Coco Gauff, the World No. 2 and 2025 French Open champion, faces a daunting path at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, starting June 30, with a potential quarterfinal clash against No. 8 seed Iga Swiatek headlining a challenging draw, per *EssentiallySports* and *The Tennis Gazette*. Gauff, seeded No. 2, opens against Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska, who reached the Bad Homburg quarterfinals and pushed Gauff to three sets at the 2024 Madrid Open. Despite Gauff’s 3-0 head-to-head lead, Yastremska’s grass-court momentum makes her a tricky first-round opponent, per *tennisuptodate.com*.[](https://tennisuptodate.com/wta/wimbledon-womens-draw-2025-top-seed-sabalenka-opens-against-canadian-qualifier-gauff-faces-horror-draw)[](https://www.essentiallysports.com/wta-tennis-news-wimbledons-wta-draw-analysis-where-do-coco-gauff-aryna-sabalenka-naomi-osaka-stand/)
Gauff’s projected path includes Victoria Azarenka or Anastasia Zakharova in the second round, followed by a possible third-round match against 2020 champion Sofia Kenin, who upset Gauff in the first round at Wimbledon 2023 (6-4, 4-6, 6-2), per *tennis365.com*. A fourth-round clash with No. 17 Daria Kasatkina or Liudmila Samsonova awaits, both dangerous on grass, before the blockbuster quarterfinal against Swiatek, who reached Wimbledon’s quarterfinals in 2023, her career-best, per *Sportstar*. Swiatek, starting against Polina Kudermetova, could face No. 26 Marta Kostyuk or No. 11 Elena Rybakina in the fourth round, adding depth to her challenge, per @TheTennisLetter.[](https://www.tennis365.com/news/coco-gauff-iga-swiatek-confidence-assessment)[](https://sportstar.thehindu.com/tennis/wimbledon-2025-draw-women-singles-analysis-matches-sabalenka-gauff-swiatek-krejcikova-matches-opponents/article69743933.ece)
Swiatek’s 11-3 head-to-head dominance over Gauff, including a 6-1, 6-2 win at the 2025 French Open, makes her a formidable threat, though Gauff has won their last three meetings, including a 6-1, 6-1 Madrid Open rout and a 6-3, 6-4 WTA Finals victory in 2024, per *CNN* and *ESPN*. Gauff’s improved footwork and aggressive play, honed by coaches Brad Gilbert and Pere Riba, have shifted the rivalry, but Swiatek’s 2023 Wimbledon quarterfinal run shows her growing grass-court prowess, per *The Tennis Gazette*. Gauff, yet to pass Wimbledon’s fourth round, faces added pressure after a first-round Berlin loss to Wang Xinyu (6-3, 6-3), per *EssentiallySports*.[](https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/42212111/coco-gauff-defeats-iga-swiatek-reach-semifinals-wta-finals)[](https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/sport/coco-gauff-iga-swiatek-madrid-open-spt-intl)[](https://www.thetennisgazette.com/news/wimbledon-2025-womens-preview-our-writers-predict-the-winner-how-iga-swiatek-and-coco-gauff-will-perform/)
If Gauff advances, a semifinal against No. 3 Jessica Pegula or No. 7 Mirra Andreeva awaits, with top seed Aryna Sabalenka, No. 4 Jasmine Paolini, or No. 5 Zheng Qinwen as potential finalists, per @FlopMerchant. Fans on X, like @IkkaHukumKa, call the Gauff-Swiatek matchup a “Wimbledon classic,” while @VenusGauff notes Swiatek’s slight edge on grass due to her deeper 2023 run. Gauff’s confidence, bolstered by her 2023 US Open and 2025 Roland Garros titles, will be tested against this gauntlet, with Swiatek’s experience posing the biggest hurdle.
