Cori Gauff and Jaqueline Cristian will face off in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.119
Jaqueline Cristian -> 6.3

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Jaqueline Cristian

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff

22 - 7win/loss

Hard
18-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-2
Rank
2
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-9 18-5 12-4 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
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Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Gauff reached the 3rd round after defeating Magdalena Frech 6-3 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Cori had a good straight sets win against Frech (6-3 6-3). During the match, Gauff scored 63 points vs Frech’s 42. The American was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gauff struck 3 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 51% of her first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Frech 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).

Gauff has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (197-89). 4-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Gauff has a compiled51-23 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

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.

Cori has an overall 22-7 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Rome
Gauff's Record

Jaqueline Cristian

Jaqueline Cristian

16 - 14win/loss

Hard
1-7
I Hard
5-3
Clay
10-4
Rank
65
High
58
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-17 1-7 11-7 5-3 0-0 0-0
2023 51-28 4-7 28-11 15-6 1-3 3-1
2022 13-16 9-8 0-0 4-8 0-0 0-0
2021 37-26 5-5 15-12 17-7 0-2 0-0
2020 23-12 2-3 3-3 18-6 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 68, Cristian got to the 3rd round after defeating Hailey Baptiste 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Elina Avanesyan 5-7 6-2 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Avanesyan, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-2). During the match Cristian scored 118 points vs Avanesyan’s 95. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Cristian fired 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 4 times and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 61% of her first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Jaqueline broke Avanesyan 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Cristian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Napoca.

Cristian has an aggregate 16-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Cristian has never competed in this tournament before.

Rome
Cristian's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Gauff
J.Cristian
1h:28
1h:28
Time on court​
!
5h:23
5h:23
1h:28
1h:28
Last match​
!
2h:50
2h:50
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
18
18
Games Played​
85
85
2
2
Set played​​
9
9
63
63
Total points​
215
215
63
63
Avg point​
71.7
71.7
19
19
Winners
80
80
19
19
Avg Winners​
26.7
26.7
30%
30%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
9
9
Double Faults
6
6
!
9
9
Avg Double Faults
2
2
19/27
19/27
1st won total​
80/119
80/119
70%
70%
1st won %
67%
67%
10/26
10/26
2nd won total​
42/85
42/85
!
38%
38%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
7/11
7/11
BP won
12/23
12/23
7/11
7/11
Avg BP won
4/7.7
4/7.7
!
64%
64%
Won
!
52%
52%
8
8
Conceded
29
29
8
8
Avg Conceded
9.7
9.7
4
4
Broken
7
7
4
4
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
4
4
Saved
22
22
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gauff Cristian
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 18 59
Pts 63-42 215-187
Total Points 105 402
Winners 19 80
%Winners 30% 37%

Gauff played 1 match while Cristian competed in 2 matches. Cristian started her run from the qualifications while Gauff had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jaqueline Cristian dropped 2 sets while Cori Gauff hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gauff has played 4 set(s) less than Cristian (2 vs 6). Therefore, Gauff played 41 games less than Cristian. Cori scored 19 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Jaqueline fired 80 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gauff Cristian
Aces 3 5
Avg per match 3 2.5
1st in 27/53 119/204
%1st in 51% 58%
1st pts 19/27 80/119
%1st pts 70% 67%
2nd pts 10/26 42/85
%2nd pts 38% 49%

Gauff struck 3 aces . Cristian blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Gauff won 70% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 67% of the points behind 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 Cristian
Won 7 12
Converted 7/11 12/23
% Converted 64% 52%
Conceded 8 29
Saved 4 22
% Saved 50% 76%
Times Broken 4 7

Gauff broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Cristian broke her opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
R2
Frech		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 63-42 63-42
Total points 105 105
Winners 19 19
%Winners 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 9 9
1st in 27/53 27/53
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 19/27 19/27
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 10/26 10/26
% 2nd pts 38% 38%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/11 7/11
Converted % 64% 64%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 4/8 4
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 4 4
Cristian
Q1
Baptiste		 Q3
Gracheva		 R2
Avanesyan		 Total
Score 4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 31 26 28 85
pts 97-92 – 118-95 215-187
Total points 189 0 213 402
Winners 38 42 80
%Winners 39% 0% 36% 37%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 4 5
Double Faults 3 3 6
1st in 57/102 / 62/102 119/204
% 1st in 56% 0% 61% 58%
1st pts 38/57 / 42/62 80/119
% 1st pts 67% 0% 68% 67%
2nd pts 23/45 / 19/40 42/85
% 2nd pts 51% 0% 48% 49%
Breaks
Won 5 7 12
Converted 5/7 / 7/16 12/23
Converted % 71% 0% 44% 52%
Conceded 12 17 29
Saved 9/12 0/ 13/17 22
Saved % 75% – 76% 151%
Times Broken 3 4 7

Tennis Scores in Rome

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