Coco Gauff vs Kamilla RakhimovaIndian Wells Round of 64

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 64
#7WTA
2071ELO
2035Hard ELO
$2.9MYTD
$33MCAREER
22 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWLLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
hard
#70WTA
1693ELO
1671Hard ELO
24 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLWL
Gauff C.
6-3 7-6
Rakhimova K.
Gauff C.
6772
Rakhimova K.
3650

Coco Gauff defeated Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3 7-6 in the Indian Wells round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Coco Gauff came in ranked #7, leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 16. Coco Gauff extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Coco Gauff closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–6.

Head to head

20
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-01-19Australian OpenR128hardCoco Gauff6-2 6-3
2025-09-24BeijingR64hardCoco Gauff6-4 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Gauff C.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Rakhimova K.

Rakhimova K.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Gauff C.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Gauff C.Rakhimova K.
25
Serve
4
100
Return
42

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
64%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
39%
46%
Service points won·Even
57%
56%
Return points won·Even
46%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.4
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
7.1
5.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (17 vs 23). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
99
47
Break points saved·Dominant
96
67
Break points won·Slight edge
100
91
Deciding sets·Dominant
100
62
Tiebreaks·Dominant
99
11

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
8.6
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
4.5
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
9.5+364 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
0.5Hard Elo 1671
9.6Overall Elo 2071
ELO gap
0.4Overall Elo 1693
10.0
H2H
0.0
6.7
Surface form
3.9
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
8.1
9.0
Prev. match
8.0
7.9
Country comfort
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·Dominant
54
90

Gauff C.: 2 days rest · 3 matches, 85 games (7d) · Rakhimova K.: 9 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
28°CClear
Wind 3 km/hHumidity 11%

Draw