Coco Gauff pays attention to what people say about her online and occasionally takes pleasure in clapping back, so it should not be a surprise that she took to social media to type out a message after wrapping up 2024 by winning the WTA Finals and the $4.8 million check that came with it.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -Defending WTA Finals champion Iga Swiatek was eliminated from the season-ending championship on Thursday after Barbora Krejcikova's 7-5 6-4 win over Coco Gauff meant the Polish world number two failed to advance to the last four.

With a straight-sets win against World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff will take on red-hot Zheng Qinwen (7 p.m. start in Riyadh) for the WTA Finals championship.

Going into the final day of round-robin matches, Sabalenka, Zheng, and Gauff had already qualified for the semifinals. The final spot was between Swiatek and Krejcikova, with the

Defiant Coco Gauff fought back to beat China's Zheng Qinwen 3-6 6-4 7-6(2) in a three-hour thriller on Saturday and become the youngest player to win the WTA Finals in 20 years and the first American champion since Serena Williams a decade ago.

The American tennis star captured her first WTA Finals title over the weekend, beating Qinwen Zheng in a three-set thriller, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6. With this win, Gauff earned a record $4,805,000 from the tournament.

American tennis sensation Coco Gauff ended her season in style Saturday, rallying to defeat China’s Zheng Qinwen to win the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Gauff and her grandmother had some seafood to celebrate her return home after taking the WTA Finals tournament

Coco Gauff pays attention to what people say about her online and occasionally takes pleasure in clapping back.

Coco Gauff became the youngest WTA Finals winner since Maria Sharapova in 2004 on Saturday at age 20, and the first American woman to capture the year-ending tournament since Serena Williams in 2014.