Cori Gauff crushes the 2023 runner-up Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-2 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Sunday in what was an all-American match after playing a superlative match to square off with Iga Swiatek in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula WTA Finals – Riyadh
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:15
At the end of the match, Coco scored 63 points vs. Pegula’s 50.
Gauff
Gauff was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Pegula
On the other side, Jessica was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Pegula is 2-4 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Gauff will compete against Swiatek in the Round Robin.
This will be the 13th time that Cori Gauff and Iga Swiatek square off. The head to head is 11-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Paris back in June 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff won the set after she broke Jessica in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Jessica tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, Coco managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-3.
Coco converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Jessica converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40).
They played 61 points. Coco won 7 more points than Jessica (34-27). Coco dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, Jessica conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Gauff had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Coco managed to stage a good comeback to break Jessica in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Jessica had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Gauff converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jessica was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 40-A).
They played 52 points. Coco was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Pegula (29-23). Coco dropped 12 points on serve (16-12). On the losing side, Jessica conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Tennis Scores in Riyadh
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (4-6 7-5 6-2)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 6-4)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-65 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Qinwen ZhengZheng (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cori GauffGauff (11-1) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
