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Match Details
Fixture: (3) Coco Gauff vs (11) Paula Badosa
Date: January 21, 2025
Tournament: Australian Open 2025
Round: Quarterfinal
Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard (Outdoor)
Prize Money: A$ 96,500,000
Live telecast: USA - ESPN & Tennis Channel | UK - Eurosport | India - Sony Sports & Sony Liv
Coco Gauff vs Paula Badosa preview
One of the quarterfinals at the 2025 Australian Open will feature an intriguing clash between third-seed Coco Gauff and eleventh-seed Paula Badosa. Since the latter half of the 2024 season, Gauff has been in red-hot form and has carried it to this year, leading the USA team to United Cup glory. She won all her matches, including a semifinal against Elena Rybakina and the final against Iga Swiatek.
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In Melbourne, the third seed Gauff looked spectacular in the initial rounds. She started with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Sofia Kenin, a former champion. Gauff continued her campaign with another dominating 6-3, 7-5 against UK's Jodie Burrage. In the third round, she squared off against 30th-seeded Leylah Fernandez, winning 6-4, 6-2.
In the fourth round, Gauff faced a former Top 10 player Belinda Bencic. The opening was difficult, as the American dropped her first set of the tournament, 5-7. However, the US Open champion quickly recovered herself and lost just 3 games in the next two sets, winning the match 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.
Meanwhile, Paula Badosa has been playing some top-notch tennis since last year. The Spaniard won her fourth career title last year after coming back from multiple injuries. However, she had an underwhelming start to the 2025 season, losing in the second rounds in the warm-up events in Brisbane and Adelaide before the Melbourne Major.
At the Australian Open, the 11th seed started with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Wang Xinyu. She followed it up with a 48-minute 6-1, 6-0 victory over local favorite Talia Gibson. In the third round, the Spaniard played her only third-setter in the event so far, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 over 17th-seeded Marta Kostyuk. She then won 6-1, 7-6 (2) against Olga Danilovic to qualify for a second successive Major quarterfinal.
Coco Gauff vs Paula Badosa head-to-head
The head-to-head between the two players is tied at 3-3. Gauff won the last encounter 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the 2024 China Open.
Coco Gauff vs Paula Badosa odds
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Coco Gauff vs Paula Badosa prediction
Coco Gauff has won 77 percent of the first-serve points in the event, whereas Badosa has won 72 percent of her first-serve points. Gauff has hit 28 aces in her four matches, compared to Badosa's 16. However, while the American player leads the charts in terms of aces, she is also second on the list of double faults, having made 29 double faults in her matches so far.
The second serve can be crucial as Badosa has won 55 percent of her second-serve points. Meanwhile, Gauff is out of the Top 20 in terms of second-serve points won. In regards to the return wing, Gauff has won 18 break points, compared to Badosa's 17.
The head-to-head between the two players will make the upcoming match a thrilling prospect. However, being on hard courts, Gauff will have the slight upper hand.
Pick- Gauff to win in three sets
