Simona Halep vs Coco Gauff 8/12/22 Toronto Tennis Picks, Predictions, Odds

Coco Gauff and Simona Halep meet in the quarterfinal of the 2022 tennis National Bank Open.

Coco Gauff is coming off a 3 sets win over Aryna Sabalenka that took 35 games to decide. In the victory, Gauff won 70 percent of her first serve points and 41 percent of her second serve points. Gauff won 59 percent of her total service points and converted on 4 of her 12 break points. Gauff got 63 percent of her first serves in play and hit 9 aces. Gauff has now won 5 of her last 7 matches that have gone the distance. However, Gauff will have to clean up the silly mistakes, as she had 15 double faults and gave her opponent 14 looks at a break point. Gauff has won 7 of her last 9 matches on hard court.

Simona Halep is coming off a straight set win over Jil Belen Teichmann that took 20 games to decide. In the victory, Halep won 82 percent of her first serve points and 47 percent of her second serve points. Halep won 71 percent of her total service points and converted on 4 of her 9 break points. Halep got 70 percent of her first serves in play and saved 2 of her 3 break points. Halep has yet to drop a set this tournament, and she’s won 12 of her last 14 played matches. Halep looks to make her fifth semifinal trip in Toronto. Halep has won 8 of her last 10 matches on hard court.

Halep has won all 3 meetings against Gauff in straight sets. The most recent meeting was this year in Madrid. They also met this year in Indian Wells. This will be the second meeting on hard court. 

You can make a case for either side here, as they’re both playing fabulous tennis right now. With that said, Halep has won all 3 meetings against Gauff in straight sets, and 2 of those meetings were this year. And as good as Gauff has been lately, it’s Halep who has won 12 of her last 14 played matches. When Halep is right, she’s arguably the best player in the world. Well, she’s right at the moment.

Tough, competitive match that could go the distance, but I have to lean Halep.