Five meetings, five wins for Coco Gauff, and the most recent of them came in a three-set battle in Rome back in May. That result alone tells you Andreeva has the game to trouble Gauff, even if she has never quite found the finishing touch.

Now the pair meet on a considerably bigger stage, a US Open quarterfinal on the Flushing Meadows hard courts, with Gauff arriving in the sort of touch that makes the head-to-head look even more daunting for Andreeva.

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Gauff's efficiency against Andreeva's resilience

Andreeva needed two hours and 27 minutes to see off Anastasia Potapova in the fourth round, recovering from a set down to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 and reach her first US Open quarterfinal.

It was a gritty performance built on a tactical shift after a scratchy start, one that saw her commit more to coming forward once the errors piled up in that opening set.

Gauff, by contrast, dispatched Iva Jovic 6-1, 6-4 to reach the same stage without dropping a set anywhere in the tournament, a considerably tidier path through the draw.

Date: Thursday 10 September 2026

Kick-off: 1:30 am AEST

Local Kick-off: 11:30 am EDT (scheduled)

Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York

How to watch Mirra Andreeva vs Coco Gauff in Australia

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Form lines tell a consistent story

The broader form line strengthens Gauff's case, with five wins from her last five completed matches and four of them in straight sets during this US Open run.

Andreeva's equivalent stretch includes a loss to Marta Kostyuk in Cincinnati sandwiched among her four wins in New York.

Gauff also closed out the Cincinnati title just before arriving at Flushing Meadows, suggesting her straight-sets streak here is an extension of something already established rather than a fresh four-match burst.

Mirra Andreeva vs Coco Gauff Prediction

Coco Gauff is the pick, and not simply because of history against Andreeva. Her form through this tournament has been clinical, without dropping a set in four rounds, while Andreeva has had to dig out a longer, messier win to even get here.

Andreeva still complicates the call: she is the reigning Roland Garros champion and proved against Potapova she can fight back from a set down. But Gauff's consistency on this surface, this fortnight, points to her closing out this quarterfinal.

With both of these young stars already building serious prize money hauls, it is worth seeing where they might one day sit among the richest tennis players.

If you are still weighing up the markets for this one, our guide to how to bet on US Open tennis walks through the options worth considering.