Cori Gauff and Varvara Gracheva will square off in the quarter of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.042
Varvara Gracheva -> 11
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Varvara Gracheva
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 3 (career-high), the American reached the quarter after defeating Claire Liu 6-4 6-2 and Brenda Fruhvirtova 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Cori had a good straight sets win against Fruhvirtova (6-3 6-0). During the match, Gauff scored 61 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 36. The American was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gauff bagged 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 55% of her first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Fruhvirtova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 60% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 68% of her matches (177-82). 2-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Gauff has a compiled101-48 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Gauff has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-12 | 4-8 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-14 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 42, the French player reached the quarter after beating Tereza Martincova 6-73 7-5 6-2 and Lulu Sun 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Gracheva had a good straight sets win against Sun (6-3 6-4). During the match Gracheva scored 70 points vs Sun’s 52. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Gracheva managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Varvara Gracheva was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (30/35) of her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Sun twice after converting 22% of her break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gracheva has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Varvara has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 52 |
| Pts | 125-84 | 195-165 |
| Total Points | 209 | 360 |
| Winners | 46 | 80 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Gauff and Gracheva played 2 matches. At the moment, Varvara Gracheva conceded 1 set while Cori Gauff hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gauff has played 1 set(s) less than Gracheva (4 vs 5). Therefore, Gauff played 19 games less than Gracheva. Gauff scored 46 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Gracheva recorded 80 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 59/98 | 110/171 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 80/110 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 28/61 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 46% |
Gauff blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Gracheva blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Gauff won 78% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 73% of the points on 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 | Gauff | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/14 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 71% | 34% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 63% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Gauff broke her opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Varvara broke her opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Varvara conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | ||||
| R1 Liu |
R2 Fruhvirtova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 61-36 | 125-84 | |
| Total points | 112 | 97 | 209 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 27/49 | 59/98 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 55% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 23/27 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 85% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/22 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 41% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/6 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 83% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gracheva | ||||
| R1 Martincova |
R2 Sun |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 | 52 | |
| pts | 125-113 | 70-52 | 195-165 | |
| Total points | 238 | 122 | 360 | |
| Winners | 50 | 30 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 75/113 | 35/58 | 110/171 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 50/75 | 30/35 | 80/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 86% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/38 | 14/23 | 28/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 61% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 8/20 | 2/9 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 22% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 2/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 100% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Dayne KellyKelly – Tommy PaulPaul (1-6 7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Tom JombyJomby (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jason JungJung – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Collin AltamiranoAltamirano – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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