Cori Gauff and Qinwen Zheng will clash against each other in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.54
Qinwen Zheng -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Qinwen Zheng
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-17 | 31-9 | 14-5 | 4-1 | 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), Cori reached the quarter after defeating Magdalena Frech 6-3 6-3, Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 0-6 6-3 and Paula Badosa Gibert 5-7 6-4 6-1.
In the 4th round against Badosa, Gauff recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-1). During the match, Gauff scored 102 points vs Badosa’s 88. Gauff was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gauff fired 3 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 38% of her first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (28/62) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Badosa 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (199-89). 6-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has an aggregate53-23 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Auckland where she defeated Elina Svitolina in the final 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3.
Cori has an overall 24-7 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-18 | 31-10 | 17-4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Qinwen got to the quarter after defeating Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-0, Linda Noskova 3-6 6-1 6-2 and Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4.
In the 4th round, Qinwen had a good straight sets win against Osaka (6-2 6-4). During the match Zheng scored 58 points vs Osaka’s 46. Qinwen was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng recorded 2 aces and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Qinwen Zheng was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of her 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Zheng was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Osaka 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Qinwen’s best result of the season was reaching the final in at the Australian Open .
The Chinese has a compiled 18-8 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 56 |
| Pts | 250-209 | 191-142 |
| Total Points | 459 | 333 |
| Winners | 80 | 58 |
| %Winners | 32% | 30% |
Both Gauff and Zheng played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Cori Gauff conceded 2 sets, while Qinwen Zheng conceded 1 set. Gauff has played 1 set more than Zheng (8 vs 7). Therefore, Gauff played 13 games more than Zheng. The American scored 80 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Qinwen bagged 58 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 109/239 | 73/167 |
| %1st in | 46% | 44% |
| 1st pts | 80/109 | 58/73 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 55/130 | 52/94 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 55% |
Gauff scored 7 aces (2.3 per match). Zheng bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Gauff won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 79% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 15 |
| Converted | 18/40 | 15/18 |
| % Converted | 45% | 83% |
| Conceded | 27 | 9 |
| Saved | 15 | 5 |
| % Saved | 56% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 12 | 4 |
Cori broke her opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American surrendered her serve 12 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Zheng broke her opponents 15 times with a 83% conversion rate. Zheng conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | |||||
| R2 Frech |
R3 Cristian |
R4 Badosa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 0-6 6-3 | 5-7 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 29 | 69 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 85-79 | 102-88 | 250-209 | |
| Total points | 105 | 164 | 190 | 459 | |
| Winners | 19 | 32 | 29 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 38% | 28% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 15 | 11 | 35 | |
| 1st in | 27/53 | 44/86 | 38/100 | 109/239 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | 38% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 32/44 | 29/38 | 80/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 73% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 17/42 | 28/62 | 55/130 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 40% | 45% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 4/13 | 7/16 | 18/40 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 31% | 44% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 7/10 | 4/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 70% | 44% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Zheng | |||||
| R2 Rogers |
R3 Noskova |
R4 Osaka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 24 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 75-60 | 58-46 | 191-142 | |
| Total points | 94 | 135 | 104 | 333 | |
| Winners | 15 | 25 | 18 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 33% | 31% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 20/48 | 30/71 | 23/48 | 73/167 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | 48% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 15/20 | 25/30 | 18/23 | 58/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 83% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 19/41 | 15/25 | 52/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 46% | 60% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/8 | 4/4 | 15/18 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 75% | 100% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 40% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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