Key Points
- Coco Gauff reached her first Wimbledon semifinal, beating Jessica Pegula on July 7.
- Gauff faces Karolína Muchová in the semifinals.
- Taylor Fritz, the last American man, plays Alexander Zverev in the July 8 quarterfinals.
- Pegula, Madison Keys, Ashlyn Krueger and Iva Jovic have all been eliminated.
Update — July 8, 2026: The American field has narrowed to two. Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal, where she meets Karolína Muchová. Taylor Fritz, the last American man, plays No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Where to watch: follow the day’s live slate on Uristocrat Watch.
Update — July 10, 2026: The American run is over. Coco Gauff lost her semifinal to Karolína Muchová, who meets Linda Nosková in an all-Czech final, while Taylor Fritz — the last American man — fell to Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Zverev now faces Jannik Sinner, a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 winner over Novak Djokovic, in the men’s final on Sunday, July 13.
When the tournament reached its middle weekend, six Americans were still alive in the Wimbledon singles draws — Taylor Fritz plus Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Madison Keys, Ashlyn Krueger and Iva Jovic. A round later, the second week has resolved into an almost entirely women’s story, and then into a single one: Gauff.
The No. 7 seed came through a career-first Wimbledon quarterfinal and then beat fellow American Pegula to reach the semifinals, where she faces Karolína Muchová — the player who ended Naomi Osaka’s run after Osaka had upset world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka. Pegula, Keys (beaten by Linda Nosková), Krueger (a qualifier stopped by Marta Kostyuk) and the 17-year-old Jovic are all out.
On the men’s side, Fritz stands alone. The No. 6 seed reached his third straight Wimbledon quarterfinal and meets No. 2 Alexander Zverev on Wednesday for a place in the last four; No. 4 seed Ben Shelton went out in the second round and Frances Tiafoe earlier.
The read is that the U.S. women’s game has re-loaded again while the men’s brings one live threat. Three years on from Gauff’s US Open title and a season into Keys’s Australian Open breakthrough, the American women arrive at every major with multiple credible seeds in a way the men — outside Fritz’s steady climb — cannot match. Fritz-Zverev will get the SportsCenter spot, but it is Gauff, into the semifinals, who is carrying the flag deepest.
Uristocrat has been covering Wimbledon — see our report on Alexandra Eala’s upset of Iga Świątek. On the men’s side, Djokovic reached the semifinals.
Source: ESPN, CBS Sports.
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