Coco Gauff told she made a big mistake in training earlier this year, ‘that really bothers me’

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Coco Gauff’s 2025 season has been a big topic of debate after mixed results.

Gauff won her second Grand Slam title at the French Open earlier this year after beating Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

This was one of two titles she won in 2025 alongside the Wuhan Open, with Gauff ending the year as American number one once again.

Despite the success she achieved this year, Gauff may not be entirely happy with her season.

Alexandra Stevenson calls out issue on the WTA Tour relating to Coco Gauff

One of the biggest talking points regarding Gauff relates to her serve, with the 21-year-old having many issues with it.

The serving woes even pushed Gauff to hire biomechanical coach Gavin MacMillan to make some last-minute changes ahead of the US Open.

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This is something that former Wimbledon semifinalist Alexandra Stevenson, who won a doubles title with Serena Williams, has said was necessary, but she believes this should have come before Gauff confronted her forehand issues.

When speaking on The Inside-In Tennis Podcast, Stevenson expressed her frustrations at the lack of emphasis she believes WTA players are putting on the importance of the serve, highlighting Elena Rybakina as the best server.

“It’s been a long time coming, that’s kind of been the number one thing I’ve seen,” said Stevenson. “I don’t understand why, she should be able to fix it, she’s such a good athlete, but technically there’s issues within the motion and hopefully this guy is fixing it.

“I haven’t seen her practices, but technically there’s like three things that she should be able to fix right away. In practice, that doesn’t mean under pressure…The serve and forehand go together, so the forehand was first, but it should have been the serve fixed first I think.

“I think they should have attacked the serve and then gone off the forehand, because when you don’t have a serve and you lose it, you lose your forehand, that’s just across the board in tennis. So they did it backwards, but they’re working on it and she’s still beating girls, because on the women’s tour now the serve is an issue.

“Everybody’s serve could get better on the women’s side, that’s why Rybakina came out of nowhere and won the year-end [WTA] Finals against the top eight, right, basically her serve…It’s a fundamental thing that I’ve found in coaching, the serve gets neglected on the women’s side and that really bothers me, because it should be the number one thing worked on. As you see the men, the men don’t have meltdowns.”

Coco Gauff’s serving statistics in 2025

Gauff is the current world number three on the WTA Tour, but her serve currently ranks much lower than where she actually is.

This is particularly prevalent in terms of double faults, with Gauff hitting 131 more than any other player on tour this year.

Gauff even hit 23 double faults in one match at the Canadian Open, prompting her to bring in the aforementioned MacMillan.

The serving statistics also do not look too generous towards Gauff in terms of percentage of points and games won, where she is placed far below her world ranking.

After having a full off-season to work with MacMillan, she will be hoping to have made some significant improvements ahead of the 2026 season, which Gauff will begin at the United Cup.