Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff will face off in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.13
Cori Gauff -> 5.95
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Cori Gauff
This will be the 6th time that Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff play each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Swiatek won 6-3 6-0 in the R in Fort Worth back in 2022.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Cori Gauff – Fort Worth 05-November-2022
Iga Swiatek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64-9 | 29-5 | 26-2 | 7-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 68-11 | 42-8 | 19-2 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 67-9 | 42-6 | 18-1 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-15 | 18-10 | 12-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-5 | 6-4 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Iga got to the semifinal after beating Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-1 6-1, Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 6-0 and Karolina Pliskova w/o.
In the quarter, Swiatek defeated Pliskova (w/o). During the match, Swiatek and Pliskova scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 1 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Pole was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Swiatek was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Iga Swiatek conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Pole hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 64% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 80% of her matches (228-58). 11-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Swiatek has an aggregate102-31 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Doha where she overcame Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-0.
Swiatek has an aggregate 11-2 win-loss record in 2023, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
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. 6, the American got to the semifinal after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-0 6-4, Elena Rybakina w/o and Madison Keys 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Keys (6-2 7-5). During the match Gauff scored 64 points vs Keys’s 52. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Gauff scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cori Gauff lost the serve once. Furthermore, Gauff put 73% of her first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Keys 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gauff hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Auckland where she defeated Rebeka Masarova in the final 6-1 6-1.
Cori has an overall 11-2 win-loss record in 2023, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 36 |
| Pts | 117-65 | 125-94 |
| Total Points | 182 | 219 |
| Winners | 44 | 51 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Swiatek and Gauff played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Swiatek and Gauff have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Swiatek played 9 games less than Gauff. Iga scored 44 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 51 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 61/89 | 76/111 |
| %1st in | 69% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 51/76 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 18/35 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 51% |
Swiatek blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Gauff scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Swiatek won 72% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/17 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 65% | 63% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Pole broke her opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Iga surrendered her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Gauff broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Cori conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Swiatek | |||||
| R2 Annie |
R3 Samsonova |
1/4 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-0 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 13 | – | 27 | |
| pts | 56-30 | 61-35 | – | 117-65 | |
| Total points | 86 | 96 | – | 182 | |
| Winners | 21 | 23 | – | 44 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | – | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 31/43 | – | 61/89 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | – | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 23/31 | – | 44/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 74% | – | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 8/12 | – | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 67% | – | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | – | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/10 | – | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 50% | – | 65% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | – | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | – | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | |
| Gauff | |||||
| R2 Sasnovich |
R3 Rybakina |
1/4 Keys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | w/o | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | – | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 61-42 | – | 64-52 | 125-94 | |
| Total points | 103 | – | 116 | 219 | |
| Winners | 20 | – | 31 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 33% | – | 48% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | – | 43/59 | 76/111 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | – | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 20/33 | – | 31/43 | 51/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | – | 72% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | – | 8/16 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | – | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | – | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | – | 4/5 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 55% | – | 80% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | – | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 0% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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