LIVE RANKINGS. Gauff’s rankings ahead of playing Zhu in Auckland

See the the live rankings of Cori Gauff before playing Lin Zhu in the quarter of the ASB Classic

Thursday Live Ranking Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff is about to play against Lin Zhu on Friday the 6th of January in Auckland. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Cori Gauff is right now ranked no.7 with points as the American no.2 after Jessica Pegula who is her compatriot no.1 with 4691 points ranked no.3.

On the other side, Lin Zhu is at present ranked no.84 with 712 points placed as the Chinese no.4.

Live Rankings

1 CH 1 A.Sabalenka 10000
2 1 I.Swiatek 8368
3 2 C.Gauff 6574
4 CH 4 A.Anisimova 5964
5 3 J.Pegula 5183
6 5 M.Keys 4450
7 5 M.Andreeva 4350
8 4 J.Paolini 4325
9 3 E.Rybakina 4295
10 CH 10 E.Alexandrova 3581
11 4 B.Bencic 3130
12 CH 12 C.Tauson 2770

Gauff didn’t have any movement in terms of live rankings to still be the world no.7.

Cori Gauff will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Zhu in the quarter. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Maria Sakkari who has 3921 points. If Gauff wins, she will have 3701 points.

Gauff will have 120 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 110 points on the 16th of January (Adelaide International 2 – Adelaide) and 10 points on the 30th of January (Australian Open – Melbourne).

In her live rankings, out of 3651 points, Coco has gained 1941 points (53%) on Hard Court, 1525 points (42%) on Clay and 185 points (5%) on Grass.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Gauff is still ranked no.7 positioned as American no.2.

H2H Cori Gauff vs. Lin Zhu

Gauff and Zhu have never played against each other so far on the main tour.

Gauff in Auckland, ranking, and results in 2023

Cori Gauff

55 - 21win/loss

Hard
34-12
I Hard
1-2
Clay
20-4
Grass
0-3
21 year old
LWLWWWWWLL
2025 Highlights

Currently ranked no.7, Coco has managed to achieve an overall 2-0 match record in 2023. Gauff is now playing in Auckland where she bested Tatjana Maria 6-4 6-1 and Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-4.

Coco Gauff will play the world no.84 Lin Zhu in the quarter on Friday at 12:00 pm on Stadium. They have never competed against each other till now in top tournaments.

Gauff
Auckland
Gauff's Record
Gauff
Projected
Draw

Zhu in Auckland, ranking, and results in 2023

Lin Zhu

21 - 17win/loss

Hard
19-14
I Hard
1-1
Grass
1-2
31 year old
LWWWWLWWWW
2025 Highlights

Ranked no.84, Lin achieved a 2-0 record in 2023. Lin is currently having a run in Auckland where she bested Madison Brengle 4-6 7-66 6-4 and Venus Williams 3-6 6-2 7-5.

Lin Zhu will play the world no.7 Coco Gauff in the quarter on Friday at 12:00 pm on Stadium. They have never played each other as of now in top events.

Zhu
Auckland
Zhu's Record
Zhu
Projected
Draw