Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff will face off in the semifinal of the Western & Southern Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.36
Cori Gauff -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Cori Gauff
This will be the 8th time that Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff fight against each other. The head to head is 7-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Swiatek won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in at the French Open back in June 2023.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Cori Gauff – French Open 07-June-2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYKJ6TwIz7M
Iga Swiatek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-4 | 22-3 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 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 Swiatek reached the semifinal after defeating Danielle Rose Collins 6-1 6-0, Qinwen Zheng 3-6 6-1 6-1 and Marketa Vondrousova 7-63 6-1.
In the quarter, Swiatek had a good straight sets win against Vondrousova (7-63 6-1). During the match, Swiatek scored 66 points vs Vondrousova’s 52. Swiatek was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Swiatek wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Iga Swiatek lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 65% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Vondrousova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Iga has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 59% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 81% of her matches (270-64). 27-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has an aggregate118-34 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Doha where she beat Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Stuttgart where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-3 6-4 and at the French Open where she defeated Karolina Muchova in the final 6-2 5-7 6-4 and in Warsaw where she defeated Laura Siegemund in the final 6-0 6-1.
The Pole has a composed 53-8 win-loss record in 2023, 27-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-6 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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, the American got to the semifinal after beating Mayar Sherif 6-2 6-2, Linda Noskova 6-4 6-0 and Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-3 6-2). During the match Gauff scored 62 points vs Paolini’s 46. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Gauff bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cori Gauff lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 55% of her first serves in, winning 70% (16/23) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Paolini 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
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 and in Washington where she overcame Maria Sakkari in the final 6-2 6-3.
Gauff has a composed 36-13 win-loss record in 2023, 25-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 49 |
| Pts | 207-144 | 192-130 |
| Total Points | 351 | 322 |
| Winners | 76 | 56 |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% |
Both Swiatek and Gauff played 3 matches. At the moment, Iga Swiatek lost 1 set while Cori Gauff hasn’t conceded a set so far. Swiatek has played 1 set more than Gauff (7 vs 6). Therefore, Swiatek played 7 games more than Gauff. The Pole scored 76 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Cori recorded 56 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 108/170 | 78/146 |
| %1st in | 64% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 76/108 | 56/78 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 27/62 | 31/68 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 46% |
Swiatek bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Gauff recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Swiatek won 70% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Gauff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 19 |
| Converted | 19/27 | 19/36 |
| % Converted | 70% | 53% |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 53% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Iga broke her opponents 19 times with a 70% conversion rate. Iga conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. Gauff broke her opponents 19 times with a 53% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Swiatek | |||||
| R2 Collins |
R3 Zheng |
1/4 Vondrousova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 3-6 6-1 6-1 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 23 | 20 | 56 | |
| pts | 55-27 | 86-65 | 66-52 | 207-144 | |
| Total points | 82 | 151 | 118 | 351 | |
| Winners | 17 | 32 | 27 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 23/34 | 44/73 | 41/63 | 108/170 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 60% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 32/44 | 27/41 | 76/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 66% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 9/29 | 13/22 | 27/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 31% | 59% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/10 | 5/6 | 19/27 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 70% | 83% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/7 | 4/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 43% | 67% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Gauff | |||||
| R2 Sherif |
R3 Noskova |
1/4 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 71-49 | 59-35 | 62-46 | 192-130 | |
| Total points | 120 | 94 | 108 | 322 | |
| Winners | 23 | 17 | 16 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 29% | 26% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 25/46 | 23/42 | 78/146 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 54% | 55% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 17/25 | 16/23 | 56/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 68% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 7/21 | 10/19 | 31/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 33% | 53% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 8/13 | 6/14 | 19/36 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 62% | 43% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/7 | 1/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 43% | 33% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Alycia Parks/Taylor TownsendParks/Taylor Townsend – Storm Hunter/Elise MertensHunter/Elise Mertens (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas PouillePouille – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 6-74 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James Cerretani/Leander PaesCerretani/Leander Paes – Damir Dzumhur/Filip KrajinovicDzumhur/Filip Krajinovic (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cori GauffGauff (7-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
