US EditionJasmine Paolini Beats Coco Gauff in Italian Open Final to Become First Home Winner in 40 Years | News Channel 3-12
- Jasmine Paolini won the Italian Open women's singles final on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the Foro Italico in Rome by defeating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2.
- Paolini ended a 40-year drought for home winners at the tournament, the last being Raffaella Reggi who won in 1985, while Gauff came off a demanding clay season.
- The match lasted one hour and 29 minutes with Paolini producing fewer unforced errors and zero double faults, gaining strong crowd support including from Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella.
- Paolini said, "It doesn’t seem real to me" and praised the crowd, adding that winning the trophy had never been part of her dreams as she capitalized on her improved form and coaching change.
- Her win moves Paolini up the rankings and could contribute to Italy sweeping both singles titles in Rome, with compatriot Jannik Sinner set to compete in the men's final Sunday.
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Jasmine Paolini beats Coco Gauff in Italian Open final to become first home winner in 40 years
Jasmine Paolini beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 in the Italian Open women’s singles final on Saturday to become the first Italian player to win the tournament in 40 years, before repeating the feat in the doubles final on Sunday.
Jasmine Paolini Surprised Coco Gauff, Put an End to the Italian Drought in Rome and Fell in Love with Everyone
After forty years of waiting, Italian tennis crowned a new queen in Rome, the energetic Jasmine Paolini, who defeated the next number 2 of the world, Coco Gauff, by 6-4 and 6-2 in the final played this Saturday at the Italic Forum. Victory shook the magnetic stage from euphoria, surrendered to the show of Paolini. To the sound of the techno theme Tutta l’Italia, applauded by 10,000 spectators, the champion sang and danced without containing an i…
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It looks like the finals heartbreak is refusing to stop for Coco Gauff. Earlier this month, she went down fighting against Aryna Sabalenka in the summit clash of the Madrid Open. A couple of weeks later, the American sensation finds herself in a similar spot as she lost against the home favorite, Jasmine Paolini, in the summit clash of the Italian Open. It was another heartbreaking end to a wonderful campaign for Gauff as she failed to clear the…
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