Coco Gauff def. Belinda Bencic — Quarterfinal, Miami Open 2026

🇺🇸
Miami Open 2026

WTA 1000HardMiami, USA

Played24 Mar 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 4 going into this drawWon

Coco Gauff seeded 4 6 1 6

🇨🇭ranked WTA number 12 going into this draw

Belinda Bencic seeded 12 3 6 3

🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffvB. BencicBelinda Bencic🇨🇭

🇺🇸Coco Gauff

🇨🇭Belinda Bencic

Match stats

Serve

6

Aces

3

5

Double faults

0

58%

1st serve in

74%

76%

1st serve points won

61%

33%

2nd serve points won

48%

58%

Service points won

57%

1/5

Break points saved

9/13

Return

43%

Return points won

42%

4/13

Break points won

4/5

86

Total points won

88

Head to head

4–1 Gauff

  1. This matchMiami QFwon by Gauff
  2. 2025HardBeijing R16won by Gauff
  3. 2025ClayMadrid R16won by Gauff
  4. 2025HardIndian Wells R16won by Bencic
  5. 2025HardMelbourne R16won by Gauff

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

7–3

Last 10 matches

7–3

4–1

Last 30 days

5–1

By surface

23–6

Hard

25–7

1–2

Indoor hard

–

By round

4–1

QF

2–2

2–2

SF

2–0

16–4

At WTA 1000s

11–4

How their matches go

31

Completed matches

29

52%

Won in straight sets

55%

26%

Won after losing a set

24%

10%

Lost after winning a set

14%

13%

Lost in straight sets

7%

6–1

Tiebreaks

2–3

8–3

Deciding sets

7–4

19/19

Won after winning set 1

18/21

5/12

Won after losing set 1

5/8

Serve and return, last 5 matches

65%

1st serve in

66%

67%

1st serve points won

69%

33%

2nd serve points won

53%

59%

Break points saved

70%

50%

Return points won

48%

43%

Break points won

63%

2.2

Aces a match

1.6

8.4

Double faults a match

2.6

Last 14 days

3

Matches

4

9

Sets

8

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentCoco GauffBelinda Bencic
🇺🇸AnisimovaNo. 6
🇺🇸AnisimovaNo. 6LostBeijing SFWonMiami R16
🇺🇸PegulaNo. 5
🇺🇸PegulaNo. 5LostRiyadh RRWonWuhan FLostIndian Wells R16
🇧🇪MertensNo. 21
🇧🇪MertensNo. 21WonDubai R16WonIndian Wells R32WonPerth & Sydney SFWonWuhan R32
🇺🇦SvitolinaNo. 9
🇺🇦SvitolinaNo. 9LostDubai SFLostMelbourne QFLostDubai R16
🇪🇸Bouzas ManeiroNo. 50
🇪🇸Bouzas ManeiroNo. 50LostPerth & Sydney RRWonDubai R64
🇨🇿MuchováNo. 13
🇨🇿MuchováNo. 13WonMelbourne R16WonTokyo QF
Total
Total7–59–4

Last 10 matches going in

LatestCoco GauffBelinda Bencic
1Won🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 38No. 38 · 23 MarMiami R16 · 23 MarWon🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 6No. 6 · 23 MarMiami R16 · 23 Mar
2Won🇺🇸A. ParksAlycia ParksNo. 96No. 96 · 21 MarMiami R32 · 21 MarWon🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 20No. 20 · 21 MarMiami R32 · 21 Mar
3Won🇮🇹E. CocciarettoElisabetta CocciarettoNo. 42No. 42 · 20 MarMiami R64 · 20 MarWon🇹🇷Z. SonmezZeynep SonmezNo. 80No. 80 · 20 MarMiami R64 · 20 Mar
4Lost🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 31No. 31 · 8 MarIndian Wells R32 · 8 MarLost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 5No. 5 · 11 MarIndian Wells R16 · 11 Mar
5Won🇺🇿K. RakhimovaKamilla RakhimovaNo. 92No. 92 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 MarWon🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 22No. 22 · 9 MarIndian Wells R32 · 9 Mar
6Lost🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 9No. 9 · 20 FebDubai SF · 20 FebWon🇦🇺S. HunterStorm HunterNo. 236No. 236 · 7 MarIndian Wells R64 · 7 Mar
7Won🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 40No. 40 · 19 FebDubai QF · 19 FebLost🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 9No. 9 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 Feb
8Won🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 22No. 22 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 FebWon🇨🇿S. BejlekSara BejlekNo. 38No. 38 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 Feb
9Won🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 28No. 28 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 FebWon🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 45No. 45 · 16 FebDubai R64 · 16 Feb
10Lost🇮🇹E. CocciarettoElisabetta CocciarettoNo. 51No. 51 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 FebLost🇨🇿N. BartunkovaNikola BartunkovaNo. 126No. 126 · 22 JanMelbourne R64 · 22 Jan