Cori Gauff and Paula Badosa will square off in the semifinal of the China Open for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. 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 -> 1.75
Paula Badosa -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Paula Badosa

This will be the 6^th time that Cori Gauff and Paula Badosa fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Badosa (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Gauff won 5-7 6-4 6-1 in the 4^th round in Rome back in May 2024.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs Paula Badosa – Rome 13-May-2024

Cori Gauff

Ranked no. 6, Cori got to the semifinal after beating Clara Burel 7-5 6-3, Katie Boulter 7-5 6-2, Naomi Osaka 3-6 6-4 ret. and Yuliia Starodubtseva 2-6 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter against Starodubtseva, Gauff recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Gauff scored 84 points vs Starodubtseva’s 70. Gauff was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gauff recorded 2 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 3 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 54% of her first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Gauff broke Starodubtseva 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cori has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.

Gauff has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (220-97). 26-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Gauff has an overall125-56 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Auckland where she beat Elina Svitolina in the final 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3.

Cori has a compiled 45-15 win-loss record in 2024, 26-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Paula Badosa

Ranked no. 19, Paula reached the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye, Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-2, Rebecca Sramkova 7-5 7-5, Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-0 and Shuai Zhang 6-1 7-6(4).

In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-1 7-6⁴). During the match Badosa scored 74 points vs Zhang’s 52. Paula was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Badosa recorded 10 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Paula Badosa lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 60% of her first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Paula broke Zhang 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Washington where she defeated Marie Bouzkova in the final 6-1 4-6 6-4.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 34-16 win-loss record in 2024, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See her history.