Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff will square off in the semifinal of the French Open for the 12th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.11
Cori Gauff -> 7.1

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Cori Gauff

This will be the 12th time that Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff play each other. The head to head is 10-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Swiatek won 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Rome back in May 2024.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Cori Gauff – Rome 16-May-2024

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek

43 - 4win/loss

Hard
22-3
I Hard
2-0
Clay
19-1
Rank
2
High
1
WWWWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 64-9 29-5 26-2 7-1 2-1 0-0
2023 68-11 42-8 19-2 0-0 7-1 0-0
2022 67-9 42-6 18-1 5-1 2-1 0-0
2021 36-15 18-10 12-2 2-1 4-2 0-0
2020 16-5 6-4 7-1 3-0 0-0 0-0

Currently world no. 1 the Pole got to the semifinal after beating Leolia Jeanjean 6-1 6-2, Naomi Osaka 7-61 1-6 7-5, Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-2, Anastasia Potapova 6-0 6-0 and Marketa Vondrousova 6-0 6-2.

In the quarter, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Vondrousova (6-0 6-2). During the match, Swiatek scored 58 points vs Vondrousova’s 31. The Pole was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Swiatek was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Iga Swiatek conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 67% of her first serves in, winning 88% (23/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Iga broke Vondrousova 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Iga has lost 1 set in this competition to win 59% of the points she played.

Swiatek has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 82% of her matches (328-71). 19-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Swiatek has an aggregate130-17 record in the last 9 years on clay.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Australia where she overcame Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Doha where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 7-6(8) 6-2 and in Indian Wells where she overcame Maria Sakkari in the final 6-4 6-0 and in Madrid where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-5 4-6 7-6(7) and in Rome where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-2 6-3.

Iga has an aggregate 43-4 win-loss record in 2024, 19-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Swiatek's Record

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff

30 - 8win/loss

Hard
18-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
12-3
Rank
3
High
2
WWLWWLWWWW
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), Gauff got to the semifinal after beating Julia Avdeeva 6-1 6-1, Tamara Zidansek 6-3 6-4, Dayana Yastremska 6-2 6-4, Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1 6-2 and Ons Jabeur 4-6 6-2 6-3.

In the quarter against Jabeur, Cori recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Gauff scored 97 points vs Jabeur’s 88. The American was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Gauff scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 55% of her first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (25/46) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Jabeur 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Auckland where she overcame Elina Svitolina in the final 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3.

The American has a composed 30-8 win-loss record in 2024, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2022. See her history.

French Open
Gauff's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

I.Swiatek
C.Gauff
7h:13
7h:13
Time on court​
6h:54
6h:54
1h:02
1h:02
Last match​
1h:57
1h:57
5
5
Match played
5
5
91
91
Games Played​
93
93
11
11
Set played​​
11
11
332
332
Total points​
350
350
66.4
66.4
Avg point​
70
70
127
127
Winners
127
127
25.4
25.4
Avg Winners​
25.4
25.4
38%
38%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
14
14
1.2
1.2
Avg Aces
2.8
2.8
4
4
Double Faults
23
23
0.8
0.8
Avg Double Faults
4.6
4.6
127/169
127/169
1st won total​
127/167
127/167
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
54/98
54/98
2nd won total​
75/148
75/148
55%
55%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
24/45
24/45
BP won
24/39
24/39
4.8/9
4.8/9
Avg BP won
4.8/7.8
4.8/7.8
!
53%
53%
Won
!
62%
62%
13
13
Conceded
31
31
2.6
2.6
Avg Conceded
6.2
6.2
7
7
Broken
8
8
1.4
1.4
Avg Broken
1.6
1.6
6
6
Saved
23
23

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Swiatek Gauff
Match played 5 5
Tot Set 11 11
Tot Games 91 93
Pts 332-228 350-259
Total Points 560 609
Winners 127 127
%Winners 38% 36%

Both Swiatek and Gauff played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Iga Swiatek surrendered 1 set, while Cori Gauff dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Swiatek and Gauff have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Swiatek played 2 games less than Gauff. Swiatek scored 127 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 127 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Swiatek Gauff
Aces 6 14
Avg per match 1.2 2.8
1st in 169/267 167/315
%1st in 63% 53%
1st pts 127/169 127/167
%1st pts 75% 76%
2nd pts 54/98 75/148
%2nd pts 55% 51%

Swiatek made 6 aces (1.2 per match). Gauff recorded 14 aces (2.8 per match). Swiatek won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Swiatek Gauff
Won 24 24
Converted 24/45 24/39
% Converted 53% 62%
Conceded 13 31
Saved 6 23
% Saved 46% 74%
Times Broken 7 8

The Pole broke her opponents 24 times with a 53% conversion rate. Iga surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 24 times with a 62% conversion rate. Cori conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded.

Swiatek
R1
Jeanjean
R2
Osaka
R3
Bouzkova
R4
Potapova
1/4
Vondrousova
Total
Score 6-1 6-2 7-61 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 2 11
Tot Games 15 32 18 12 14 91
pts 54-29 109-114 63-44 48-10 58-31 332-228
Total points 83 223 107 58 89 560
Winners 21 45 23 15 23 127
%Winners 39% 41% 37% 31% 40% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 2 3 0 6
Double Faults 0 3 1 0 0 4
1st in 27/37 69/115 31/49 16/27 26/39 169/267
% 1st in 73% 60% 63% 59% 67% 63%
1st pts 21/27 45/69 23/31 15/16 23/26 127/169
% 1st pts 78% 65% 74% 94% 88% 75%
2nd pts 5/10 22/46 12/18 9/11 6/13 54/98
% 2nd pts 50% 48% 67% 82% 46% 55%
Breaks
Won 6 3 4 6 5 24
Converted 6/6 3/15 4/7 6/8 5/9 24/45
Converted % 100% 20% 57% 75% 56% 53%
Conceded 2 9 1 0 1 13
Saved 1/2 4/9 0/1 0/0 1/1 6
Saved % 50% 44% 0% 100% 39%
Times Broken 1 5 1 0 0 7
Gauff
R1
Avdeeva
R2
Zidansek
R3
Yastremska
R4
Cocciaretto
1/4
Jabeur
Total
Score 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 3 11
Tot Games 14 19 18 15 27 93
pts 53-23 71-57 75-61 54-30 97-88 350-259
Total points 76 128 136 84 185 609
Winners 23 22 24 19 39 127
%Winners 43% 31% 32% 35% 40% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 3 3 3 14
Double Faults 4 6 4 5 4 23
1st in 24/38 30/62 33/70 24/43 56/102 167/315
% 1st in 63% 48% 47% 56% 55% 53%
1st pts 23/24 22/30 24/33 19/24 39/56 127/167
% 1st pts 96% 73% 73% 79% 70% 76%
2nd pts 7/14 15/32 17/37 11/19 25/46 75/148
% 2nd pts 50% 47% 46% 58% 54% 51%
Breaks
Won 5 5 5 5 4 24
Converted 5/8 5/8 5/11 5/7 4/5 24/39
Converted % 63% 63% 45% 71% 80% 62%
Conceded 0 9 11 3 8 31
Saved 0/0 6/9 9/11 2/3 6/8 23
Saved % 67% 82% 67% 75% 58%
Times Broken 0 3 2 1 2 8

Tennis Scores – French Open

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