Coco Gauff #4 def. Sara Bejlek #35

6-4 6-1

Coco Gauff defeated Sara Bejlek 6-4 6-1 in the 2026 Cincinnati Open semifinal on hard courts on August 23, 2026.

Match Information

Date: Aug 23, 2026
Tournament: Cincinnati Open
Edition: 2026
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Coco Gauff	Sara Bejlek
Aces	2	0
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	63	62
First serve points won %	77	46
Second serve points won %	53	43
Break points saved %	33	29
Break points converted %	71	67
Service points won %	68	45
Return points won %	55	32
Total points won %	61	39
Serve rating	119	90
Return rating	121	89

Win Probability

How the market's view of each player's chances changed through the match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Coco Gauff	Sara Bejlek
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Mar 13, 2004	Jan 31, 2006
Age	22	20
Height	175	163
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	35
Ranking points (entering)	5,919	1,289
Elo (entering)	2,121	1,885
Career W-L	279–112	26–26
Career earnings	$34,195,677	$1,729,312

Pre-match H2H

Coco Gauff #4 0 – 0 Sara Bejlek #35

Path

Coco Gauff's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marta Kostyuk #11	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 22, 2026	QF
Marie Bouzkova #27	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 2026	R16
Ann Li #29	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2026	R32
Liudmila Samsonova #43	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2026	R64

Coco Gauff's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Sara Bejlek's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Madison Keys #24	3-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 21, 2026	QF
Aryna Sabalenka #1	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 20, 2026	R16
Ekaterina Alexandrova #18	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2026	R32
Barbora Krejcikova #26	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2026	R64
Karolina Pliskova #57	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 14, 2026	R128