Overview
- Gauff holds world No. 4 with 6,749 points, just 613 ahead of Pegula and 764 ahead of Anisimova, and she must defend 650 points from her 2025 Rome final run.
- A top-four seed at Roland Garros keeps her away from Aryna Sabalenka or Elena Rybakina until the semifinals, which can ease her title defense path.
- Pegula defends only 65 points in Rome and Anisimova just 10, so a deep run by either could push Gauff down if she exits early.
- The American has not won a title in 2026 and her recent results include a loss to Sabalenka in Miami and a three-set defeat to Linda Noskova in Madrid.
- Her Italian Open campaign opens against the winner of Yulia Putinseva vs Tereza Valentova, and that first result could decide whether she keeps a favorable French Open draw.