
Cori Gauff breezes past Sara Bejlek 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday after playing a tremendous match to clash against Jessica Pegula in the final. The American won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 267,605 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 564,920 after this win. If she wins the next match, Gauff will add $ 521,300 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,086,220 in total.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Sara Bejlek Cincinnati Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this contest, the head to head between Gauff and Bejlek is 1-0 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Gauff will take on Pegula in the final.
This will be the 10th time that Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula square off. The head to head is 5-4 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pegula won 6-3 6-74 6-2 in the R in Riyadh back in 2025.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after she broke Bejlek 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Sara tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, the American refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
Certainly, a key moment was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Gauff converted 100% of her break points (3/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Sara converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Coco won just 3 points more than the Czech (30-27). Coco dropped 11 points on serve (16-11). In addition, on the other side, Sara conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Gauff was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Sara Bejlek in the 1st game (1-0). Coco managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Sara in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Bejlek was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Coco was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Coco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Coco was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Bejlek (27-12). Gauff was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the court, Sara conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Cori GauffGauff – Sara BejlekBejlek (6-4 6-1)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (7-5 4-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-5) – H2H details and stats



