Having won Auckland in January and Washington D.C. two weeks ago, Gauff is now the first teenager to win three titles in a season since Bianca Andreescu in 2019.
The American joins an esteemed group of tennis talents as the seventh teenager to reach a WTA 1000 final, which includes names like Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki, Belinda Bencic, Jelena Ostapenko, Bianca Andreescu, and Swiatek.
Djokovic dominated early and late in a 6-0, 6-4 victory over the American, overcoming an early break deficit in set two to reach the Cincinnati semi-finals
The No.7 seed Coco Gauff of the United States stormed into the Cincinnati Masters semifinals for the first time with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Italian qualifier Jasmine Paolini