Jessica Pegula and Cori Gauff will face off in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.87
Cori Gauff -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Cori Gauff
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-23 | 35-12 | 11-5 | 3-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16 (career-high), Jessica will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-2 6-0 to Barty in the quarter on the 25th of January.
The American has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Pegula has an overall 297-194 record. She has a positive 153-93 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-16 | 29-9 | 18-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-18 | 31-10 | 14-5 | 4-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-16 | 40-9 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 23-16 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-16 | 16-10 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, the American will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Wang in the 1st round on the 17th of January.
Gauff has an overall 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Gauff’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
In terms of her career, Cori has an overall 90-46 record. She has a positive 40-26 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Jamie Murray/Bruno SoaresMurray/Bruno Soares – Gilles Muller/Sam QuerreyMuller/Sam Querrey (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Milos RaonicRaonic (7-65 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor TroickiTroicki – Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic (5-7 7-65 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Nicolas MahutMahut (6-73 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Julien BenneteauBenneteau – James WardWard (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Andy MurrayMurray (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gilles MullerMuller – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-717 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marin CilicCilic – John IsnerIsner (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Steve JohnsonJohnson (3-6 6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Donald YoungYoung – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (7-63 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas BerdychBerdych – Steve DarcisDarcis (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Kyle EdmundEdmund (7-64 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Madison BrengleBrengle (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Simona HalepHalep (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-2) – H2H and prediction