Cori Gauff and Maria Sakkari will square off in the quarter of the China Open for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on Diamond. 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 Cori Gauff who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.61
Maria Sakkari -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari

This will be the 7^th time that Cori Gauff and Maria Sakkari square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Gauff won 6-2 6-3 in the final in Washington back in August 2023.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs Maria Sakkari – Washington 06-August-2023

Cori Gauff

Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Cori got to the quarter after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 6-3, Petra Martic 7-5 5-7 7-6² and Veronika Kudermetova 7-6⁵ 6-2.

In the 3^rd round, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (7-6⁵ 6-2). During the match, Gauff scored 71 points vs Kudermetova’s 62. Cori was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gauff struck 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 52% of her first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gauff has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points she played.

Gauff has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 69% of her matches (172-79). 37-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has a compiled96-45 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Her best result of the year was conquering 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 and in Cincinnati where she overcame 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 48-13 win-loss record in 2023, 37-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Gauff has never competed in this tournament before.

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 6, Sakkari reached the quarter after defeating Linda Fruhvirtova 6-4 6-2 and Xinyu Wang 6-4 2-6 6-3.

In the 3^rd round, Maria defeated Wang (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Sakkari scored 103 points vs Wang’s 98. Sakkari was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Sakkari struck 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 64% of her first serves in, winning 58% (38/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Wang 3 times after converting 21% of her break points (3/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sakkari has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Guadalajara where she beat Caroline Dolehide in the final 7-5 6-3.

The Greek has a composed 38-20 win-loss record in 2023, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gauff	Sakkari
Match played	3	2
Tot Set	7	5
Tot Games	79	45
Pts	259-233	171-151
Total Points	492	322
Winners	106	63
%Winners	41%	37%

Gauff played 3 matches while Sakkari competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Cori Gauff lost 1 set, while Maria Sakkari conceded 1 set. Gauff has played 2 sets more than Sakkari (7 vs 5). Therefore, Gauff played 34 games more than Sakkari. Cori scored 106 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Maria made 63 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gauff	Sakkari
Aces	11	6
Avg per match	3.7	3
1st in	155/260	97/160
%1st in	60%	61%
1st pts	106/155	63/97
%1st pts	68%	65%
2nd pts	49/105	35/63
%2nd pts	47%	56%

Gauff struck 11 aces (3.7 per match). Sakkari bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Gauff won 68% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sakkari won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gauff	Sakkari
Won	15	8
Converted	15/24	8/24
% Converted	63%	33%
Conceded	26	13
Saved	15	8
% Saved	58%	62%
Times Broken	11	5

The American broke her opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Gauff lost her serve 11 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
	R1 Alexandrova	R2 Martic	R3 Kudermetova	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	7-5 5-7 7-62	7-65 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	21	37	21	79
pts	71-59	117-112	71-62	259-233
Total points	130	229	133	492
Winners	29	55	22	106
%Winners	41%	47%	31%	41%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	3	11
Double Faults	4	7	2	13
1st in	39/71	82/123	34/66	155/260
% 1st in	55%	67%	52%	60%
1st pts	29/39	55/82	22/34	106/155
% 1st pts	74%	67%	65%	68%
2nd pts	15/32	17/41	17/32	49/105
% 2nd pts	47%	41%	53%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	6	5	15
Converted	4/8	6/8	5/8	15/24
Converted %	50%	75%	63%	63%
Conceded	5	15	6	26
Saved	3/5	9/15	3/6	15
Saved %	60%	60%	50%	57%
Times Broken	2	6	3	11

Sakkari
	R2 Fruhvirtova	R3 Wang	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	27	45
pts	68-53	103-98	171-151
Total points	121	201	322
Winners	25	38	63
%Winners	37%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	6
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	32/58	65/102	97/160
% 1st in	55%	64%	61%
1st pts	25/32	38/65	63/97
% 1st pts	78%	58%	65%
2nd pts	11/26	24/37	35/63
% 2nd pts	42%	65%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/10	3/14	8/24
Converted %	50%	21%	33%
Conceded	5	8	13
Saved	3/5	5/8	8
Saved %	60%	63%	41%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Xinyu WangWang (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-7⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Magda LinetteLinette (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Xinyu WangWang (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Cori GauffGauff (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-2) – H2H and prediction