The four Wimbledon women's singles semi-finalists have had a complicated relationship with grass courts - but they have cracked the code this year.

Coco Gauff is the only Wimbledon women's semi-finalist to have won a Grand Slam singles title Coco Gauff, by her own admission, has never had the "best relationship" with grass courts. Marta Kostyuk, another Wimbledon semi-finalist, called her relationship with the surface "complicated". Czech pair Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova - the respective opponents of American two-time major champion Gauff and Ukraine's Kostyuk in Thursday's last-four matches - have also encountered problems. But everything has clicked into place for the SW19 semi-finalists this fortnight, meaning a first-time Wimbledon women's champion is guaranteed on Saturday. "Coco is the only one who has won a major - but I'm not committing to saying she's the favourite," said American former world number one Tracy Austin. Gauff, 22, has won Grand Slam titles on the US Open hard courts in 2023 and the French Open clay in 2025 - but has never found the same level of confidence on grass. Her career breakthrough famously came at Wimbledon in 2019 when, as a 15-year-old, she came through qualifying and beat one of her idols Venus Williams on her way to the fourth round.