Cori Gauff and Iva Jovic will clash against each other in the 4th round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.32
Iva Jovic -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Iva Jovic
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Iva Jovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Cori Gauff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45-14 | 30-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 4, the American reached the 4th round after defeating Tereza Valentova 6-3 6-4 and Solana Sierra 5-7 6-0 6-4.
In the 3rd round against Sierra, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-0 6-4). During the match, Gauff scored 102 points vs Sierra’s 84. Gauff was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gauff scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 5 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 62% of her first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Sierra 9 times after converting 39% of her break points (9/23).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.
WTA Rome - Cori Gauff's projected path
Gauff has a tremendous match record in the last 10 years having won 71% of her matches (298-124). 5-2 on clay in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has a composed 84-31 record in the last years on clay.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Miami.
The American has an overall 21-8 win-loss record in 2026, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Iva Jovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-19 | 24-10 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-18 | 24-13 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-10 | 20-7 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-2 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, Jovic reached the 4th round after beating Mccartney Kessler 7-6(5) 7-6(4) and Taylor Townsend 7-5 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Jovic had a good straight sets win against Townsend (7-5 6-2). During the match Jovic scored 65 points vs Townsend’s 43. Iva was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Jovic made 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Iva Jovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Jovic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Jovic was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Townsend 6 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jovic hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
WTA Rome - Iva Jovic's projected path
Jovic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Hobart.
Jovic has an overall 21-11 win-loss record in 2026, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gauff | Jovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 46 |
| Pts | 177-142 | 167-140 |
| Total Points | 319 | 307 |
| Winners | 62 | 58 |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% |
Both Gauff and Jovic played 2 matches. At the moment, Cori Gauff conceded 1 set while Iva Jovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gauff has played 1 set more than Jovic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Gauff played 1 game more than Jovic. The American scored 62 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Jovic managed to score 58 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gauff | Jovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 98/163 | 90/153 |
| %1st in | 60% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 62/98 | 58/90 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 28/65 | 32/63 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 51% |
Gauff scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Jovic also bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Gauff won 63% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Jovic won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gauff | Jovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 10 |
| Converted | 15/32 | 10/12 |
| % Converted | 47% | 83% |
| Conceded | 20 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 7 |
The American broke her opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve 10 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Iva broke her opponents 10 times with a 83% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 30% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gauff | ||||
| R2 Valentova |
R3 Sierra |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 28 | 47 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 102-84 | 177-142 | |
| Total points | 133 | 186 | 319 | |
| Winners | 28 | 34 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 47/81 | 51/82 | 98/163 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/47 | 34/51 | 62/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 67% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 13/31 | 28/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 42% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 9/23 | 15/32 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 39% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 4/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 40% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Jovic | ||||
| R2 Kessler |
R3 Townsend |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-64 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 | 46 | |
| pts | 102-97 | 65-43 | 167-140 | |
| Total points | 199 | 108 | 307 | |
| Winners | 36 | 22 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/96 | 34/57 | 90/153 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 36/56 | 22/34 | 58/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 65% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 13/23 | 32/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/6 | 10/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 1/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 25% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Madison KeysKeys (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alexandra EalaEala (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Qinwen ZhengZheng (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Iva JovicJovic – Taylor TownsendTownsend (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Solana SierraSierra (5-7 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-1 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Madison KeysKeys (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alexandra EalaEala (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
