Elina Svitolina wins Italian Open, defeats Coco Gauff in final

🏆🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina is the champion of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome! In the final, our Ukrainian queen defeated world No. 4 Coco Gauff with a score of 6–4, 6–7, 6–2.

Elina Svitolina becomes the oldest player to get 3 consecutive top 5 wins at the same WTA 1000 event. 1. Elina Svitolina - 31 years & 235 days old. 2. Serena Williams - 31 years & 173 days old. Playing the best tennis of her life. This is the story of the year. 🇺🇦💙

Elina Svitolina leaves Rome with the trophy, defeating Gauff Coco 6-4, 6³-7⁷, 6-2. • Upsets Rybakina Swiatek, and Gauff in the QF, SF, and Final • 5th WTA 1000 Title, 1st Since 2018 Rome • 3rd Rome Title, 1st Since 2018 • 20th WTA Title • 7-3 vs Top 10 in 2026 📸 Jimmie48/WTA Tour

🏆🇺🇦Elina Svitolina Wins WTA 1000 Tournament in Rome for the Third Time Ukrainian tennis player defeated the world's fourth-ranked player, American Cori Gauff.

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina won her third Italian Open title tonight. She defeated Coco Gauff. Congratulations, Elina! 🇺🇦

Congratulations to Elina Svitolina who this evening has won the Italian Open. She beat 3rd seed Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 in the final in Rome. It's her first 1000 title since giving birth to daughter Skye, and the 3rd time she's won this title + the first since 2018.

Elina Svitolina has Coco Gauff’s number. Svitolina knocked off Gauff for the third consecutive time this season with a 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2 win that saw her win the Italian Open for a third time. www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

🎾 #Tennis #Rome Elina Svitolina defeats Coco Gauff to take the title in Rome.

Non c’è due senza tre! Did I just look up "Italian phrases with the word 'three' in it"? Yes. Did it come up with something very apt? Also yes. Anyway, Elina Svitolina lifts her third career title in Rome, holding off reigning Roland-Garros champ Coco Gauff, 6-4, 6-7³, 6-2.

Elina Svitolina has never lost a clay-court final on Tour (8-0)

Elina Svitolina with an emotional, inspired, and hard-earned victory over Coco Gauff in Rome and, honestly, the entire tennis world can feel good about this one. It means so much to her to win it for Ukraine and she absolutely emptied her tank. All heart. 💙💛🇺🇦🥹🎾

Elina Svitolina wins Rome for the third time, defeating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 in a match that had everything, and lasted almost three hours. The #WTA has a lot of good comeback stories, but I find Elina's especially engaging. #IBI26

8 - Among players to begin their career in the Open Era, Elina Svitolina is just the second player to win each of her first eight WTA event finals on clay, after Anna Smashnova. Accustomed. #IBI26 | @wtatour.bsky.social

Elina Svitolina has won the WTA 1000 title in Rome. Ukraine’s top-ranked tennis player defeated Coco Gauff to claim her 20th WTA career title and move up to No. 8 in the live world rankings.

Elina Svitolina breaks again, will serve for a title in Rome and to go 8-0 in clay-court finals!