Jessica Pegula is 2 wins away to conquer the title in Washington. The American has defeated Peyton Stearns 6-3 6-4 and Elina Svitolina 4-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the semifinal where she will face Maria Sakkari.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Jessica Pegula’s projected draw includingherlikely opponents in Mubadala Citi DC Open. Pegula has a unfavourable record (4-5) against the presumable opponents.

R1 – Bye
R2 – Peyton Stearns (59) – 6-3 6-4
1/4 – Elina Svitolina (27) – 4-6 6-3 6-4
1/2 – Maria Sakkari (9) – H2H 3-4
Fin – Cori Gauff (7) – H2H 1-1
or Liudmila Samsonova (18) – H2H 2-1
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1/2 – Maria Sakkari’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 4-3 for Maria Sakkari

38 - 25win/loss in 2025

Rank
9
High
3
LLLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 38-25 26-17 5-4 3-1 4-3 0-0
2022 40-23 21-12 8-5 4-2 7-4 0-0
2021 38-20 23-13 9-4 5-2 1-1 0-0
2020 20-11 12-7 2-2 6-2 0-0 0-0
2019 33-23 11-11 15-5 2-3 5-4 0-0
2018 24-26 17-17 7-4 0-2 0-3 0-0
2017 26-23 15-10 5-10 0-0 6-3 0-0
2016 46-33 19-19 23-12 0-0 4-1 0-1

Maria Sakkari has a 26-14 win-loss record in 2023, 14-6 on hard. Regarding the previous 12 years, Maria has a 200-133 record on hard (Click here

to see full career record). The Greek won 6 of her last 10 matches.

Maria’s most significant achievement of the current season was getting to the semifinal Australia, Linz, Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid and Berlin.

Last year in Mubadala Citi DC Open Sakkari didn’t compete in this event.

H2H Jessica Pegula vs. Maria Sakkari

This match would represent the 8th time that Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they are 3-3 on hard in major tournaments.

Final – Cori Gauff’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 1-1

51 - 16win/loss in 2025

Rank
3
High
2
LWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2019 29-15 9-6 7-5 7-3 6-1 0-0
2018 9-4 4-2 5-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2017 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Cori Gauff has a 29-12 win-loss record in 2023, 18-5 on hard. During the last 7 years, Cori has a 77-44 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Gauff won 6 of her last 10 matches.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Auckland where she defeated Rebeka Masarova in the final 6-1 6-1.

Last year in Mubadala Citi DC Open Cori didn’t play in this event.

H2H Jessica Pegula vs. Cori Gauff

This match would represent the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Cori Gauff face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 for Pegula on hard in major tournaments.

Yet, Jessica Pegula could fight against Liudmila Samsonova. Their head to head record is 2-1 for Jessica Pegula.