Cori Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova will clash against each other in the Round Robin of the WTA Finals for the 2nd time in their career. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.41
Barbora Krejcikova -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Barbora Krejcikova

This will be the 2nd time that Cori Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Krejcikova won 7-6(6) 6-3 in the quarter in at the French Open back in 2021.

Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs Cori Gauff – French Open 09-June-2021

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff

52 - 17win/loss

Hard
31-9
I Hard
2-1
Clay
14-5
Grass
5-2
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, Gauff reached the Round Robin after defeating Iga Swiatek 6-3 6-4 and Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-2.

In the previous match, The American had a good straight sets win against Swiatek (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gauff scored 79 points vs Swiatek’s 64. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gauff bagged 2 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 61% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Swiatek 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Gauff has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 70% of her matches (227-98). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has an aggregate12-5 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

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.

Cori has an aggregate 52-16 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Riyadh

Riyadh
Gauff's Record

Barbora Krejcikova

Barbora Krejcikova

21 - 15win/loss

Hard
7-7
I Hard
2-1
Clay
3-5
Grass
9-2
Rank
10
High
2
LWWLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-16 7-7 3-5 2-2 9-2 0-0
2023 34-19 22-11 5-5 2-1 5-2 0-0
2022 25-15 12-10 2-3 9-0 2-2 0-0
2021 45-19 27-13 15-3 0-2 3-1 0-0
2020 22-10 7-4 9-4 6-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 13, the Czech reached the Round Robin after defeating Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-3.

In the previous match, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Pegula (6-3 6-3). During the match Krejcikova scored 64 points vs Pegula’s 50. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Krejcikova recorded 11 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 67% of her first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Barbora broke Pegula 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Her best result of the year was winning the title at the Wimbledon where she defeated Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-2 2-6 6-4.

The Czech has an aggregate 20-15 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Riyadh
Krejcikova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gauff Krejcikova
Match played 2 1
Tot Set 4 2
Tot Games 36 18
Pts 142-114 64-50
Total Points 256 114
Winners 51 33
%Winners 36% 52%

Gauff played 2 matches while Krejcikova competed in 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Gauff has played 2 sets more than Krejcikova (4 vs 2). Therefore, Gauff played 18 games more than Krejcikova. The American scored 51 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech made 33 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gauff Krejcikova
Aces 4 11
Avg per match 2 11
1st in 76/130 44/66
%1st in 58% 67%
1st pts 51/76 33/44
%1st pts 67% 75%
2nd pts 25/54 9/22
%2nd pts 46% 41%

Gauff managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Krejcikova made 11 aces . Gauff won 67% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gauff Krejcikova
Won 10 4
Converted 10/20 4/6
% Converted 50% 67%
Conceded 11 3
Saved 7 2
% Saved 64% 67%
Times Broken 4 1

Gauff broke her opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cori lost her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Barbora broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Barbora conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
Round Robin
Swiatek
Round Robin
Pegula
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 17 36
pts 79-64 63-50 142-114
Total points 143 113 256
Winners 29 22 51
%Winners 37% 35% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 4
Double Faults 11 2 13
1st in 43/71 33/59 76/130
% 1st in 61% 56% 58%
1st pts 29/43 22/33 51/76
% 1st pts 67% 67% 67%
2nd pts 12/28 13/26 25/54
% 2nd pts 43% 50% 46%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/12 5/8 10/20
Converted % 42% 63% 50%
Conceded 8 3 11
Saved 6/8 1/3 7
Saved % 75% 33% 54%
Times Broken 2 2 4
Krejcikova
Round Robin
Pegula
Round Robin
Swiatek
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 18 30 48
pts 64-50 64-50
Total points 114 0 114
Winners 33 33
%Winners 52% 0% 52%
SERVE
Aces 11 0 11
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 44/66 / 44/66
% 1st in 67% 0% 67%
1st pts 33/44 / 33/44
% 1st pts 75% 0% 75%
2nd pts 9/22 / 9/22
% 2nd pts 41% 0% 41%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 / 4/6
Converted % 67% 0% 67%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 0/ 2
Saved % 67% 34%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Riyadh

  • Qinwen ZhengZhengJasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Elena RybakinaRybakinaAryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Katerina Siniakova/Taylor TownsendSiniakova/Taylor TownsendSu-Wei Hsieh/Elise MertensHsieh/Elise Mertens (3-6 6-3 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Hao-Ching Chan/Veronika KudermetovaChan/Veronika KudermetovaCaroline Dolehide/Desirae KrawczykDolehide/Desirae Krawczyk (3-6 6-3 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikovaJessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Gabriela Dabrowski/Erin RoutliffeDabrowski/Erin RoutliffeSara Errani/Jasmine PaoliniErrani/Jasmine Paolini (1-6 7-61 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Su-Wei Hsieh/Elise MertensHsieh/Elise MertensLyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena OstapenkoKichenok/Jelena Ostapenko (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenkaJasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatekBarbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (4-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Cori GauffGauffJessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Sara Errani/Jasmine PaoliniErrani/Jasmine PaoliniCaroline Dolehide/Desirae KrawczykDolehide/Desirae Krawczyk (1-6 6-1 10-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Nicole Melichar/Ellen PerezMelichar/Ellen PerezSu-Wei Hsieh/Elise MertensHsieh/Elise Mertens (1-6 6-1 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Jasmine PaoliniPaoliniElena RybakinaRybakina (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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