Coco Gauff vs Solana Sierra — 6-3 3-6 7-6(7)

Result

No. 7 seed Coco Gauff survived Solana Sierra 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) on No.1 Court, saving her way out of a deciding-set tiebreak in which the Argentine led 7-4. Gauff won the last six points to escape after 2h 7m. It was a scrappy, error-strewn contest: Sierra piled up 45 unforced errors and nine double faults to Gauff's 24 errors, while Gauff struck 10 aces to none. Gauff won 105 of the 202 points to reach the third round.

Coco Gauff

Solana Sierra

10Aces0

5Double faults9

54%1st serve in61%

78%1st-serve points won69%

50%2nd-serve points won47%

124 mphFastest serve113 mph

3/9Break points won3/7

20Winners23

26Unforced errors46

8/10Net points won13/18

105Total points won97

1664 mDistance run1541 m

Stats: Official wimbledon.com match statistics (IBM) · as of 2026-07-09

Rows the source hadn’t published are left off rather than guessed.

At this Stage

For a while this looked like the round's defining upset. Solana Sierra — a three-set winner over Anna Bondár in round one — led seventh seed Coco Gauff 7-4 in the deciding tie-break, having earlier served for a place in the third round. Gauff, so untroubled in a 6-2 6-1 opener against Tamara Korpatsch, took the last six points to escape 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) after 2h 7m, her serve — ten aces to Sierra's none — holding firm while much else wobbled. The record book does not note how close it was, only who advanced, and who advanced was Gauff: into an all-American last-32 meeting with qualifier Claire Liu.

Ann Li

Zeynep Sönmez✓

Jun 29–30

7-5 1-6 6-4

Claire Liu✓

Hanne Vandewinkel

Jun 29–30

4-6 6-3 6-4

Solana Sierra✓

Anna Bondár

Jun 29–30

6-3 5-7 7-5

Coco Gauff✓

Tamara Korpatsch

Jun 29–30

6-2 6-1

Zeynep Sönmez

Claire Liu✓

Jul 1–2

7-5 6-3

Coco Gauff✓

Solana Sierra

Jul 1–2

6-3 3-6 7-6(7)

Coco Gauff✓

Claire Liu

Jul 3–4

6-3 6-7(5) 6-2

Round of 128

Ann Li

Zeynep Sönmez✓

Jun 29–30

7-5 1-6 6-4

Claire Liu✓

Hanne Vandewinkel

Jun 29–30

4-6 6-3 6-4

Solana Sierra✓

Anna Bondár

Jun 29–30

6-3 5-7 7-5

Coco Gauff✓

Tamara Korpatsch

Jun 29–30

6-2 6-1

Round of 64

Zeynep Sönmez

Claire Liu✓

Jul 1–2

7-5 6-3

Coco Gauff✓

Solana Sierra

Jul 1–2

6-3 3-6 7-6(7)

Round of 32

Coco Gauff✓

Claire Liu

Jul 3–4

6-3 6-7(5) 6-2

What we know now

Tale of the tape

Coco GauffSolana Sierra

22Age22

5′9″ (1.75 m)Height5′8″ (1.72 m)

—Weight—

Right-handed, two-handed backhandPlaysRight-handed

2018Turned pro—

No. 7ATP rankingNo. 56

—2026 win–loss—

—Career on grass—

2Grand Slam titles0

Fourth round (2024)Best at WimbledonFourth round (2025)

Gavin MacMillanCoach—

Player vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.

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