Cori Gauff and Veronika Kudermetova will square off in the 3rd round of the China Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on DIAMOND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.42
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Gauff won 6-2 4-6 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Stuttgart back in April 2023.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs Veronika Kudermetova – Stuttgart 19-April-2023
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-7 | 18-5 | 5-2 | 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. 3 (career-high), Cori reached the 3rd round after defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 6-3 and Petra Martic 7-5 5-7 7-62.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Martic (7-5 5-7 7-62). During the match, Gauff scored 117 points vs Martic’s 112. Cori was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gauff blasted 5 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 6 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 67% of her first serves in, winning 67% (55/82) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (17/41) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Martic 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of her matches (171-79). 36-6 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has an overall95-45 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Auckland where she defeated Rebeka Masarova in the final 6-1 6-1 and in Washington where she beat Maria Sakkari in the final 6-2 6-3 and in Cincinnati where she defeated Karolina Muchova in the final 6-3 6-4 and at the U.S. Open where she overcame Aryna Sabalenka in the final 2-6 6-3 6-2.
Cori has a compiled 47-13 win-loss record in 2023, 36-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Cori has never competed in this tournament before.
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-12 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-22 | 18-14 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 27-13 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 15-13 | 14-4 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 11-7 | 1-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, the Russian got to the 3rd round after beating Lesya Tsurenko 3-6 6-0 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Tsurenko, Veronika recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-0 6-0). During the match Kudermetova scored 76 points vs Tsurenko’s 52. Veronika was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudermetova bagged 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Tsurenko 7 times after converting 78% of her break points (7/9).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Tokyo where she overcame Jessica Pegula in the final 7-5 6-1.
Kudermetova has an aggregate 33-19 win-loss record in 2023, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 21 |
| Pts | 188-171 | 76-52 |
| Total Points | 359 | 128 |
| Winners | 84 | 21 |
| %Winners | 45% | 28% |
Gauff played 2 matches while Kudermetova competed in 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Cori Gauff surrendered 1 set, while Veronika Kudermetova dropped 1 set. Gauff has played 2 sets more than Kudermetova (5 vs 3). Therefore, Gauff played 37 games more than Kudermetova. Gauff scored 84 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Kudermetova recorded 21 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 121/194 | 34/60 |
| %1st in | 62% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 84/121 | 21/34 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 32/73 | 17/26 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 65% |
Gauff made 8 aces (4 per match). Kudermetova blasted 6 aces . Gauff won 69% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 63% | 78% |
| Conceded | 20 | 5 |
| Saved | 12 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 |
Cori broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | ||||
| R1 Alexandrova |
R2 Martic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 5-7 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 37 | 58 | |
| pts | 71-59 | 117-112 | 188-171 | |
| Total points | 130 | 229 | 359 | |
| Winners | 29 | 55 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 39/71 | 82/123 | 121/194 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 55/82 | 84/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 17/41 | 32/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 41% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/8 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 15 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 9/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Kudermetova | ||||
| R2 Tsurenko |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-0 6-0 | |||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | ||
| pts | 76-52 | 76-52 | ||
| Total points | 128 | 128 | ||
| Winners | 21 | 21 | ||
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | ||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 34/60 | 34/60 | ||
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | ||
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | ||
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | ||
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | ||
| Converted | 7/9 | 7/9 | ||
| Converted % | 78% | 78% | ||
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | ||
| Saved % | 60% | 30% | ||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
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