
Cori Gauff and Danka Kovinic will fight against each other in the semifinal of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Stadium. 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 Cori Gauff who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.147
Danka Kovinic -> 5.55
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Danka Kovinic
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Danka Kovinic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Cori Gauff
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 9-3 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 7, the American got to the semifinal after beating Tatjana Maria 6-4 6-1, Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-4 and Lin Zhu 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Zhu (6-3 6-2). During the match, Gauff scored 64 points vs Zhu’s 45. Gauff was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gauff managed to score 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Cori Gauff was very effective on serve to win 89% (25/28) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gauff broke Zhu 3 times after converting 23% of her break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 66% of her matches (127-66). 3-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gauff has a compiled62-39 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The American has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Danka Kovinic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 16-16 | 4-8 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 29-21 | 6-8 | 23-11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 14-20 | 4-12 | 10-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, Danka got to the semifinal after beating Nao Hibino 6-1 6-4, Lauren Davis 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Viktoria Kuzmova 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Danka had a good straight sets win against Kuzmova (6-3 6-2). During the match Kovinic scored 63 points vs Kuzmova’s 42. Kovinic was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kovinic fired 8 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Danka Kovinic was very effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of her 1st serve and 92% (11/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kovinic broke Kuzmova 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Danka has a compiled 3-0 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Gauff | Kovinic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
Tot Games | 54 | 61 |
Pts | 209-159 | 217-158 |
Total Points | 368 | 375 |
Winners | 79 | 96 |
%Winners | 38% | 44% |
Both Gauff and Kovinic played 3 matches. At the moment, Danka Kovinic lost 1 set while Cori Gauff hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gauff has played 1 set(s) less than Kovinic (6 vs 7). Therefore, Gauff played 7 games less than Kovinic. Cori scored 79 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kovinic scored 96 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Gauff | Kovinic |
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Aces | 18 | 15 |
Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
1st in | 101/162 | 130/204 |
%1st in | 62% | 64% |
1st pts | 79/101 | 96/130 |
%1st pts | 78% | 74% |
2nd pts | 34/61 | 45/74 |
%2nd pts | 56% | 61% |
Gauff fired 18 aces (6 per match). Kovinic managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Gauff won 78% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kovinic won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Gauff | Kovinic |
---|---|---|
Won | 11 | 11 |
Converted | 11/33 | 11/19 |
% Converted | 33% | 58% |
Conceded | 13 | 14 |
Saved | 10 | 11 |
% Saved | 77% | 79% |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The American broke her opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded. The broke her opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kovinic conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.
Gauff | |||||
R1 Maria |
R2 Kenin |
1/4 Zhu |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 17 | 54 | |
pts | 73-52 | 72-62 | 64-45 | 209-159 | |
Total points | 125 | 134 | 109 | 368 | |
Winners | 21 | 33 | 25 | 79 | |
%Winners | 29% | 46% | 39% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 9 | 8 | 18 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
1st in | 30/53 | 43/62 | 28/47 | 101/162 | |
% 1st in | 57% | 69% | 60% | 62% | |
1st pts | 21/30 | 33/43 | 25/28 | 79/101 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 77% | 89% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 14/23 | 9/19 | 11/19 | 34/61 | |
% 2nd pts | 61% | 47% | 58% | 56% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
Converted | 5/13 | 3/7 | 3/13 | 11/33 | |
Converted % | 38% | 43% | 23% | 33% | |
Conceded | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |
Saved | 4/6 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 10 | |
Saved % | 67% | 86% | – | 51% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Kovinic | |||||
R1 Hibino |
R2 Davis |
1/4 Kuzmova |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 17 | 61 | |
pts | 63-39 | 91-77 | 63-42 | 217-158 | |
Total points | 102 | 168 | 105 | 375 | |
Winners | 28 | 41 | 27 | 96 | |
%Winners | 44% | 45% | 43% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
1st in | 33/55 | 60/100 | 37/49 | 130/204 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | 76% | 64% | |
1st pts | 28/33 | 41/60 | 27/37 | 96/130 | |
% 1st pts | 85% | 68% | 73% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 11/22 | 23/40 | 11/12 | 45/74 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 58% | 92% | 61% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/4 | 3/9 | 11/19 | |
Converted % | 67% | 100% | 33% | 58% | |
Conceded | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 11 | |
Saved % | 75% | 80% | – | 52% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Head 2 Head



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