Gauff Sweeps in Parma: Singles, Doubles with McNally

American teenager Coco Gauff has added two more trophies to her mantle. The 17-year-old swept the singles and doubles titles on Saturday at the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, Italy — first capturing the singles title over China's Wang Qiang, and then later teaming with Caty McNally to beat Slovenia's Andreja Klepac and Croatia's Darija Jurak. 

Seeded No. 3 in the singles field, Gauff lost just one set in five singles matches to capture her second WTA singles title, with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Wang allowing her to add another trophy to the first she won in Linz, Austria in 2019. Along the way, she defeated former Top 15 player Kaia Kanepi, big-hitting Italian Camila Giorgi, compatriot and No. 5 seed Amanda Anisimova and Czech Katerina Siniakova, who'd beaten top seed Serena Williams in the second round.

Gauff joins world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty as WTA players to sweep singles and doubles titles at the same event this season, and is the youngest to achieve the feat since Maria Sharapova did so on the grass in Birmingham in 2004.

Gauff and McNally were seeded No. 4 in doubles, and did not lose a set in four matches to win their third title together, capping it off with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. In all, the pair dropped just 19 games in just eight sets, with their toughest match being a 7-5, 7-6(4) semifinal victory over top seeds Alexa Gauarchi and Desirae Krawczyk, the 2020 French Open finalists. 

It is McNally's fourth career doubles title, as she also won the MUSC Health Women's Open in Charleston alongside Hailey Baptiste in April. After successfully qualifying for the singles main draw, McNally was eliminated in the first round by Sloane Stephens, whose own resurgent week was stopped by Wang in the semifinals. 

"She had an unbelievable week and she's honestly such an inspiration for me and I think to so many people around the world. At such a young age, she's competing and winning at these top stages, and it's something that I'm trying to model," McNally said in their victory speech. "I'm super happy for her and she's a great friend of mine, so I'm really proud of her."

The undefeated week improves Gauff's record on clay this spring to a sparkling 12-3, as she also reached the semifinals in Rome last week before losing to eventual champion and reigning French Open winner Iga Swiatek.

The teenager will head into next week's French Open in a seeded position, as she arrived in Parma ranked a career-high world No. 30 and will rise even higher as a result of her second title.