Coco Gauff reveals reasons for skipping star-studded US Open mixed doubles event

Coco Gauff has explained why she will not be competing in the US Open’s revamped mixed doubles tournament next week.

The star-studded tennis event takes place on 19-20 August on the Tuesday and Wednesday before the singles draw gets underway at Flushing Meadow on Sunday 24 August.

Among the 16 doubles line-ups confirmed are Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu, Jannik Sinner and Emma Navarro, and Paris 2024 champion Novak Djokovic and Olga Danilovic.

But despite her expertise in doubles, Gauff has said other commitments that week prompted her to give the event a pass.

“For me, it was just because I know the free week of the US Open is already packed for me, for sponsor things, and it was just like a whole other thing,” said Gauff.

“I’m very competitive, if I were to lose, I would not be happy. So, I didn’t want to waste mental energy on that.”

The 21-year-old won the French Open women’s doubles title in 2024 with Katerina Siniakova, and recently won her 10th WTA title in the doubles at the Canadian Open when playing alongside McCartney Kessler.

Gauff also won this year’s French Open singles, adding to the US Open she won in 2023, and she is not ruling out featuring in the doubles tournament in the future.

“I think it’s cool, and I think it’s going to be an exciting two days, and not knocking it off for the future,” the world number two added.

“It’s just that I plan my sponsor weeks literally like a year out, sometimes a year and a half out. And when this whole thing was coming up, I was already booked and busy.”

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