Overview

• Lewis Hamilton publicly backed Gauff as a Wimbledon contender despite her modest grass-court record.
• Martina Navratilova pegged her as the second favorite, praising her athleticism, while Pam Shriver warned grass may be her third-best surface due to low bounces and return vulnerabilities.
• Gauff opens the tournament against Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska, holding a 3–0 head-to-head lead on clay but lacking any grass-court meetings.
• Yastremska brings recent grass momentum from a Nottingham Open final and an Eastbourne quarterfinal into their first-round clash.
• Gauff has never advanced past the fourth round at Wimbledon and aims to translate her clay-court momentum into a deeper run at SW19.