Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula set for all-American Wimbledon quarterESPN News ServicesMultiple AuthorsJul 5, 2026, 01:27 PM ET
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American Coco Gauff recovered from dropping the opening set to defeat Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday and reach her first Wimbledon quarterfinal — the only major where she had yet to reach that stage.
Gauff, the No. 7 seed, served out the win on No. 1 Court at 10:58 p.m. local time — just two minutes before the Wimbledon curfew. She tapped her wrist, pantomiming a watch in celebration.
Had she been broken, the match would have been suspended and resumed Monday.
“Super happy to be in the quarters, finally,” Gauff mentioned in her on-court interview. “I was looking at the clock the last service game. … This was probably the most dramatic finish. I’ve never had to race against time. Playing tennis we’re used to not having a clock. But honestly, today I felt the pressure. I’m glad I didn’t choose basketball.”
Coco Gauff’s fourth-round win against Belinda Bencic ended at 10:58 p.m. local time, two minutes before the Wimbledon curfew. Had she been broken in her final service game, the match would have been suspended and resumed Monday. Tolga Akmen/EPAGauff, 22, is the youngest American woman to reach the quarterfinals at each of the Grand Slams since Serena Williams did so at 19 years old at the 2001 French Open.
With the win, Gauff set up an all-American quarterfinal clash with No. 4 Jessica Pegula, who defeated fellow American Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 earlier Sunday. It will be the first all-American ladies’ match at Wimbledon between top-10 seeds since the 2009 final between Serena and Venus Williams.
Gauff has 17 major-match wins since making her Grand Slam debut in 2019. She improved to 23-7 in three-setters at majors, the third-best record by any woman in the Open era after Steffi Graf and Wendy Turnbull (minimum 25 matches).
Also on Sunday, Barbora Krejcikova’s loss to Karolina Muchova ensured the tournament will crown a new women’s champion.
Krejcikova, the 2024 winner, was the only former champion left in the women’s draw after Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Serena Williams all went out earlier.
Krejcikova followed suit with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 loss to fellow Czech player Muchova on No. 2 Court, guaranteeing a 10th different women’s champion in the past 10 Wimbledons, already the longest run in the tournament’s history.
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No woman has won multiple Wimbledon titles since Williams won her seventh in 2016.
Muchova will play 14th-seeded Naomi Osaka, who knocked out world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6 (2) on Sunday on Centre Court.
Pegula’s match against the 18-year-old Jovic — the last remaining teenager in the men’s or women’s draw — featured a combined 13 breaks, including seven in the opening set.
Pegula has won 34 of her past 37 matches against her American compatriots, dating to October 2023; her only losses in that span came against Gauff (2024 WTA finals and 2025 Wuhan) and Madison Keys (2025 Adelaide).
Pegula will be making her second career appearance in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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