Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3 pm (NB) on Grand Stand Court. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.5
Cori Gauff -> 2.98
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Cori Gauff
There is no head to head record between Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Iga Swiatek
Ranked no. 15 (career high), Iga got to the semifinal after defeating Alison Riske 5-4 ret., Madison Keys 7-5 6-1, Barbora Krejcikova 3-6 7-65 7-5 and Elina Svitolina 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, Swiatek had a good straight sets win against Svitolina (6-2 7-5). During the match Swiatek scored 67 points vs Svitolina’s 53. Iga was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Swiatek couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Iga Swiatek lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 54% of her first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Svitolina 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Swiatek started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 78% of her matches (131-37). 6-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Swiatek has a 68-12 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Adelaide where she beat Belinda Bencic in the final 6-2 6-2.
Swiatek has a 17-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
Cori Gauff
Ranked no. 35 (career high), Cori got to the semifinal after defeating Yulia Putintseva 7-5 4-6 6-4, Maria Sakkari 6-1 1-6 6-1, Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 6-3 and Ashleigh Barty 4-6 1-2 ret..
In the quarter against Barty, Gauff had an good comeback after recovering from a 2-sets down deficit before winning (4-6 1-2 ret.).-43) than Barty. In fact, the world no. 15 won 43 points vs Barty’s. That means that Gauff was more focused during the important points. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Gauff managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cori Gauff lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 60% of her first serves in, winning 64% (16/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Barty once after converting 17% of her break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Gauff’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Cori has a 18-8 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 82 | 87 |
| Pts | 287-251 | 308-284 |
| Total Points | 538 | 592 |
| Winners | 95 | 117 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Swiatek and Gauff played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Iga Swiatek conceded 1 set, while Cori Gauff conceded 4 sets. Swiatek has played 2 set(s) less than Gauff (9 vs 11). Therefore, Swiatek played 5 games less than Gauff. The Pole scored 95 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Gauff bagged 117 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 152/277 | 185/294 |
| %1st in | 55% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 95/152 | 117/185 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 74/125 | 54/109 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Swiatek struck 3 aces (0.8 per match). Gauff managed to score 14 aces (3.5 per match). Swiatek won 63% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 18 |
| Converted | 16/35 | 18/48 |
| % Converted | 46% | 38% |
| Conceded | 30 | 43 |
| Saved | 19 | 30 |
| % Saved | 63% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 13 |
Swiatek broke her opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Pole conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 18 times with a 38% conversion rate. Cori conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Swiatek | ||||||
| R1 Riske |
R2 Keys |
R3 Krejcikova |
1/4 Svitolina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-4 ret. | 7-5 6-1 | 3-6 7-65 7-5 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 19 | 34 | 20 | 82 | |
| pts | 32-30 | 71-53 | 117-115 | 67-53 | 287-251 | |
| Total points | 62 | 124 | 232 | 120 | 538 | |
| Winners | 13 | 19 | 40 | 23 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 27% | 34% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 21/35 | 27/56 | 69/121 | 35/65 | 152/277 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 48% | 57% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 13/21 | 19/27 | 40/69 | 23/35 | 95/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 70% | 58% | 66% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 18/29 | 33/52 | 18/30 | 74/125 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 62% | 63% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 5/11 | 4/11 | 5/10 | 16/35 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 45% | 36% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 30 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/6 | 11/16 | 2/4 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 69% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Gauff | ||||||
| R1 Putintseva |
R2 Sakkari |
R3 Sabalenka |
1/4 Barty |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | 6-1 1-6 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | 4-6 1-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 87 | |
| pts | 110-101 | 83-72 | 72-59 | 43-52 | 308-284 | |
| Total points | 211 | 155 | 131 | 95 | 592 | |
| Winners | 36 | 39 | 26 | 16 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 47% | 36% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 67/106 | 57/87 | 36/59 | 25/42 | 185/294 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 66% | 61% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/67 | 39/57 | 26/36 | 16/25 | 117/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 68% | 72% | 64% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 11/30 | 15/23 | 7/17 | 54/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 37% | 65% | 41% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |
| Converted | 8/19 | 5/14 | 4/9 | 1/6 | 18/48 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 36% | 44% | 17% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 23 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 43 | |
| Saved | 16/23 | 5/8 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 30 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 63% | 80% | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Karolina PliskovaKarolina – Petra MarticPetra (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
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