Cori Gauff and Simona Halep will fight against each other in the quarter of the National Bank Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.6
Cori Gauff -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Simona Halep
This will be the 4th time that Cori Gauff and Simona Halep face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Halep won 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in May 2022.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Cori Gauff – Madrid 02-May-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. 11 (career-high), Gauff reached the quarter after beating Madison Brengle 6-1 6-3, Elena Rybakina 6-4 6-78 7-63 and Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 4-6 7-64.
In the 3rd round, Cori defeated Sabalenka (7-5 4-6 7-64). During the match, Gauff and Sabalenka scored the same amount of points (131). However, the world no. 11 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The American was very aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gauff scored 9 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 15 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 63% of her first serves in, winning 70% (57/82) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (20/49) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Sabalenka 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 53% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of her matches (116-57). 15-8 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has an overall51-31 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Cori’s best result of the year was getting to the final at the French Open .
Cori has a composed 30-14 win-loss record in 2022, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
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. 15, the Romanian got to the quarter after defeating Donna Vekic 6-0 6-2, Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-2 and Jil Teichmann 6-2 7-5.
In the 3rd round, Halep had a good straight sets win against Belen Teichmann (6-2 7-5). During the match Halep scored 72 points vs Belen Teichmann’s 54. Simona was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Halep managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 70% of her first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Halep broke Belen Teichmann 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.
Simona has a composed 35-10 win-loss record in 2022, 19-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 52 |
| Pts | 314-284 | 197-132 |
| Total Points | 598 | 329 |
| Winners | 127 | 74 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Gauff and Halep played 3 matches. At the moment, Cori Gauff surrendered 2 sets while Simona Halep hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gauff has played 2 sets more than Halep (8 vs 6). Therefore, Gauff played 35 games more than Halep. Gauff scored 127 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Simona recorded 74 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 176/298 | 93/149 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 127/176 | 74/93 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 58/122 | 29/56 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 52% |
Gauff fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Halep managed to score 10 aces (3.3 per match). Gauff won 72% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Halep won 80% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 14 |
| Converted | 13/32 | 14/32 |
| % Converted | 41% | 44% |
| Conceded | 21 | 6 |
| Saved | 13 | 3 |
| % Saved | 62% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 3 |
Cori broke her opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Gauff conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Simona broke her opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. Halep conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | |||||
| R1 Brengle |
R2 Rybakina |
R3 Sabalenka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-78 7-63 | 7-5 4-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 36 | 35 | 87 | |
| pts | 67-38 | 116-115 | 131-131 | 314-284 | |
| Total points | 105 | 231 | 262 | 598 | |
| Winners | 17 | 53 | 57 | 127 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 46% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 13 | 15 | 31 | |
| 1st in | 21/46 | 73/121 | 82/131 | 176/298 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 60% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 53/73 | 57/82 | 127/176 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 73% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 22/48 | 20/49 | 58/122 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 46% | 41% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/8 | 4/12 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 50% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/5 | 10/14 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 71% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Halep | |||||
| R1 Vekic |
R2 Zhang |
R3 Belen Teichmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 20 | 52 | |
| pts | 61-29 | 64-49 | 72-54 | 197-132 | |
| Total points | 90 | 113 | 126 | 329 | |
| Winners | 20 | 22 | 32 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% | 44% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 23/39 | 31/54 | 39/56 | 93/149 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 57% | 70% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 22/31 | 32/39 | 74/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 71% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 11/23 | 8/17 | 29/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 48% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/9 | 4/9 | 14/32 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 56% | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 67% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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