Former ATP player Greg Rusedski thinks Coco Gauff has a real shot at winning the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, as there is a lack of dominant grass players right now.
Parity has been the staple of women’s tennis for many years, and it created a group of players who could win any event. At the moment, Iga Swiatek is the most dominant player on the WTA Tour, but she can’t play well on the low-bouncing green surface.
The Polish player doesn’t play that well on that surface, despite often entering Wimbledon with an active winning streak from the clay-court part of the season, and that creates an opening. Marketa Vondrousova’s Wimbledon win last year certainly proves that.
“And I think Brad Gilbert has done a great job with her, and I think they’re probably saying, ‘Okay, semis [at the French Open] is solid, we didn’t play our best in the semis. But now we got Wimbledon coming on, this is our one after winning the US Open last year’.”
Out of all the surfaces, the grass seems like the surface where Gauff could do some damage against Swiatek, despite being unable to challenge her previously, except for one match in Cincinnati. The Polish player has so far proven to be very beatable on the surface.
“I’m hoping that Coco can bring her A-game to Wimbledon this year and has got a real shot to win. Let’s not forget [Aryna] Sabalenka got ill this year at the French.”