quarter-finals at the US Open. However, the year-end competition wasn't anywhere close to how she would have imagined her debut, especially in front of the home crowd in Fort Worth.
Gauff lost all six matches she played as she competed in both singles and doubles alongside Jessica Pegula. As her doubles partner discussed, losing so much is not something tennis players are used to, as they usually have to start a new tournament next week after losing a match.
Yet, despite losing all three matches at the 2022 WTA Finals, Gauff recorded her fourth-best result in her career in terms of points. Previously, she played in two Grand Slam quarter-finals that brought her 430 points.
She also played in one major final this year, which she earned 1,300 points for, but her fourth-best result was from Rome last year, where she played in the semi-finals and got 350 points for it.
As players are rewarded for every match played at the WTA Finals, Gauff collected 125 points for every loss, which amounted to 375 points for the tournament - her fourth-best career result.
