FRENCH Open champion Coco Gauff secured her third WTA 1000 title and first in Wuhan, China today.
The American rallied from two breaks down in the second set to beat her compatriot Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 in the final.
Gauff, who was making only her second appearance at the Wuhan Open after reaching the semi-finals last year, trailed 0-3 in the second set but fought her way back, reducing the deficit to 3-5 before winning four straight games to seal victory in straight sets.
The win adds to her WTA 1000 triumphs in Cincinnati (2023) and Beijing (2024) and marks her third final at this level in 2025 after runner-up finishes in Madrid and Rome.
Current world number three Gauff, also a former US Open champion, is the second American to win the Wuhan title since Venus Williams in 2015.
The first to win all their first nine in the Open Era, Gauff is the first to win nine consecutive WTA hard-court finals since Serena Williams (12 between the US Open 2013 and Cincinnati 2015), according to Opta Ace.