Coco Gauff vs Marta Kostyuk Australian Open Tennis Picks and Predictions 1/22/24
Marta Kostyuk and Coco Gauff clash Monday night in the 2024 Australian Open tennis quarterfinals. Let’s preview this match and give out a Kostyuk vs Gauff prediction.
Marta Kostyuk
Kostyuk is coming off a straight set win over Maria Timofeeva that took 15 games to decide. In the victory, Kostyuk won 72 percent of her first serve points and 65 percent of her second serve points. Kostyuk won 71 percent of her total service points and converted on 4 of her 5 break points. Kostyuk hit 19 winners and saved all 4 of her break points. It was the first match Kostyuk won this tournament in straight sets, and she’s now won 4 straight matches in a single tournament for the first time since winning Austin in March of last year. Kostyuk has 3 career wins over top-10 players, all of which came last year. Kostyuk looks to make her first career grand slam semifinal appearance. Kostyuk has won 7 of her last 9 on hard court.
Coco Gauff
Gauff is coming off a straight set win over Magdalena Frech that took 15 games to decide. In the victory, Gauff won 76 percent of her first serve points and 71 percent of her second serve points. Gauff won 74 percent of her total service points and converted on 5 of her 9 break points. Gauff hit 21 winners in the victory and didn’t face a single break point in the win that took a little over an hour to complete. Gauff has yet to drop a set this tournament and has lost a combined 5 games in her last 4 sets. Gauff looks to make a grand slam semifinal for the third time in her career. Gauff is 2-3 in career grand slam quarterfinal matches. Gauff has never made the semifinal of the Australian Open. Gauff has won 9 of her last 10 on hard court.
Kostyuk vs Gauff H2H
Gauff beat Kostyuk in the only meeting, which came in 2022 Adelaide. The match was decided in 3 sets and 30 games.
Kostyuk vs Gauff prediction
Kostyuk has never been on this stage before, and it's been a while since she's had consistent success, so there are questions about that shoe eventually dropping. Coco Gauff has been here done that on the grand slam level, and she's absolutely blowing her opponents out of the water, not dropping a set yet and barely dropping a game in recent matches. Kostyuk will have some confidence knowing she pushed Gauff a couple of years ago, but that's about the only thing going for her right now. Give me Gauff in straight sets for max betting value.
