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

Cori Gauff

25 - 7win/loss

Hard
18-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-2
Rank
3
High
3
LWWWWLWWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-8 18-5 7-3 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), 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

Rome
Gauff's Record

Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng

18 - 9win/loss

Hard
14-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-3
Rank
8
High
7
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-9 14-6 4-3 0-0 0-0 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
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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

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Rome
Zheng's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Gauff
Q.Zheng
5h:59
5h:59
Time on court​
4h:26
4h:26
!
2h:27
2h:27
Last match​
1h:24
1h:24
3
3
Match played
3
3
69
69
Games Played​
56
56
8
8
Set played​​
7
7
250
250
Total points​
191
191
83.3
83.3
Avg point​
63.7
63.7
80
80
Winners
58
58
26.7
26.7
Avg Winners​
19.3
19.3
32%
32%
Ratio winners
30%
30%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
12
12
2.3
2.3
Avg Aces
4
4
35
35
Double Faults
8
8
!
11.7
11.7
Avg Double Faults
2.7
2.7
80/109
80/109
1st won total​
58/73
58/73
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
55/130
55/130
2nd won total​
52/94
52/94
42%
42%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
18/40
18/40
BP won
15/18
15/18
6/13.3
6/13.3
Avg BP won
5/6
5/6
45%
45%
Won
!
83%
83%
27
27
Conceded
9
9
9
9
Avg Conceded
3
3
12
12
Broken
4
4
4
4
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
15
15
Saved
5
5
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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

Tennis Scores in Rome

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