Cori Gauff and Maria Sakkari will face off in the final of the Mubadala Citi DC Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.73
Maria Sakkari -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 6th time that Cori Gauff and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sakkari won 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Rome back in 2022.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Cori Gauff – Rome 12-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. 7, Cori got to the final after beating Hailey Baptiste 6-1 6-4, Belinda Bencic 6-1 6-2 and Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 6-3.
In the semifinal, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-3 6-3). During the match, Gauff scored 78 points vs Samsonova’s 60. Gauff was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gauff blasted 8 aces and she was very solid in conceding no double faults. Cori Gauff was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of her 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Samsonova 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of her matches (154-78). 19-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gauff has an aggregate78-44 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Auckland where she beat Rebeka Masarova in the final 6-1 6-1.
Cori has an aggregate 30-12 win-loss record in 2023, 19-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Maria Sakkari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-16 | 12-7 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 9, the Greek reached the final after defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 6-2, Madison Keys 6-3 6-3 and Jessica Pegula 6-3 4-6 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Greek defeated Pegula (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match Sakkari scored 97 points vs Pegula’s 84. Sakkari was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakkari fired 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (34/48) of her 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Maria broke Pegula 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sakkari has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
The Greek’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Australia, Linz, Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid, Berlin and Washington.
Sakkari has a compiled 27-14 win-loss record in 2023, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 65 |
| Pts | 201-146 | 236-190 |
| Total Points | 347 | 426 |
| Winners | 71 | 85 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Both Gauff and Sakkari played 3 matches. At the moment, Maria Sakkari surrendered 1 set while Cori Gauff hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gauff has played 1 set(s) less than Sakkari (6 vs 7). Therefore, Gauff played 15 games less than Sakkari. Gauff scored 71 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Maria managed to score 85 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 100/168 | 113/186 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 71/100 | 85/113 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 42/68 | 42/73 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 58% |
Gauff blasted 18 aces (6 per match). Sakkari fired 10 aces (3.3 per match). Gauff won 71% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 13/32 |
| % Converted | 50% | 41% |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Cori broke her opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cori dropped her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Maria conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | |||||
| R2 Baptiste |
1/4 Bencic |
1/2 Samsonova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 18 | 50 | |
| pts | 61-44 | 62-42 | 78-60 | 201-146 | |
| Total points | 105 | 104 | 138 | 347 | |
| Winners | 26 | 21 | 24 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% | 31% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 35/55 | 32/61 | 100/168 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 52% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 21/35 | 24/32 | 71/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 60% | 75% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 12/20 | 19/29 | 42/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 60% | 66% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/9 | 3/10 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 30% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 5/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 100% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sakkari | |||||
| R2 Annie |
1/4 Keys |
1/2 Pegula |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 27 | 65 | |
| pts | 74-56 | 65-50 | 97-84 | 236-190 | |
| Total points | 130 | 115 | 181 | 426 | |
| Winners | 24 | 27 | 34 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 33/54 | 48/82 | 113/186 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 27/33 | 34/48 | 85/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 82% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 12/21 | 19/34 | 42/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 57% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 3/10 | 5/9 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 30% | 56% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 67% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
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