Cori Gauff victorious over the defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-3 6-4 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Tuesday. Gauff will play against Barbora Krejcikova in the Round Robin. The epic lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Iga Swiatek WTA Finals – Riyadh
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:48
At the end of the match, the American scored 79 points vs. Swiatek’s 64.
Gauff
The American won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Swiatek
On the other side, Iga was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Gauff and Swiatek is 2-11 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats
Gauff will play Krejcikova in the Round Robin.
This will be the 2nd time that Cori Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Krejcikova won 7-66 6-3 in the quarter in Paris back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff won the set after she broke Swiatek in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Swiatek couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Coco converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Pole was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (2-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 81 points. Coco was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Swiatek (45-36). The American conceded 15 points on serve (25-15). on the other side of the court, Swiatek conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).
The American won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game, The American broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Coco converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, Swiatek converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40).
They contested 62 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Pole (34-28). Coco lost 15 points on serve (16-15). On the other side, the Pole conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Tennis Scores in Riyadh
- Cori GauffGauff – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-4)
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-3)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-64 3-6 6-1)
- 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 – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
