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Gauff vs. Swiatek: United Cup Match Prediction
In the United Cup final on January 5, Cori Gauff and Iga Swiatek will try to bring their teams an important point. The Polish tennis player has managed to defeat the American in 11 of 13 personal meetings during her career, will she be able to win again? We recommend that you read our forecast and choose reliable bets on the game
Command Analysis
Cori Gauff
USACurrent form
This season, Gauff started not in Auckland, as we are used to seeing, but at the United Cup team tournament. Cori won all her matches and helped the team get to the final. She had some difficulties only in the confrontation with the Chinese Zheng Saisai (7-6, 6-2), where she had to play a tie-break. In the rest of the matches, the American easily beat Fernandez (6-3, 6-2), Vekic (6-4, 6-2) and Muchova (6-1, 6-4).
Professional qualities
Cory has excellent speed and the ability to see the court, choose a clear position, blocking all possible directions of her opponents' strikes. The American tries to dictate her terms, play number one, and uses the decent potential of her forehand to the fullest. At the same time, she plays uncertainly on the second serve, making many double faults.
Current indicators in the tour
Gauff finished last season ranked third in the world. She had three titles, two of which came on outdoor hard courts in Auckland and Beijing. In total, she won 31 matches on this surface in 2024 and suffered only nine losses.
Interesting facts for betting
- Gauff has won all of her United Cup victories with a 2-0 score in sets.
- Only one of Corey four matches at the tournament saw more than nine games played in the second set.
Iga Swiatek
PolandCurrent form
Swiatek is playing at the United Cup for the third year in a row and doing so quite successfully. Last season, let us recall, she did not suffer a single defeat at the tournament. This year, Iga played her two opening matches against Helgo (6-1, 6-0) and Muchova (6-3, 6-4) with more than confidence. However, she then had difficult matches against Bulter (6-7, 6-1, 6-4) and Rybakina (7-6, 6-4).
Professional qualities
Iga tries to play first on the court and dictate her terms, "pressing" her opponents, changing the direction of her blows, hitting deep under the back line. The former world number one has a powerful forehand in her arsenal, she is able to work steadily on the back line. A powerful first serve allows her to score many easy points on fast surfaces.
Current indicators in the tour
Due to doping investigations, Świętek missed the end of last season, did not play in the Asian hard series and thus lost the title of the world number one tennis player, which became Aryna Sabalenka. As you can see, from the start of the new season, the Polish tennis player has actively taken up the matter and clearly plans to regain her status as the leader of women tennis.
Interesting facts for betting
- In the last two matches of the tournament, Swiatek played tie-breaks
- In 11 of 13 personal meetings, Iga beat Cory
Trends
Total under 2.5 sets bet
In their last five personal meetings, the tennis players have not exchanged winning sets.
1.48Rate Set Result: 1>2
This scenario unfolded in three of Swiatek four matches at the tournament.
2.25Tip and bets
Gauff has played all her matches at the United Cup powerfully, and is in excellent shape at the start of the season. However, Cori has a match against an inconvenient opponent ahead of her. In 11 of 13 personal meetings, Šwiętek has beaten the American. The difficult victory over Rybakina the day before demonstrated to us that Iga is in good spirits, has confidence in herself and her abilities. We think that the Polish tennis player will once again beat a convenient opponent.
Our prediction is a victory for Swiatek with odds of 1.66
Bet on total
In the five previous head-to-head matches, the tennis players did not exchange winning sets and did not play more than 21 games. We expect that today game will not be too drawn out.
The second bet is total under 22 games for 1.85
Bet on the first set
Note that only in one of the last five head-to-head matches did the tennis players play more than nine games in the first set. Based on these statistics, we recommend another match prediction.
Forecast - total games in the first set under 9.5 with odds of 1.98
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