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.
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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Johanna KontaKonta – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sloane StephensStephens (7-64 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Simona HalepHalep (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Donna VekicVekic (4-6 6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Oceane DodinDodin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Harriet DartDart (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Fiona FerroFerro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ulrikke Eikeri/Catherine HarrisonEikeri/Catherine Harrison – Nicole Melichar/Demi SchuursMelichar/Demi Schuurs (6-3 2-6 10-4) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-2 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Mick VeldheerVeldheer (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Domagoj BiljeskoBiljesko – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Rrezart CunguCungu – Pascal MeisMeis (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Ricardo Urzua-RiveraUrzua-Rivera (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Rebecca MarinoMarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Johanna KontaKonta (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
