
Cori Gauff gets the better of the 2025 runner-up Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Australia on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. The American won this tournament once in 2025. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Iga Swiatek United Cup – Australia
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gauff scored 71 points vs. Swiatek’s 61.
Gauff
Gauff won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Swiatek
On the other side, Iga wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Swiatek is 5-11 for Iga.
Live score progression and stats
Coco won the set after she broke Iga in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Iga tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Gauff kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.
Gauff failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
The American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Swiatek converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40).
They played 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Coco won just 2 more points than Iga (32-30). Coco lost 13 points on serve (22-13). In addition, on the other side, Swiatek conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
Gauff didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Coco to win the set since Swiatek found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. The American kept her focus to break Iga in the 8th (6-2) game.
A crucial moment of this set was when Coco won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Gauff converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (5-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Swiatek converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 70 points. Coco won 8 points more than Swiatek (39-31). The American conceded 10 points on serve (14-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 25 points on serve (21-25).
Tennis Scores in Australia
- Cori GauffGauff – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-4 6-2)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 4-6 7-60)




