Muchova and Noskova set up an all-Czech Wimbledon women's final
Both Czechs won their semi-finals on Thursday, guaranteeing a first-time champion and the first same-nation Wimbledon women's final since 2017.
Wimbledon 2026 will crown a first-time women's singles champion on Saturday, and she will be Czech. Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova both came through their Centre Court semi-finals on Thursday to set up an all-Czech final, the first time two players from the same nation have met in the Wimbledon women's final since Venus and Serena Williams in 2017.
Muchova reached the first Wimbledon final of her career the hard way, surviving a match point to beat two-time major champion Coco Gauff 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(10) in two hours and 35 minutes. The 10th seed led the deciding tie-break 6-3, was pegged back, then saved a match point before Gauff netted a volley on her own match point. It was Muchova's third straight win over a Grand Slam champion at these Championships, after Barbora Krejcikova and Naomi Osaka, and it carries the 29-year-old into her second major final, three years after she finished runner-up at Roland Garros.
Noskova, seeded ninth, was the more clinical in the second semi-final, controlling the baseline to beat Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-4. At 21 she reaches a maiden Grand Slam final and will climb to a career-high ranking of world No. 8 when the lists are updated on 13 July.
The result guarantees a 10th consecutive year in which the Wimbledon ladies' champion is a first-time winner, extending one of the sport's most striking streaks. Neither Muchova nor Noskova had previously gone beyond the last four at the All England Club, and both reached the final two off a fortnight of upsets that swept out the tournament's top seeds.
The final is scheduled for Saturday on Centre Court.
