Cori Gauff and Karolina Pliskova will face off in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Centre 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 Cori Gauff who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.26
Karolina Pliskova -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Karolina Pliskova
This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Karolina Pliskova play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Gauff and Pliskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gauff won 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Berlin back in 2022.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs Karolina Pliskova – Berlin 17-June-2022
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-7 | 18-5 | 3-2 | 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), Gauff got to the 3rd round after beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Cocciaretto (6-1 7-5). During the match, Gauff scored 80 points vs Cocciaretto’s 63. Gauff was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gauff blasted 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 58% of her first serves in, winning 54% (25/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Cocciaretto 8 times after converting 80% of her break points (8/10).
Gauff has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (186-84). 11-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gauff has a composed110-50 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Auckland where she defeated Elina Svitolina in the final 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3.
Gauff has a compiled 11-2 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Karolina Pliskova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 19-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-21 | 12-9 | 6-6 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-19 | 23-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 36, Karolina reached the 3rd round after defeating Shuai Zhang 6-3 7-5 and Ashlyn Krueger 6-72 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Krueger, Karolina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 6-4). During the match Pliskova scored 116 points vs Krueger’s 103. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 65 winners.
Talking about serving, Pliskova struck 16 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Karolina Pliskova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 13 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 72% of her first serves in, winning 78% (65/83) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Krueger twice after converting 18% of her break points (2/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karolina has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Napoca where she beat Ana Bogdan in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Czech has an overall 12-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2015. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 53 |
| Pts | 80-63 | 186-163 |
| Total Points | 143 | 349 |
| Winners | 25 | 94 |
| %Winners | 31% | 51% |
Gauff played 1 match while Pliskova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Karolina Pliskova lost 1 set while Cori Gauff hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gauff has played 3 set(s) less than Pliskova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Gauff played 34 games less than Pliskova. Gauff scored 25 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Karolina recorded 94 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 14.5 |
| 1st in | 46/80 | 125/180 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 25/46 | 94/125 |
| %1st pts | 54% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 27/55 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 49% |
Gauff struck 4 aces . Pliskova managed to score 29 aces (14.5 per match). Gauff won 54% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Pliskova won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/10 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 80% | 37% |
| Conceded | 8 | 22 |
| Saved | 3 | 20 |
| % Saved | 38% | 91% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Gauff broke her opponent 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Cori dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Karolina broke her opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Karolina conceded her serve twice and she saved 91% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | |||
| R2 Cocciaretto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 80-63 | 80-63 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/80 | 46/80 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/46 | 25/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Pliskova | ||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-72 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 32 | 53 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 116-103 | 186-163 | |
| Total points | 130 | 219 | 349 | |
| Winners | 29 | 65 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 56% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 16 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 42/64 | 83/116 | 125/180 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 72% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 65/83 | 94/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 16/33 | 27/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/11 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 18% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 13/13 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 100% | 178% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-72 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (4-6 6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lulu SunSun (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (w/o) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-75 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Nao HibinoHibino (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Riccardo BellottiBellotti (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Antoine HoangHoang – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-65 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Nao HibinoHibino (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-7(2) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lulu SunSun (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (4-6 6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
