Coco Gauff def. Marie Bouzkova | WTA 1000 Cincinnati (Hard) Match Stats

Coco Gauff def. Marie Bouzkova | WTA 1000 Cincinnati (Hard) Match Stats | TennisRaptor

Gauff routs Bouzkova 6-3 6-2 to reach Cincinnati quarter-finals

Coco Gauff needed just two efficient sets to see off Marie Bouzkova 6-3 6-2 in the Cincinnati round of 16. The American's serve did the damage even though she landed only 61.2 percent of first deliveries, winning 75.6 percent of those points and striking five aces against none for her opponent. Bouzkova was steadier in the box at 69.6 percent, but her second serve gave way completely, yielding only 33.3 percent of points compared with 53.8 for Gauff. Six double faults never cost the winner control, and the straight-sets result carried her into the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 event.

WTA 1000 Cincinnati (Hard)

Coco Gauff

WINNER

6-36-2

Marie Bouzkova

#27

LOSS

Aces

vs 0

57%

Pts Won

77/136

61%

1st Serve %

70%

76% (31/41)

1st Serve Points Won

65% (31/48)

54% (14/26)

2nd Serve Points Won

33% (7/21)

8/8

Break Points Saved

9/12

3/12

Break Points Converted

0/8

67% (45/67)

Service Points Won

54% (37/69)

38% (18/48)

1st return points won

24% (10/41)

67% (14/21)

2nd return points won

46% (12/26)

46% (32/69)

Return Points Won

33% (22/67)

100% (9/9)

Service Games Won

63% (5/8)

38% (3/8)

Return Games Won

0% (0/9)

BEFORE THE MATCHWe called Coco Gauff 79%Right

Gauff's Structural Edge Against Bouzkova's Awkward History

Bouzkova owns two of the three previous meetings, a head-to-head that whispers danger without truly threatening. Cincinnati's fourth round arrives with Gauff rebuilding hard-court certainty before the US Open, and the Czech chasing the most valuable week of her season.

Gauff needed three sets against Samsonova and a tie-break against Li: evidence her level fluctuates rather than collapses. Bouzkova is a counterpuncher who redirects pace instead of creating it, and that profile has historically dragged Gauff into the rally patterns where her forehand becomes a liability.

The 277-point Elo gap on hard is the story the H2H hides: Bouzkova's advantages are situational, Gauff's are structural — serve, movement, return depth. Expect a scratchy, elongated opening set, and then Gauff in two, a tie-break entirely plausible along the way.

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