

What Time Will Coco Gauff Play Against Donna Vekic?
Gauff and Vekic are on the Day 5 Schedule at United Cup 2025 on 31 December 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
In the upcoming match between Coco Gauff from the USA and Donna Vekic from Croatia, Vekic leads their head-to-head record 1-0. They previously played in the Round of 16 at the 2024 Paris Olympics on clay, where Vekic won 7-6(7) 6-2.
Coco Gauff, who is currently 20 years old, holds the WTA World No. 3 ranking and reached a career-high ranking of No. 2. In 2024, she had an impressive record of 54-17, winning three singles titles. Her success continued as she won the Auckland, Beijing, and the historic first WTA Finals Riyadh titles, earning her a record $4.8 million in prize money – the highest ever awarded in women’s professional sports. Gauff also achieved victories over the World No. 1 and No. 2 players at the same event. She finished the 2024 season strong, winning 16 of her last 19 matches, reaching the Roland Garros semifinals, and the round of 16 at the US Open. Gauff won her debut Grand Slam singles title in 2023 at the US Open and added three more titles that year. She also held the No. 1 doubles ranking with Pegula after the US Open. Gauff made her Top-10 debut in September 2022 and has remained in the Top 10 ever since.
Donna Vekic, 28 years old, is currently ranked World No. 19, with a career-high ranking of No. 18. In 2024, she achieved her best Grand Slam result by reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Vekic also won the Silver Medal at the Paris Olympics in the women’s singles event, making it the first Olympic medal in women’s singles for Croatia. She finished as the runner-up at Bad Homburg and reached the semifinals in Linz. Vekic reached her career-high singles ranking in October 2024. She has won a total of four titles in her career, with her most recent singles title coming in 2023 at Monterrey. Vekic has a strong record in the United Cup, with a 5-0 record in the tournament, including two wins in 2024. She started working with coach Sasha Bajin in preparation for the 2025 season. Vekic has reached at least one singles final in each of the last four seasons and had a notable victory over Gauff when she was ranked No. 2 at the 2024 Olympics.
In the mixed doubles category, Gauff will be teaming up with Taylor Fritz from the USA, while Vekic will partner with Ivan Dodig from Croatia. This match will take place in the morning session of the United Cup quarter-finals in Perth. The 9th-seeded team from Kazakhstan will face the 11th-seeded team from Germany in another match.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Gauff will win.
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