Cori Gauff and Johanna Konta will face off in the 3rd round of the Rogers Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cori Gauff who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.54
Johanna Konta -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Johanna Konta

This will be the 2nd time that Cori Gauff and Johanna Konta square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Gauff won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2020.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs Johanna Konta – French Open 27-September-2020

Cori Gauff

Ranked no. 24, Gauff got to the 3rd round after beating Anastasija Sevastova 6-1 6-4 and Anastasia Potapova 5-0 ret..

In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Potapova (5-0 ret.). During the match, Gauff scored 20 points vs Potapova’s 7. Gauff was quite aggressive to blast 5 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gauff made 2 aces and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Cori Gauff conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 50% of her first serves in, win 63% (5/8) of the points behind her 1st serve and 88% (7/8) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Potapova twice after converting 67% of her break points (2/3).

Gauff has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of her matches (83-39). 13-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has an aggregate33-19 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Parma where she overcame Qiang Wang in the final 6-1 6-3.

Gauff has a compiled 33-12 win-loss record in 2021, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Montreal
Gauff's Record

Johanna Konta

Ranked no. 41, Konta reached the 3rd round after beating Shuai Zhang 4-6 5-2 ret. and Elina Svitolina 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Svitolina, Konta recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Konta scored 92 points vs Svitolina’s 84. Konta was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Konta bagged 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Johanna Konta lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Konta put 63% of her first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Svitolina 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Nottingham where she defeated Shuai Zhang in the final 6-2 6-1.

The Brit has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Montreal
Konta's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Gauff
J.Konta
1h:28
1h:28
Time on court​
!
3h:31
3h:31
!
0h:22
0h:22
Last match​
!
2h:11
2h:11
2
2
Match played
2
2
22
22
Games Played​
43
43
4
4
Set played​​
6
6
80
80
Total points​
145
145
40
40
Avg point​
72.5
72.5
27
27
Winners
60
60
13.5
13.5
Avg Winners​
30
30
34%
34%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
10
10
3
3
Avg Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
27/37
27/37
1st won total​
60/90
60/90
!
73%
73%
1st won %
67%
67%
19/29
19/29
2nd won total​
28/49
28/49
!
66%
66%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
BP won
6/14
6/14
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
50%
50%
Won
43%
43%
1
1
Conceded
10
10
0.5
0.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
4
4
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gauff Konta
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 6
Tot Games 22 43
Pts 80-48 145-133
Total Points 128 278
Winners 27 60
%Winners 34% 41%

Both Gauff and Konta played 2 matches. At the moment, Johanna Konta dropped 2 sets while Cori Gauff hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gauff has played 2 set(s) less than Konta (4 vs 6). Therefore, Gauff played 21 games less than Konta. The American scored 27 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Johanna made 60 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gauff Konta
Aces 6 10
Avg per match 3 5
1st in 37/66 90/139
%1st in 56% 65%
1st pts 27/37 60/90
%1st pts 73% 67%
2nd pts 19/29 28/49
%2nd pts 66% 57%

Gauff managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Konta made 10 aces (5 per match). Gauff won 73% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Konta won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gauff Konta
Won 6 6
Converted 6/12 6/14
% Converted 50% 43%
Conceded 1 10
Saved 0 6
% Saved 0% 60%
Times Broken 1 4

The American broke her opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cori lost her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Konta conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
R1
Sevastova		 R2
Potapova		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 5-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 1 3
Tot Games 17 5 22
pts 60-41 20-7 80-48
Total points 101 27 128
Winners 22 5 27
%Winners 37% 25% 34%
SERVE
Aces 4 2 6
Double Faults 3 0 3
1st in 29/50 8/16 37/66
% 1st in 58% 50% 56%
1st pts 22/29 5/8 27/37
% 1st pts 76% 63% 73%
2nd pts 12/21 7/8 19/29
% 2nd pts 57% 88% 66%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/9 2/3 6/12
Converted % 44% 67% 50%
Conceded 1 0 1
Saved 0/1 0/0 0
Saved % 0% – 0%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Konta
R1
Zhang		 R2
Svitolina		 Total
Score 4-6 5-2 ret. 3-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 26 43
pts 53-49 92-84 145-133
Total points 102 176 278
Winners 23 37 60
%Winners 43% 40% 41%
SERVE
Aces 7 3 10
Double Faults 1 4 5
1st in 35/52 55/87 90/139
% 1st in 67% 63% 65%
1st pts 23/35 37/55 60/90
% 1st pts 66% 67% 67%
2nd pts 10/17 18/32 28/49
% 2nd pts 59% 56% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 4 6
Converted 2/6 4/8 6/14
Converted % 33% 50% 43%
Conceded 2 8 10
Saved 0/2 6/8 6
Saved % 0% 75% 38%
Times Broken 2 2 4

Tennis Scores in Montreal

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