Cori Gauff and Mccartney Kessler will face off in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.113
Mccartney Kessler -> 6.45
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Mccartney Kessler
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Mccartney Kessler since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Cori Gauff
| 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 |
Ranked no. 3, Cori will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-2 7-5 to Kostyuk in the 2nd round on the 11th of February.
The American has an overall 9-2 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Australia where she beat Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, Cori has an overall 238-102 record. She has a positive 139-60 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See her history.
Mccartney Kessler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-24 | 27-16 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-22 | 28-13 | 2-6 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 21-12 | 11-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-2 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-5 | 10-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 53, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Amanda Anisimova 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kessler had a good straight sets win against Anisimova (6-2 6-3). During the match Kessler scored 65 points vs Anisimova’s 40. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kessler scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kessler put 59% of her first serves in, winning 89% (24/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Anisimova 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Hobart where she beat Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0.
Kessler has an overall 9-4 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Mccartney has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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