Coco Gauff is now 8-1 in her career in finals after capturing WTA 1000 title in Beijing

Her path to the final was bumpy—she was down a set in her last three rounds, including having to battle back from 6-4, 4-2 down to defeat Paula Badosa in the semifinals—but when there’s a title on the line, there aren’t many players who do it better.

Coco Gauff cruised past former Top 10 player Karolina Muchova in the final of the China Open in Beijing on Sunday, 6-1, 6-3, improving her career record in tour-level finals to an incredible 8-1.

And since her only career loss in a final, which came to Iga Swiatek at Roland Garros two years ago, Gauff has won her last six in a row.

COCO GAUFF'S CAREER FINALS (8-1):
2019 Linz F: d. Ostapenko, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
2021 Parma F: d. Wang (Qiang), 6-1, 6-3
2022 Roland Garros F: l. to Swiatek, 6-1, 6-3
2023 Auckland F: d. Masarova, 6-1, 6-1
2023 Washington DC F: d. Sakkari, 6-2, 6-3
2023 Cincinnati F: d. Muchova, 6-3, 6-4
2023 US Open F: d. Sabalenka, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
2024 Auckland F: d. Svitolina, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3
2024 Beijing F: d. Muchova, 6-1, 6-3

In her latest win in a final, Gauff hit three times as many winners as unforced errors in Beijing on Sunday, 24 to 8, and finished with nearly twice as many points as Muchova, too, 64 to 35.

Additionally, at 88.9%, Gauff has the best career winning percentage in finals of any woman in the Top 10, with a minimum of two finals played (No. 8-ranked Emma Navarro is 1-0 in finals).

CURRENT WTA TOP 10 CAREER FINALS RECORDS (tour-level):
No. 1 Swiatek: 22-4
No. 2 Sabalenka: 16-14
No. 3 Pegula: 6-8
No. 4 Rybakina: 8-11
No. 5 Paolini: 2-5
No. 6 Gauff: 8-1
No. 7 Zheng: 4-3
No. 8 Navarro: 1-0
No. 9 Collins: 4-2
No. 10 Krejcikova: 8-5

She actually has the best career winning percentage in finals of any woman in the Top 100, with a minimum of five finals played (Badosa, who's currently ranked No. 19, is 4-0 in finals).