Cori Gauff and Donna Vekic will face off in the 3^rd round of the Olympics for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 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 Cori Gauff who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.169
Donna Vekic -> 5.1

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Donna Vekic

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Donna Vekic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Cori Gauff

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Gauff reached the 3^rd round after beating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-0 and Maria Lourdes Carle 6-1 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Lourdes Carle (6-1 6-1). During the match, Gauff scored 64 points vs Lourdes Carle’s 42. Cori was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gauff was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Cori Gauff was very effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Gauff broke Lourdes Carle 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gauff hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 62% of the points she played.

Gauff has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 70% of her matches (212-93). 14-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Gauff has a compiled61-25 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Her best result of the current 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 37-11 win-loss record in 2024, 14-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Olympics

Gauff has never competed in this tournament before.

Donna Vekic

Ranked no. 21, the Croatian reached the 3^rd round after beating Lucia Bronzetti 6-2 7-5 and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Andreescu (6-3 6-4). During the match Vekic scored 77 points vs Andreescu’s 65. Donna was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Vekic bagged 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 51% of her first serves in, winning 59% (23/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Andreescu 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vekic hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Croatian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Bad Homburg.

Donna has a compiled 24-15 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gauff	Vekic
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	29	39
Pts	117-72	155-121
Total Points	189	276
Winners	41	42
%Winners	35%	27%

Both Gauff and Vekic played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gauff and Vekic have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Gauff played 10 games less than Vekic. Cori scored 41 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian managed to score 42 winners (27%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gauff	Vekic
Aces	3	4
Avg per match	1.5	2
1st in	57/100	68/138
%1st in	57%	49%
1st pts	41/57	42/68
%1st pts	72%	62%
2nd pts	20/36	35/66
%2nd pts	56%	53%

Gauff bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Vekic struck 4 aces (2 per match). Gauff won 72% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gauff	Vekic
Won	12	13
Converted	12/17	13/29
% Converted	71%	45%
Conceded	7	13
Saved	4	6
% Saved	57%	46%
Times Broken	3	7

Cori broke her opponents 12 times with a 71% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Vekic broke her opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
	R1 Tomljanovic	R2 Lourdes	Total
Score	6-3 6-0	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	14	29
pts	53-30	64-42	117-72
Total points	83	106	189
Winners	19	22	41
%Winners	36%	34%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	3
Double Faults	3	6	9
1st in	27/47	30/53	57/100
% 1st in	57%	57%	57%
1st pts	19/27	22/30	41/57
% 1st pts	70%	73%	72%
2nd pts	10/19	10/17	20/36
% 2nd pts	53%	59%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	6	12
Converted	6/9	6/8	12/17
Converted %	67%	75%	71%
Conceded	3	4	7
Saved	1/3	3/4	4
Saved %	33%	75%	54%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Vekic
	R1 Bronzetti	R2 Andreescu	Total
Score	6-2 7-5	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	19	39
pts	78-56	77-65	155-121
Total points	134	142	276
Winners	19	23	42
%Winners	24%	30%	27%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	29/62	39/76	68/138
% 1st in	47%	51%	49%
1st pts	19/29	23/39	42/68
% 1st pts	66%	59%	62%
2nd pts	18/33	17/33	35/66
% 2nd pts	55%	52%	53%
Breaks
Won	6	7	13
Converted	6/16	7/13	13/29
Converted %	38%	54%	45%
Conceded	3	10	13
Saved	0/3	6/10	6
Saved %	0%	60%	30%
Times Broken	3	4	7

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Xinyu WangWang (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Xiyu WangWang – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Yue YuanYuan (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Diane ParryParry (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Cristina BucsaBucsa (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Angelique KerberKerber – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Arantxa RusRus (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Clara BurelBurel (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Colin MarkesMarkes (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jacob GrillsGrills – Justin BoulaisBoulais (5-7 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Evan SongSong – Harrison ScottScott (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Sem VerbeekVerbeek (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• William GriffithGriffith – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Jack Mingjie LinMingjie Lin (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Xiyu WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Angelique KerberKerber – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (2-6) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Marta KostyukKostyuk (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H and prediction