Cori Gauff and Qinwen Zheng will play each other in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on SUPERTENNIS ARENA. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.54
Qinwen Zheng -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Qinwen Zheng
This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Qinwen Zheng face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Gauff won 3-6 6-4 7-6(2) in the final in Riyadh back in 2024.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs Qinwen Zheng – Riyadh 09-November-2024
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-11 | 16-6 | 18-3 | 0-0 | 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, Gauff got to the semifinal after defeating Victoria Mboko 3-6 6-2 6-1, Magda Linette 7-5 6-3, Emma Raducanu 6-1 6-2 and Mirra Andreeva 6-4 7-6(5).
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Andreeva (6-4 7-65). During the match, Gauff scored 74 points vs Andreeva’s 58. Cori was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gauff struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Cori Gauff was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Cori broke Andreeva 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points she played.
Gauff has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (252-107). 10-2 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has a composed71-28 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Australia where she overcame Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-4.
Cori has a compiled 23-7 win-loss record in 2025, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-11 | 7-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-18 | 31-10 | 17-4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8, Qinwen got to the semifinal after defeating Olga Danilovic 6-1 6-4, Magdalena Frech 6-3 6-2, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 7-5 6-1 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Sabalenka (6-4 6-3). During the match Zheng scored 73 points vs Sabalenka’s 58. Zheng was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng scored 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Qinwen Zheng was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zheng broke Sabalenka 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Qinwen has an aggregate 13-7 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023 and 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 83 | 72 |
| Pts | 300-225 | 268-200 |
| Total Points | 525 | 468 |
| Winners | 115 | 94 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Gauff and Zheng played 4 matches. At the moment, Cori Gauff dropped 1 set while Qinwen Zheng hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gauff has played 1 set more than Zheng (9 vs 8). Therefore, Gauff played 11 games more than Zheng. Gauff scored 115 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Zheng blasted 94 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 167/269 | 124/235 |
| %1st in | 62% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 115/167 | 94/124 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 50/102 | 52/111 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 47% |
Gauff fired 8 aces (2 per match). Zheng recorded 12 aces (3 per match). Gauff won 69% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 21 | 20 |
| Converted | 21/39 | 20/42 |
| % Converted | 54% | 48% |
| Conceded | 19 | 21 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 42% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 8 |
The American broke her opponents 21 times with a 54% conversion rate. Cori dropped her serve 11 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 20 times with a 48% conversion rate. Qinwen conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | ||||||
| R2 Mboko |
R3 Linette |
R4 Raducanu |
1/4 Andreeva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 83 | |
| pts | 84-62 | 78-64 | 64-41 | 74-58 | 300-225 | |
| Total points | 146 | 142 | 105 | 132 | 525 | |
| Winners | 25 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 41% | 44% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 46/72 | 43/77 | 37/59 | 41/61 | 167/269 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 63% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/46 | 32/43 | 28/37 | 30/41 | 115/167 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 74% | 76% | 73% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 16/34 | 11/22 | 11/20 | 50/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 47% | 50% | 55% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |
| Converted | 9/13 | 4/10 | 4/9 | 4/7 | 21/39 | |
| Converted % | 69% | 40% | 44% | 57% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/7 | 2/4 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 14% | 50% | 100% | 40% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| Zheng | ||||||
| R2 Danilovic |
R3 Frech |
R4 Andreescu |
1/4 Sabalenka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 72 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 61-45 | 68-48 | 73-58 | 268-200 | |
| Total points | 115 | 106 | 116 | 131 | 468 | |
| Winners | 25 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 29% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 31/60 | 26/57 | 34/63 | 124/235 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 52% | 46% | 54% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 21/31 | 20/26 | 28/34 | 94/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 68% | 77% | 82% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 14/29 | 13/31 | 15/29 | 52/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 48% | 42% | 52% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/8 | 7/15 | 3/10 | 20/42 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 63% | 47% | 30% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 5/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 33% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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