Marketa Vondrousova and Cori Gauff will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.82
Cori Gauff -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Cori Gauff
There is no head to head record between Marketa Vondrousova and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marketa Vondrousova
Ranked no. 20, Vondrousova got to the 2nd round after defeating Ana Bogdan 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Vondrousova had a good straight sets win against Bogdan (6-4 6-4). During the match Vondrousova scored 71 points vs Bogdan’s 62. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vondrousova was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. Vondrousova broke Bogdan 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Vondrousova has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 71% of her matches (172-69). 7-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vondrousova has a 52-30 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Vondrousova’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Czech has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.
Cori Gauff
Ranked no. 40, Cori got to the 2nd round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-63 2-6 7-68.
In the 1st round, Cori defeated Alexandrova (7-63 2-6 7-68).-114) than Alexandrova. In fact, the world no. 20 won 114 points vs Alexandrova’s. That means that Gauff was more focused during the important points. Cori was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Gauff bagged 4 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 9 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 50% of her first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (20/55) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Alexandrova 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
The American has a 9-4 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vondrousova | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 34 |
| Pts | 71-62 | 114-121 |
| Total Points | 133 | 235 |
| Winners | 30 | 34 |
| %Winners | 42% | 30% |
Both Vondrousova and Gauff played 1 match. At the moment, Cori Gauff dropped 1 set while Marketa Vondrousova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Vondrousova has played 1 set(s) less than Gauff (2 vs 3). Therefore, Vondrousova played 14 games less than Gauff. Vondrousova scored 30 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gauff managed to score 34 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vondrousova | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 41/71 | 54/109 |
| %1st in | 58% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 34/54 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 20/55 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 36% |
Vondrousova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gauff scored 4 aces . Vondrousova won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vondrousova | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 71% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 63% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 9 |
Marketa broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Vondrousova conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Cori conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 47% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vondrousova | |||
| R1 Bogdan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-62 | 71-62 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/71 | 41/71 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 11/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gauff | |||
| R1 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 2-6 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 114-121 | 114-121 | |
| Total points | 235 | 235 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 54/109 | 54/109 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/55 | 20/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 8/17 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 47% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 9 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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