{"id":1964808,"date":"2026-05-31T09:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1964808"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:55:43","slug":"how-coco-gauffs-shock-french-open-exit-affects-wta-rankings-as-american-set-for-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1964808","title":{"rendered":"How Coco Gauff&#8217;s shock French Open exit affects WTA Rankings as American set for drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">How Coco Gauff\u2019s shock French Open exit affects WTA Rankings as American set for drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/ewan-west\" class=\"text-sm 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in action                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Coco Gauff\u2019s loss to Anastasia Potapova was one of the biggest shocks of the first week at the 2026 French Open, and it has had a significant impact on the WTA Rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time major winner, who was the reigning champion at Roland Garros, was beaten 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4 by world No 30 Potapova on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Following the match,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/coco-gauff\">Gauff<\/a> said: \u201cI had chances, I think just trying to capitalise more on these good points that I\u2019m hitting and not quite finishing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yeah, I think that was the difference, that she was able to finish the points and I wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world No 4 added: \u201cWhen you lose the lead, [and] I have been in that position and you\u2019re playing from behind, you\u2019re a lot more freer because you\u2019re just, like, whatever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I need to have that same mentality when I\u2019m behind, playing like that to get back into the lead, and I need to figure out how to make that mental switch of keeping that level of play when I do have the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>French Open News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/coco-gauff-reacts-upset-anastasia-potapova-french-open\"><strong>French Open: Coco Gauff reveals what made \u2018the difference\u2019 in upset loss to Anastasia Potapova<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/naomi-osaka-aims-cheeky-dig-tournament-previews-french-open-aryna-sabalenka\"><strong>Naomi Osaka aims cheeky dig at tournament as she previews French Open clash with Aryna Sabalenka<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gauff was defending 2,000 points at the French Open because she won the clay-court Grand Slam in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The American was the world No 4 with 6,749 points in the latest edition of the WTA Rankings, but she dropped to sixth in the Live WTA Rankings when the points from her 2025 title dropped.<\/p>\n<p>This left Gauff on 4,749 live points before play began in Paris, and she increased her total by 130 points to 4,879 points by winning her first and second round matches.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old\u2019s third round exit means she will remain on 4,879 points \u2014 a massive 1,870 points below her total before her title defence.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Gauff remains sixth in the Live WTA Rankings, with Jessica Pegula on 6,056 points in fourth place and Amanda Anisimova on 5,848 points in fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff can still be overtaken by Elina Svitolina and Mirra Andreeva \u2014 both of whom are still competing at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>Svitolina is seventh with 4,125 points, while Andreeva is eighth on 3,991 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/aryna-sabalenka-joins-serena-williams-on-elite-list-with-latest-win-at-roland-garros\">Aryna Sabalenka joins Serena Williams on elite list with latest win at Roland Garros<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Coco Gauff\u2019s shock French Open exit affects WTA Rankings as American set for drop Ewan West 31 May 2026 10:55 AM Coco Gauff in action Coco Gauff\u2019s loss to Anastasia Potapova was one of the biggest shocks of the first week at the 2026 French Open, and it has had a significant impact on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1964808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1964808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1964808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1964808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1964808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}