Coco Gauff Ranks No. 1 In The Last Champions On Home Soil - Photos

 1. Coco Gauff




Coco Gauff, 19, became the third American champion on home soil this decade when she won her first WTA 500 title, and fourth overall, at Washington 2023. 


2. Iga Swiatek 




World No.1 Iga Swiatek became the first Polish player ever to win a WTA title on home soil at Warsaw 2023. The trophy was Swiatek's 15th overall. 


3.  Katie Boulter




Nottingham 2023 saw Katie Boulter win her first career title, defeating Jodie Burrage in the first all-British WTA final since San Francisco 1977. Andy Murray, champion in the ATP Challenger event held alongside, completed the home singles sweep.


4. Barbora Krejcikova 




Barbora Krejcikova continued her 2022 autumn resurgence by becoming the first home champion in Ostrava - the Czech's second title in her own country. 


5. Marie Bouzkova 




Marie Bouzkova kept the Prague trophy in Czech hands after winning her maiden title in 2022, becoming the fifth home champion in the previous eight editions of the tournament.


6. Ashleigh Barty 




Ashleigh Barty claimed her third major title at the 2022 Australian Open without dropping a set, becoming the first home women's champion at the tournament since Chris O'Neil in 1978. 


7. Ashleigh 




For the third year running, World No.1 Ashleigh Barty captured a January title in Australia, reclaiming the 2022 Adelaide 500 title for a second time to lift her 23rd WTA singles trophy. 


8. Danielle Collins 



Two weeks after winning her first WTA title in Palermo on Italian clay, Danielle Collins backed it up by capturing her second on the American hard courts of San Jose 2021 - extending her winning streak to 10 in the process. 

9. Barbora Krejcikova 




Barbora Krejcikova became the sixth home champion in Prague since the inaugural 1992 edition after winning the tournament's third all-Czech final over Tereza Martincova in 2021.


 10. Angelique Kerber 




The inaugural Bad Homburg Open in 2021 concluded with German No.1 Angelique Kerber claiming her 13th career title, and her third on home soil alongside back-to-back Stuttgart triumphs in 2015 and 2016.

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