Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula’s prize money and ranking points from Cincinnati Open final

Shahida Jacobs 24 Aug 2026 7:00 AM

Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff with Cincinnati Open trophies

Coco Gauff defeated Jessica Pegula in straight sets to win her second Cincinnati Open title, and with it came a big prize cheque and a healthy load of ranking points.

The first all-American Cincinnati final since 1970 proved to be a one-sided affair as Gauff dominated from start to finish, winning 6-2, 6-4 to secure her first trophy of the 2026 season and the 12th of her career.

Since dropping the opening set of her first match against Liudmila Samsonova in the round of 64, Gauff won 12 out of 12 sets and her former doubles partner was on the receiving end of a dominant display.

The fourth seed broke twice in the first set as she raced into a 5-0 lead before Pegula – who also finished runner-up at the Washington DC Open – got on the scoreboard with a break of her own, but the 22-year-old wrapped up the set with a third break.

An early break in the second set gave Gauff the upper hand, but Pegula pulled level on serve in game nine only for her opponent to break again in the next game to secure the win 75 minutes.

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Gauff, who won her first title in Mason in 2023, lost in the quarter-final last year and went on to have a poor US Open as she exited in the fourth round, but there is no doubt she is in a better space this year ahead of the season-ending Grand Slam.

“It was a long journey, but I’m happy,” she said. “I think it’s night and day, the player I was last year to now. I don’t think that this is an indicator that I’m going to do well in New York. Just knowing the quality ones that I had this week, hopefully I can use that experience.”

WTA Ranking Points Earned In Cincinnati

Winning a WTA 1000 event is worth 1,000 points, but players only go home with the full total if they don’t have any points to defend from the previous year, as the WTA uses a rolling 52-week cumulative system to determine the rankings.

Following her quarter-final defeat in 2025, Gauff had 215 points to defend, so she only added 785 points to her overall tally.

It keeps her in fourth place in the official rankings, but she is just 561 points behind third-placed Pegula on the back of her title run.

Pegula, meanwhile, dropped 65 points at the start of the tournament following her early exit 12 months ago and then earned 650 points for finishing runner-up to go home with 585 points.