Cori Gauff beats Belinda Bencic 5-7 6-2 6-1 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Gauff will seek to keep on going in this event against Paula Badosa in the quarter. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Melbourne
Gauff's Record

The American added to her prize money $ 245,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 665,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Gauff will add $ 435,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Belinda Bencic Australian Open – Melbourne

Gauff’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gauff
Bencic
5-7 6-2 6-1
2h:26
104
104
Total points
81
81
48
48
Winners
30
30
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
45
45
Unforced
31
31
59%
59%
Ratio Unforced
41%
41%
11/12
11/12
Net Approaches
5/8
5/8
92%
92%
Perc
63%
63%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
1
1
9
9
Double Faults
1
1
62%
62%
1st in
64%
64%
77%
77%
1st won
56%
56%
48/62
48/62
1st won
30/54
30/54
42%
42%
2nd won
48%
48%
16/38
16/38
2nd won
15/31
15/31
189
189
Fastest serve
177
177
170
170
AVG 1st Serve
164
164
143
143
AVG 2nd Serve
131
131
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
Total
2/6
2/6
71%
71%
Won
33%
33%
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After this contest, the head to head between Gauff and Bencic is 2-1 for Coco.

Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Paula Badosa – stats

Gauff will take on Badosa in the quarter.

This will be the 7th time that Cori Gauff and Paula Badosa square off. The head to head is 3-3 for Gauff and Badosa (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Gauff won 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Beijing back in 2024.

Gauff was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 56 points vs. Badosa’s 33 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Bencic 7-5
BencicGauff
7
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
BencicGauff
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
BencicGauff
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BencicGauff
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BencicGauff
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BencicGauff
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
BencicGauff
3
4
0
15
15
30
15
40
BencicGauff
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BencicGauff
2
3
0
15
15
30
15
40
BencicGauff
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
BencicGauff
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BencicGauff
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
BencicGauff
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

The Swiss won the set after she broke the American in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Belinda kept the focus to win the set 7-5.

Bencic failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

They contested 95 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Bencic won just 3 more points than Coco (49-46). Bencic conceded 15 points on serve (25-15). On the losing side, the American conceded 24 points on serve (31-24).

2nd Set -
Gauff 6-2
GauffBencic
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
GauffBencic
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
GauffBencic
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
GauffBencic
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
GauffBencic
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
GauffBencic
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GauffBencic
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
30
GauffBencic
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Gauff was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Gauff extended her lead after breaking Bencic in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Gauff failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

They played 52 points. Gauff was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Belinda (32-20

). The American dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the court, Belinda conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
3rd Set -
Gauff 6-1
GauffBencic
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
GauffBencic
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
GauffBencic
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
GauffBencic
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
GauffBencic
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
GauffBencic
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

Gauff won the set after she broke Belinda in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

Belinda couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Gauff converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th

game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 38 points. Gauff was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Bencic (24-14). Gauff surrendered 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the net, Belinda conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

1st
Gauff
Bencic
5-7
5
7
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Gauff
Bencic
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Gauff
Bencic
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (6-1 6-2)
  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Donna VekicVekic (7-60 6-0)
  • Cori GauffGauff – Belinda BencicBencic (5-7 6-2 6-1)

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