MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 19: Coco Gauff of the United States celebrates match point against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the Women's Singles Fourth Round match during day six of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 19, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia.
Eight women remain in the 2025 Australian Open, and three of them are Americans. That group of quarterfinalists is headlined by No. 3 seed Coco Gauff and includes No. 8 Emma Navarro and No. 19 Madison Keys.
Sofia Kenin in 2020 was the last American woman to hoist the trophy in Melbourne.
Gauff, 20, will look to continue her hot start to the season when she meets No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain at 7:30 ET on Monday night.
ESPN’s Rennae Stubbs called Gauff the “equal” favorite to win the title entering the tournament. “Clearly [two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka] has let everybody know she's the favorite going in, but also Coco Gauff looks to me as equal as a favorite as I've seen in a Grand Slam for a while,” Stubbs said.
Gauff lost a set for the first time this season in her Round of 16 clash with 2021 Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic of Switzerland. But the American recovered to win in 2 hours, 26 minutes and improve to 9-0 in 2025.
Gauff is 3-3 against Badosa but the American won their two meetings last year.
Gauff is now a win away from making her second straight Australian Open semifinal, having lost to eventual champion Sabalenka in the final four last year.
No. 8 Navarro and No. 19 Keys both advanced to the quarters with victories a day after Gauff’s win.
