Cori Gauff and Kamilla Rakhimova will square off in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. 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 -> 1.12
Kamilla Rakhimova -> 6.25

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Kamilla Rakhimova

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Kamilla Rakhimova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff

38 - 13win/loss

Hard
20-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
18-3
Grass
0-2
Rank
3
High
2
LWLWWWWWLW
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, the American will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Osaka in the 4th round on the 1st of September.

Cori has a compiled 38-13 win-loss record in 2025, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where she defeated Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-4 and at the French Open where she overcame Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4.

Talking about her overall career, Cori has an overall 267-113 record. She has a positive 150-66 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2024. See her history.

Beijing
Gauff's Record

Kamilla Rakhimova

Kamilla Rakhimova

26 - 28win/loss

Hard
11-16
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-8
Grass
8-4
Rank
110
High
60
LLLWLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-33 12-21 7-8 0-0 8-4 0-0
2024 38-34 26-23 9-9 0-0 3-2 0-0
2023 32-30 20-14 11-11 1-2 0-3 0-0
2022 33-27 14-12 6-10 10-3 3-2 0-0
2021 25-22 9-7 10-7 5-6 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 89, Rakhimova reached the 2nd round after defeating Lucia Bronzetti 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round, Rakhimova had a good straight sets win against Bronzetti (6-4 6-1). During the match Rakhimova scored 59 points vs Bronzetti’s 40. Rakhimova was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.

About the serving games, Rakhimova fired 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Kamilla Rakhimova lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rakhimova put 45% of her first serves in, winning 70% (16/23) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Kamilla broke Bronzetti 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

The Russian has a composed 26-28 win-loss record in 2025, 11-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.

Beijing
Rakhimova's Record

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