Wuhan Open 2024: Coco Gauff vs Magda Linette preview, head-to-head, prediction, and pick
Match Details
Fixture: (4) Coco Gauff vs Magda Linette
Date: October 11, 2024
Tournament: Wuhan Open 2024
Round: Quarterfinal
Venue: Optics Valley International Tennis Center, Wuhan, China
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Hardcourt
Prize Money: $3,221,715
Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | India - Sony Sports Network | Canada - TSN
Coco Gauff vs Magda Linette preview
Fourth seed Coco Gauff will look to maintain her momentum in Asia as he takes on Magda Linette in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Wuhan Open. Gauff's form has been of two halves in 2024. While the first part of the season saw the American win a title at the ASB Classic, and reach the semifinals of both the Australian Open and the French Open, the latter half of the season saw her crash out of the fourth rounds of Wimbledon and at the US Open and struggle to win matches.
However, the World No. 4 came back to form before Wuhan, as she clinched her second title of the year, winning the China Open with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Karolina Muchova in the final.
In Wuhan, the American received an opening-round bye due to her seeding and she got her campaign underway with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Viktoriya Tomova in the second round. In the third round, Gauff secured a 6-4, 6-1 win over 13th seed Marta Kostyuk to book her place in the quarterfinals.
Magda Linette has won 29 of the 53 matches she has played so far in 2024. The Polish player had her most success on the clay, winning the title at the Prague Open with a 6-2, 6-1 win over compatriot Magdalena Frech in the final. She also reached another clay court final at the Open de Rouen, losing 1-6, 6-2, 2-6 to Sloane Stephens.
At the Wuhan Open, Linette started with a 6-2, 6-2 win over 11th seed Liudmila Samsonova in the first round. In the second round, she led 5-2 against Lesia Tsurenko before the Ukrainian retired due to discomfort in her right arm.
The Pole faced eighth seed Daria Kasatkina in the third round and registered a 6-2, 6-3 win to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 event for the very first time in her career.
Coco Gauff vs Magda Linette head-to-head
Gauff has a 1-0 lead over Linette in their head-to-head. The only time the pair played each other was at the first round of the 2021 US Open, which the American player won 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Coco Gauff vs Magda Linette odds
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Coco Gauff vs Magda Linette prediction
Since her fourth-round loss to Emma Navarro at the US Open, Coco Gauff has turned her season around. She changed her coach, hiring Matt Daly while parting ways with Brad Gilbert. The change was instantaneous, as she won her seventh hard court title of her career at the China Open. She has a 69 percent win record on hard courts in her career and never lost a final on the surface.
Even though hard courts have been statistically Magda Linette's best performance, the Polsih player has only won 50 percent of her career matches on the surface. She has reached six hard court finals and won two titles, the last of which came at the 2020 Hua Hin Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Leonie Kung in the final.
Current form, especially on hard courts indicates that Gauff will be the undisputed favorite in the upcoming match.
Pick- Gauff to win in straight sets