R16 Australian Open 2026

Coco Gauff #3 def. Karolina Muchova #19

6-1 3-6 6-3

Coco Gauff defeated Karolina Muchova 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 2026 Australian Open fourth round on hard courts on January 25, 2026.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatCoco GauffKarolina Muchova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
22
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
31
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
68.8%77.3%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
65.5%60.3%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
68.0%52.9%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
60.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
66.2%58.7%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%40.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
41.3%33.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
54.2%45.8%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+9.3+1.8
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-1.8-9.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2026 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Win Probability

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Player Comparison

FieldCoco GauffKarolina Muchova
Country USA CZE
Birth dateMar 13, 2004Aug 21, 1996
Age2129
Height175 cm180 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)319
Ranking points (entering)6,4232,083
Elo (entering)2,1122,014
Current career W-L287–114182–92
Current career earnings$36,836,617$15,364,952
Pre-match H2H
Coco Gauff #3 3 – 0 Karolina Muchova #19

Path

Coco Gauff's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Hailey Baptiste #703-6 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2026R32
Olga Danilovic #696-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2026R64
Kamilla Rakhimova #936-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2026R128

Coco Gauff's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elina Svitolina #121-6 2-6LH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2026QF

Karolina Muchova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Magda Linette #506-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2026R32
Alycia Parks #994-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2026R64
Jaqueline Cristian #356-3 7-6(6)WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2026R128