Cori Gauff and Simona Halep will face off in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.48
Cori Gauff -> 2.73

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Simona Halep

This will be the 2nd time that Cori Gauff and Simona Halep fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Halep won 6-3 6-3 in the 4th round in London back in 2019.

Highlights Simona Halep vs Cori Gauff – London 08-July-2019

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff

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Rank
3
High
2
WWLWWLWWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 54-17 31-9 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
2020 12-8 7-5 2-2 3-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 17, Gauff reached the 3rd round after beating Claire Liu 6-1 7-64.

In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-1 7-64). During the match, Gauff scored 99 points vs Liu’s 76. Cori was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gauff blasted 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 60% of her first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Liu 4 times after converting 27% of her break points (4/15).

Gauff has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 66% of her matches (94-48). 8-5 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Gauff has an aggregate44-28 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

Gauff has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2022, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Indian Wells
Gauff's Record

Simona Halep

Simona Halep

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Rank
882
High
1
LLWLL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 1-4 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 39-11 23-6 5-3 0-0 11-2 0-0
2021 24-10 12-5 4-3 8-2 0-0 0-0
2020 23-3 10-2 13-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 26, Halep reached the 3rd round after defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 4-6 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Halep defeated Alexandrova (6-2 4-6 6-2). During the match Halep scored 91 points vs Alexandrova’s 74. Halep was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Halep struck 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 62% of her first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Alexandrova 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.

Halep has a composed 12-3 win-loss record in 2022, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2015. See her history.

Indian Wells
Halep's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Gauff
S.Halep
2h:03
2h:03
Time on court​
1h:47
1h:47
!
2h:03
2h:03
Last match​
1h:47
1h:47
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
99
99
Total points​
91
91
99
99
Avg point​
91
91
37
37
Winners
34
34
37
37
Avg Winners​
34
34
37%
37%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
2
2
Avg Aces
2
2
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
!
8
8
Avg Double Faults
5
5
37/51
37/51
1st won total​
34/48
34/48
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
17/34
17/34
2nd won total​
14/29
14/29
50%
50%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
4/15
4/15
BP won
6/9
6/9
4/15
4/15
Avg BP won
6/9
6/9
!
27%
27%
Won
!
67%
67%
10
10
Conceded
5
5
10
10
Avg Conceded
5
5
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
8
8
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gauff Halep
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 20 26
Pts 99-76 91-74
Total Points 175 165
Winners 37 34
%Winners 37% 37%

Both Gauff and Halep played 1 match. At the moment, Simona Halep lost 1 set while Cori Gauff hasn’t lost a set so far. Gauff has played 1 set(s) less than Halep (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gauff played 6 games less than Halep. Cori scored 37 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Simona made 34 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gauff Halep
Aces 2 2
Avg per match 2 2
1st in 51/85 48/77
%1st in 60% 62%
1st pts 37/51 34/48
%1st pts 73% 71%
2nd pts 17/34 14/29
%2nd pts 50% 48%

Gauff managed to score 2 aces . Halep blasted 2 aces . Gauff won 73% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Halep won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gauff Halep
Won 4 6
Converted 4/15 6/9
% Converted 27% 67%
Conceded 10 5
Saved 8 2
% Saved 80% 40%
Times Broken 2 3

The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Gauff conceded her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
R2
Liu		 Total
Score 6-1 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 99-76 99-76
Total points 175 175
Winners 37 37
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 51/85 51/85
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 37/51 37/51
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 17/34 17/34
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/15 4/15
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8/10 8
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 2 2
Halep
R2
Alexandrova		 Total
Score 6-2 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 91-74 91-74
Total points 165 165
Winners 34 34
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 48/77 48/77
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 34/48 34/48
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 14/29 14/29
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 2/5 2
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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