Aryna Sabalenka and Cori Gauff will play each other in the semifinal of the Wuhan Open for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on Centre Court. 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 Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.54
Cori Gauff -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Cori Gauff

This will be the 8^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Cori Gauff play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 7-6(2) 6-4 in the semifinal in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Cori Gauff – Australian Open 25-January-2024

Aryna Sabalenka

Ranked no. 2, Aryna reached the semifinal after defeating Unknown Player bye, Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-4, Yulia Putintseva 1-6 6-4 6-0 and Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter, Sabalenka had a good straight sets win against Frech (6-2 6-2). During the match, Sabalenka scored 69 points vs Frech’s 51. Sabalenka was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sabalenka scored just 1 ace and she was very steady in conceding no double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 56% of her first serves in, winning 53% (17/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the 2nd serve. Sabalenka broke Frech 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sabalenka has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Sabalenka has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of her matches (370-166). 36-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has an aggregate225-92 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title at the Australian Open where she overcame Qinwen Zheng in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Cincinnati where she defeated Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 7-5 and at the U.S. Open where she beat Jessica Pegula in the final 7-5 7-5.

Aryna has a compiled 52-12 win-loss record in 2024, 36-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Cori Gauff

Ranked no. 4, Cori got to the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye

, Viktoriya Tomova 6-1 6-2, Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-1 and Magda Linette 6-0 6-4.

In the quarter, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Linette (6-0 6-4). During the match Gauff scored 70 points vs Linette’s 49. Gauff was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Gauff scored 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Cori Gauff conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 54% of her first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Linette 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Auckland where she overcame Elina Svitolina in the final 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 and in Beijing where she overcame Karolina Muchova in the final 6-1 6-3.

The American has a compiled 50-15 win-loss record in 2024, 31-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sabalenka	Gauff
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	59	48
Pts	232-194	188-125
Total Points	426	313
Winners	81	70
%Winners	35%	37%

Both Sabalenka and Gauff played 3 matches. At the moment, Aryna Sabalenka conceded 1 set while Cori Gauff hasn’t lost a set so far. Sabalenka has played 1 set more than Gauff (7 vs 6). Therefore, Sabalenka played 11 games more than Gauff. Aryna scored 81 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 70 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sabalenka	Gauff
Aces	8	9
Avg per match	2.7	3
1st in	128/202	86/146
%1st in	63%	59%
1st pts	81/128	70/86
%1st pts	63%	81%
2nd pts	38/74	30/60
%2nd pts	51%	50%

Sabalenka recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Gauff fired 9 aces (3 per match). Sabalenka won 63% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gauff won 81% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sabalenka	Gauff
Won	15	14
Converted	15/27	14/24
% Converted	56%	58%
Conceded	25	8
Saved	17	6
% Saved	68%	75%
Times Broken	8	2

The Belarussian broke her opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Aryna surrendered her serve 8 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded. Cori broke her opponents 14 times with a 58% conversion rate. Gauff conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
	R2 Siniakova	R3 Putintseva	1/4 Frech	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	1-6 6-4 6-0	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	20	23	16	59
pts	76-62	87-81	69-51	232-194
Total points	138	168	120	426
Winners	29	35	17	81
%Winners	38%	40%	25%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	1	8
Double Faults	3	3	0	6
1st in	44/63	52/82	32/57	128/202
% 1st in	70%	63%	56%	63%
1st pts	29/44	35/52	17/32	81/128
% 1st pts	66%	67%	53%	63%
2nd pts	11/19	9/30	18/25	38/74
% 2nd pts	58%	30%	72%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	6	5	15
Converted	4/12	6/9	5/6	15/27
Converted %	33%	67%	83%	56%
Conceded	8	11	6	25
Saved	6/8	6/11	5/6	17
Saved %	75%	55%	83%	71%
Times Broken	2	5	1	8

Gauff
	R2 Tomova	R3 Kostyuk	1/4 Linette	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-4 6-1	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	15	17	16	48
pts	62-44	56-32	70-49	188-125
Total points	106	88	119	313
Winners	24	20	26	70
%Winners	39%	36%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	2	9
Double Faults	5	0	8	13
1st in	29/48	25/39	32/59	86/146
% 1st in	60%	64%	54%	59%
1st pts	24/29	20/25	26/32	70/86
% 1st pts	83%	80%	81%	81%
2nd pts	7/19	10/14	13/27	30/60
% 2nd pts	37%	71%	48%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5	4	14
Converted	5/9	5/5	4/10	14/24
Converted %	56%	100%	40%	58%
Conceded	2	1	5	8
Saved	1/2	0/1	5/5	6
Saved %	50%	0%	100%	50%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Louis WesselsWessels – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Philipp DavydenkoDavydenko – Peter NagyNagy (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Cori GauffGauff (3-4) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction