Coco Gauff vs Magda Linette prediction, betting tips & odds, head-to-head, preview: Miami Open 2025

Gauff is a win away from making the quarter-finals in Miami for the first time.

Third-seed at the Miami Open, Coco Gauff eased past Maria Sakkari for the second time this month. Gauff defeated Sakkari in straight sets at the Indian Wells Open, following it up with another straight-set win to make the fourth round in Florida. The American, who has made the round of 16 at her home event twice, is close to making her quarter-final debut at the venue.

Gauff bundled Sakkari out of the tournament after a 6-2, 6-4 win in 76 minutes. It was the shortest match of day five. The World No. 3 double-bagel countrywoman Sofia Kenin in her opening round in a mere 47 minutes.  

The 21-year-old Coco Gauff will be banking on better luck in Miami after her unexpected loss to Belinda Bencic at Indian Wells. She takes on unseeded Pole Magda Linette in the round of 16 in hopes of making her last-eight debut in Miami. The American has a 2-0 lead over Linette, the wins coming at the 2021 US Open and the 2024 Wuhan Open.

Magda Linette faced stiffer challengers en route to the fourth round when she took on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first two rounds. Despite not dropping a set in her wins over Pavlyuchenkova and Alexandrova, the opening round matches included first-set tiebreaks before Linette held it together to take the second set by a 6-2 margin both times.

Linette faces a tough test in the third round against Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova. The World No. 34 Linette made heavy weather of the match against World No. 214, Fruhvirtova, before prevailing 7-5. 6-4 in two hours. 

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Match Details

• Tournament: Miami Open 2025 Women’s Singles
• Round: Fourth round
• Date: March 24
• Venue: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, United States
• Surface: Hard

Preview

Gauff has enjoyed a breezy entry into the fourth round at the Miami Open. Her fourth-round opponent, Polish veteran Magda Linette, had to slug it out in three hard-fought rounds to set up a third career meeting with Gauff.

Linette expects that it will be third time lucky for her after two successive losses to the World No. 3. Unlike their first meeting, where the Pole put up a fight and took the match to three sets, Linette caved in meekly in their second face-off at Wuhan. Gauff overpowered Linette, 6-0, 6-4 in their second head-to-head.

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Linette and Gauff have something in common – they have never made it past the fourth round in Miami. Despite the apparent lack of success in Miami, Gauff has experienced better luck at other WTA 1000 events at home in Cincinnati and Indian Wells. The American won the Cincinnati Open title in 2023 and was a semi-finalist at Indian Wells in 2024. Gauff is the more accomplished player at WTA 1000 events, having secured 75 main draw wins at the level following her victory over Maria Sakkari. 

Form

• Coco Gauff: W-W-L-W-W
• Magda Linette: W-W-W-L-W

Head-to-head record

• Matches: 2
• Coco Gauff: 2
• Magda Linette: 0 

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Stats

Coco Gauff: 

• Gauff has a 13-4  win-loss record in the 2025 season.
• Gauff has an 8-5 win-loss record in Miami.
• Gauff has won 70.1% of matches played on hard courts.

Magda Linette:

• Linette has a 10-8  win-loss record in the 2025 season.
• Linette has a 9-7 win-loss record in Miami.
• Linette has won 50.5% of matches played on hard courts.

Coco Gauff vs Magda Linette: Betting tips and odds

• Moneyline: Gauff -900, Linette +660.
• Spread: Gauff -6.5 (+118), Linette +6.5 (-155). 
• Total games: Over 18.5 (-124), Under 19.5 (-140).

Match Prediction

Magda Linette will take on her more proficient counterpart, Coco Gauff in the fourth round of the Miami Open on Monday. Linette, a one-time WTA Top 20 player faces the unenviable task of finding a way past World No. 3 Gauff. Two straight losses to the 2023 US Open champion will weigh on Linette’s mind ahead of her fourth-round contest with Gauff. 

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Gauff, meanwhile, hasn’t had the best start to the season and is yet to find her rhythm. Two comfortable back-to-back wins against Sofia Kenin and Maria Sakkari will have boosted her confidence.  

Linette having played three rounds of intense tennis against the middle-of-the-rung players on tour may find the going tough against a player of Gauff’s calibre.

Result: Gauff will win in straight sets.

Where and how to watch the live streaming and TV broadcast of the fourth-round match between Coco Gauff and Magda Linette at the Miami Open 2025?

Coco Gauff and Magda Linette’s fourth-round match will be live-streamed on Tennis Channel for viewers in India and the United States. Sky Sports will broadcast the match across the United Kingdom. 

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