Cori Gauff and Simona Halep will face off in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.37
Cori Gauff -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Simona Halep
This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Simona Halep clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Halep won 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in March 2022.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Cori Gauff – Indian Wells 13-March-2022
Cori Gauff
| 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 |
Ranked no. 16, Cori got to the 3rd round after defeating Anna Schmiedlova 6-0 6-2 and Yulia Putintseva 6-1 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Putintseva (6-1 2-6 6-4). During the match, Gauff scored 103 points vs Putintseva’s 94. Cori was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gauff made 3 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 55% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Putintseva 6 times after converting 29% of her break points (6/21).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 66% of her matches (98-51). 2-1 on clay in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gauff has a composed32-14 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Gauff has an aggregate 12-8 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Simona Halep
| 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 |
Ranked no. 21, the Romanian reached the 3rd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-3 and Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Simona had a good straight sets win against Badosa (6-3 6-1). During the match Halep scored 62 points vs Badosa’s 41. Simona was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Halep made 2 aces and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Simona Halep lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 65% of her first serves in, winning 84% (27/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Halep broke Badosa 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simona hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she beat Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.
Simona has a compiled 17-4 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 33 |
| Pts | 163-126 | 124-84 |
| Total Points | 289 | 208 |
| Winners | 65 | 52 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Gauff and Halep played 2 matches. At the moment, Cori Gauff conceded 1 set while Simona Halep hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gauff has played 1 set more than Halep (5 vs 4). Therefore, Gauff played 6 games more than Halep. The American scored 65 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Halep scored 52 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 90/142 | 64/98 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 65/90 | 52/64 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 20/52 | 15/34 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 44% |
Gauff managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Halep managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Gauff won 72% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Halep won 81% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/27 | 10/15 |
| % Converted | 41% | 67% |
| Conceded | 16 | 12 |
| Saved | 11 | 10 |
| % Saved | 69% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The American broke her opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 5 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. Simona broke her opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | ||||
| R1 Anna Schmiedlova |
R2 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-1 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 25 | 39 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 103-94 | 163-126 | |
| Total points | 92 | 197 | 289 | |
| Winners | 33 | 32 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 31% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 43/56 | 47/86 | 90/142 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 55% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 32/47 | 65/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/13 | 16/39 | 20/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 41% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/21 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 29% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 8/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 62% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Halep | ||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Badosa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-41 | 124-84 | |
| Total points | 105 | 103 | 208 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 32/49 | 64/98 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 27/32 | 52/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 84% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 7/17 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 41% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/10 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 6/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 86% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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