Cori Gauff and Yue Yuan will fight against each other in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 2. 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 -> 1.16
Yue Yuan -> 5.00
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Yue Yuan
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Yue Yuan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-15 | 22-8 | 14-5 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 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 reached the quarter after beating Clara Burel 2-6 6-3 7-64, Lucia Bronzetti 6-2 7-65 and Elise Mertens 6-0 6-2.
In the 4th round, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-0 6-2). During the match, Gauff scored 59 points vs Mertens’s 31. Gauff was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gauff recorded 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 74% of her first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 18% (2/11) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Mertens 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gauff has dropped 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (190-85). 15-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gauff has a composed114-51 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Auckland where she beat Elina Svitolina in the final 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3.
Gauff has an overall 15-3 win-loss record in 2024, 15-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Yue Yuan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-22 | 21-12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-29 | 27-17 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 33-16 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 3-6 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49 (career-high), Yuan reached the quarter after beating Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-1, Qinwen Zheng 6-4 6-3, Caroline Dolehide 1-6 6-4 7-62 and Daria Kasatkina 4-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 4th round against Kasatkina, Yuan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Yuan scored 98 points vs Kasatkina’s 96. Yuan was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Yuan couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yue Yuan lost the serve 7 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Yuan put 55% of her first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (17/48) on the 2nd serve. Yue broke Kasatkina 8 times after converting 53% of her break points (8/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yue has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Austin where she overcame Xiyu Wang in the final 6-4 7-6(4).
Yuan has an aggregate 16-5 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 95 |
| Pts | 239-190 | 342-313 |
| Total Points | 429 | 655 |
| Winners | 108 | 106 |
| %Winners | 45% | 31% |
Gauff played 3 matches while Yuan competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Cori Gauff surrendered 1 set, while Yue Yuan lost 2 sets. Gauff has played 3 set(s) less than Yuan (7 vs 10). Therefore, Gauff played 30 games less than Yuan. Gauff scored 108 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Yue bagged 106 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 150/221 | 173/313 |
| %1st in | 68% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 108/150 | 106/173 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 26/71 | 66/140 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 47% |
Gauff struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Yuan bagged 1 ace (0.3 per match). Gauff won 72% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Yuan won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 23 |
| Converted | 14/22 | 23/60 |
| % Converted | 64% | 38% |
| Conceded | 27 | 38 |
| Saved | 19 | 20 |
| % Saved | 70% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 18 |
Cori broke her opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 8 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. Yuan broke her opponents 23 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 18 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | ||||||
| R2 Burel |
R3 Bronzetti |
R4 Mertens |
R4 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-64 | 6-2 7-65 | 6-0 6-2 | |||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 65 | |
| pts | 97-91 | 83-68 | 59-31 | 31-59 | 270-249 | |
| Total points | 188 | 151 | 90 | 90 | 519 | |
| Winners | 42 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% | 44% | 32% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | |
| 1st in | 65/101 | 54/78 | 31/42 | 26/48 | 176/269 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 74% | 54% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/65 | 40/54 | 26/31 | 10/26 | 118/176 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 74% | 84% | 38% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/36 | 12/24 | 2/11 | 7/22 | 33/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 50% | 18% | 32% | 35% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/7 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 15/24 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 43% | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 35 | |
| Saved | 8/14 | 10/11 | 1/2 | 2/8 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 91% | 50% | 25% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| Yuan | ||||||
| R1 Gracheva |
R2 Zheng |
R3 Dolehide |
R4 Kasatkina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | 1-6 6-4 7-62 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 30 | 29 | 95 | |
| pts | 74-56 | 75-60 | 95-101 | 98-96 | 342-313 | |
| Total points | 130 | 135 | 196 | 194 | 655 | |
| Winners | 23 | 19 | 27 | 37 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 25% | 28% | 38% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 32/66 | 50/84 | 58/106 | 173/313 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 48% | 60% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 19/32 | 27/50 | 37/58 | 106/173 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 59% | 54% | 64% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 22/34 | 17/34 | 17/48 | 66/140 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 65% | 50% | 35% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/13 | 5/19 | 8/15 | 23/60 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 31% | 26% | 53% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 38 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 4/6 | 1/8 | 9/16 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 13% | 56% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWLLWL Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
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- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-2 5-7 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Andres Artunedo MartinavarrArtunedo Martinavarr (7-63 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Daniel BrandsBrands (4-6 6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca VanniVanni – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Marta KostyukKostyuk () – Stats, scores, rankings
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki () – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yue YuanYuan – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma NavarroNavarro (1-1) – H2H and prediction
