By the numbers: Gauff races into Roland Garros second round

Coco Gauff had little trouble clearing the first hurdle in 2024 on Monday in Paris, as she dropped only two games to defeat qualifier Julia Avdeeva 6-1, 6-1 under the roof on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. 

Opening her fifth career Roland Garros main-draw appearance, Gauff's victory was also notable in that it is the 50th main-draw Grand Slam match-win of her career, and she is the ninth American woman to reach that milestone all-time before the age of 21. 

Avdeeva, meanwhile, was making her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning three qualifying matches, including coming from a set down to defeat Australia's Olivia Gadecki in the final round. The 21-year-old came into the match against World No.3 Gauff having never before faced even a Top 50 players, and Gauff was just her fourth career Top 100 opponent.

Read on for more of the notable numbers from Gauff's opener.

52: Gauff, the 2022 French Open runner-up, needed just less than an hour (52 minutes total) to defeat the World No.208 in a match played under the roof on Roland Garros' second stadium due to intermittent rain in Paris.

23: While at time displaying impressive power off of her groundstrokes, Avdeeva struggled for consistency. She made 23 unforced errors in the match, and Gauff forced her into another 20 miscues. 

0: Gauff did not face a break point in the match. In fact, she only lost eight points in her seven service games, and only one of those came off her first serve.

16: Gauff is now 16-3 in her career in first-round matches at Grand Slams, and 5-0 at Roland Garros. 

75: Previously, Avdeeva's highest-ranked opponent was then-World No.75 Oceane Dodin of France, whom she played in an ITF tournament earlier this year. Avdeeva won that match in three sets. 

"I think I just came out playing well, and I would say I do think she was a little bit nervous with the bigger court, but I played well too," Gauff said afterwards. "Today was kind of a straightforward match. I didn't have to do much. I wouldn't say I, like, played amazing. I just had to play solid today. That's what I did."

Gauff's next foe, another qualifier, is more of a known quantity, at least as far as Roland Garros is concerned: 2021 semifinalist Tamara Zidansek.

"I have never played her before. I know she made the semis here a couple years ago," Gauff said. "I've actually seen her play a couple times but I haven't seen her play this tournament yet. I'll have to probably do that. But she's definitely a fighter. I think she has good ball tolerance. She can make a lot of balls in the court, pretty good mover. So it's going to be a tough match, especially on clay, which I think is her preferred surface."