Cori Gauff and Belinda Bencic will clash against each other in the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.11
Belinda Bencic -> 6.55

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Belinda Bencic

This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Belinda Bencic play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Gauff and Bencic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gauff won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Washington back in 2023.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs Belinda Bencic – Washington 04-August-2023

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff

8 - 0win/loss

Hard
8-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
3
High
2
LWLWWWWWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 48-16 29-9 18-3 1-2 0-2 0-0
2024 54-18 31-10 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
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Ranked no. 3, Cori reached the 4th round after defeating Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-3, Jodie Anna Burrage 6-3 7-5 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-2.

In the 3rd round, Cori had a good straight sets win against Annie Fernandez (6-4 6-2). During the match, Gauff scored 61 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 42. Cori was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gauff scored 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Cori Gauff was pretty efficient on serve to win 89% (24/27) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Gauff broke Annie Fernandez 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cori hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points she played.

Gauff has a fantastic match record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (237-100). 8-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Gauff has an aggregate138-58 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where she defeated Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-4.

Cori has an aggregate 8-0 win-loss record in 2025, 8-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Gauff's Record

Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic

7 - 2win/loss

Hard
7-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
11
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-17 31-12 3-3 0-0 5-2 0-0
2024 8-2 0-0 0-0 8-2 0-0 0-0
2023 31-13 24-10 4-2 0-0 3-1 0-0
2022 42-18 13-9 13-4 10-2 6-3 0-0
2021 37-20 22-9 5-5 5-3 5-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 294, the Swiss reached the 4th round after defeating Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 7-6(6), Suzan Lamens 6-1 7-6(3) and Naomi Osaka 7-6(3) ret..

In the 3rd round against Osaka, Bencic had a free pass after Osaka retired on a 7-63 . scoreline.

Belinda has a composed 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2016 and 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Bencic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Gauff
B.Bencic
4h:05
4h:05
Time on court​
4h:34
4h:34
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
!
0h:58
0h:58
3
3
Match played
3
3
57
57
Games Played​
55
55
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
211
211
Total points​
206
206
70.3
70.3
Avg point​
68.7
68.7
90
90
Winners
76
76
30
30
Avg Winners​
25.3
25.3
43%
43%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
2
2
6.7
6.7
Avg Aces
0.7
0.7
20
20
Double Faults
10
10
!
6.7
6.7
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
90/118
90/118
1st won total​
76/116
76/116
!
76%
76%
1st won %
66%
66%
31/68
31/68
2nd won total​
28/58
28/58
46%
46%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
13/30
13/30
BP won
13/31
13/31
4.3/10
4.3/10
Avg BP won
4.3/10.3
4.3/10.3
43%
43%
Won
42%
42%
12
12
Conceded
15
15
4
4
Avg Conceded
5
5
5
5
Broken
9
9
1.7
1.7
Avg Broken
3
3
7
7
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gauff Bencic
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 57 55
Pts 211-161 206-167
Total Points 372 373
Winners 90 76
%Winners 43% 37%

Both Gauff and Bencic played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gauff and Bencic have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Gauff played 2 games more than Bencic. Cori scored 90 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Bencic made 76 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gauff Bencic
Aces 20 2
Avg per match 6.7 0.7
1st in 118/186 116/174
%1st in 63% 67%
1st pts 90/118 76/116
%1st pts 76% 66%
2nd pts 31/68 28/58
%2nd pts 46% 48%

Gauff recorded 20 aces (6.7 per match). Bencic recorded 2 aces (0.7 per match). Gauff won 76% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Bencic won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gauff Bencic
Won 13 13
Converted 13/30 13/31
% Converted 43% 42%
Conceded 12 15
Saved 7 6
% Saved 58% 40%
Times Broken 5 9

Cori broke her opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Gauff lost her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. Belinda broke her opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
R1
Kenin		 R2
Anna		 R3
Annie		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-3 7-5 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 21 18 57
pts 75-59 75-60 61-42 211-161
Total points 134 135 103 372
Winners 40 26 24 90
%Winners 53% 35% 39% 43%
SERVE
Aces 12 3 5 20
Double Faults 9 7 4 20
1st in 52/74 39/67 27/45 118/186
% 1st in 70% 58% 60% 63%
1st pts 40/52 26/39 24/27 90/118
% 1st pts 77% 67% 89% 76%
2nd pts 6/22 15/28 10/18 31/68
% 2nd pts 27% 54% 56% 46%
Breaks
Won 4 5 4 13
Converted 4/9 5/11 4/10 13/30
Converted % 44% 45% 40% 43%
Conceded 6 5 1 12
Saved 5/6 2/5 0/1 7
Saved % 83% 40% 0% 41%
Times Broken 1 3 1 5
Bencic
R1
Ostapenko		 R2
Lamens		 R3
Osaka		 Total
Score 6-3 7-66 6-1 7-63 7-63 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 1 5
Tot Games 22 20 13 55
pts 84-72 75-56 47-39 206-167
Total points 156 131 86 373
Winners 34 23 19 76
%Winners 40% 31% 40% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 0 2
Double Faults 8 2 0 10
1st in 51/77 37/57 28/40 116/174
% 1st in 66% 65% 70% 67%
1st pts 34/51 23/37 19/28 76/116
% 1st pts 67% 62% 68% 66%
2nd pts 11/26 10/20 7/12 28/58
% 2nd pts 42% 50% 58% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 6 2 13
Converted 5/16 6/11 2/4 13/31
Converted % 31% 55% 50% 42%
Conceded 7 5 3 15
Saved 3/7 2/5 1/3 6
Saved % 43% 40% 33% 39%
Times Broken 4 3 2 9

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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