Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula will play each other in the final of the Wuhan Open for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:30 pm on CENTER. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.61
Jessica Pegula -> 2.39

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula

This will be the 7^th time that Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Gauff won 6-3 6-2 in the R in Riyadh back in 2024.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs Jessica Pegula – Riyadh 03-November-2024

Cori Gauff

Ranked no. 3, Cori reached the final after beating Moyuka Uchijima 6-1 6-0, Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-2, Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-0 and Jasmine Paolini 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-4 6-3). During the match, Gauff scored 59 points vs Paolini’s 52. The American was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gauff scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 7 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 67% of her first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 28% (5/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Paolini 7 times after converting 78% of her break points (7/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points she played.

Gauff has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 71% of her matches (275-114). 28-9 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has a composed158-67 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Australia where she beat 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.

Cori has a composed 46-14 win-loss record in 2025, 28-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Jessica Pegula

Ranked no. 6, the American reached the final after defeating Hailey Baptiste 6-4 4-6 7-6(6), Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 3-6 6-3, Katerina Siniakova 2-6 6-0 6-3 and Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-4 7-6(2).

In the semifinal against Sabalenka, Jessica recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-6²). During the match Pegula scored 106 points vs Sabalenka’s 98. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Pegula scored 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve 8 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 68% of her first serves in, winning 53% (37/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Jessica broke Sabalenka 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pegula has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Austin where she defeated Mccartney Kessler in the final 7-5 6-2 and in Charleston where she defeated Sofia Kenin in the final 6-3 7-5 and in Bad Homburg where she overcame Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 7-5.

The American has an aggregate 51-20 win-loss record in 2025, 35-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gauff	Pegula
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	8	12
Tot Games	64	117
Pts	237-152	404-364
Total Points	389	768
Winners	91	158
%Winners	38%	39%

Both Gauff and Pegula played 4 matches. At the moment, Jessica Pegula lost 4 sets while Cori Gauff hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gauff has played 4 set(s) less than Pegula (8 vs 12). Therefore, Gauff played 53 games less than Pegula. Cori scored 91 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 158 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gauff	Pegula
Aces	9	14
Avg per match	2.3	3.5
1st in	133/194	247/390
%1st in	69%	63%
1st pts	91/133	158/247
%1st pts	68%	64%
2nd pts	31/61	70/143
%2nd pts	51%	49%

Gauff managed to score 9 aces (2.3 per match). Pegula blasted 14 aces (3.5 per match). Gauff won 68% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gauff	Pegula
Won	22	22
Converted	22/34	22/44
% Converted	65%	50%
Conceded	14	45
Saved	6	26
% Saved	43%	58%
Times Broken	8	19

Gauff broke her opponents 22 times with a 65% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 8 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Pegula broke her opponents 22 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pegula conceded her serve 19 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
	R2 Uchijima	R3 Zhang	1/4 Siegemund	1/2 Paolini	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-0	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	13	17	15	19	64
pts	55-22	60-40	63-38	59-52	237-152
Total points	77	100	101	111	389
Winners	25	21	23	22	91
%Winners	45%	35%	37%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	0	1	9
Double Faults	0	6	6	7	19
1st in	28/33	32/50	36/56	37/55	133/194
% 1st in	85%	64%	64%	67%	69%
1st pts	25/28	21/32	23/36	22/37	91/133
% 1st pts	89%	66%	64%	59%	68%
2nd pts	3/5	10/18	13/20	5/18	31/61
% 2nd pts	60%	56%	65%	28%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	5	5	7	22
Converted	5/8	5/9	5/8	7/9	22/34
Converted %	63%	56%	63%	78%	65%
Conceded	0	4	4	6	14
Saved	0/0	2/4	3/4	1/6	6
Saved %	–	50%	75%	17%	36%
Times Broken	0	2	1	5	8

Pegula
	R2 Baptiste	R3 Alexandrova	1/4 Siniakova	1/2 Sabalenka	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 7-66	7-5 3-6 6-3	2-6 6-0 6-3	2-6 6-4 7-62
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	12
Tot Games	33	30	23	31	117
pts	127-121	95-88	76-57	106-98	404-364
Total points	248	183	133	204	768
Winners	45	41	35	37	158
%Winners	35%	43%	46%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	0	5	14
Double Faults	1	0	1	4	6
1st in	74/126	58/94	45/67	70/103	247/390
% 1st in	59%	62%	67%	68%	63%
1st pts	45/74	41/58	35/45	37/70	158/247
% 1st pts	61%	71%	78%	53%	64%
2nd pts	26/52	18/36	10/22	16/33	70/143
% 2nd pts	50%	50%	45%	48%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	4	5	7	22
Converted	6/18	4/8	5/6	7/12	22/44
Converted %	33%	50%	83%	58%	50%
Conceded	13	8	7	17	45
Saved	7/13	5/8	5/7	9/17	26
Saved %	54%	63%	71%	53%	60%
Times Broken	6	3	2	8	19

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Filip HoranskyHoransky (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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