Donna Vekic and Tsvetana Pironkova will square off in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3 pm on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.47
Tsvetana Pironkova -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Tsvetana Pironkova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Pironkova (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pironkova won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Indian Wells back in 2016.
Donna Vekic
Ranked no. 24, Donna reached the 1st round after defeating Kristyna Pliskova 3-6 7-66 6-4 and Patricia Maria Tig 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Maria Tig (6-2 6-1). During the match Vekic scored 62 points vs Maria Tig’s 39. Donna was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vekic made 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 66% of her first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Vekic broke Maria Tig 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.
Vekic has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (296-209). 6-5 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vekic has a 175-112 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Vekic has a 8-7 win-loss record in 2020, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Croatian lost in the Pre-q to .
Tsvetana Pironkova
Ranked no. , the Bulgarian reached the 1st round after defeating Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-3 and Garbine Muguruza 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Pironkova had a good straight sets win against Muguruza (7-5 6-3). During the match Pironkova scored 66 points vs Muguruza’s 52. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Pironkova recorded 4 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Tsvetana Pironkova was very effective on serve to win 93% (27/29) of her 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Pironkova broke Muguruza 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pironkova hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Tsvetana has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Pironkova didn’t compete at the U.S. Open in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 38 |
| Pts | 163-136 | 136-103 |
| Total Points | 299 | 239 |
| Winners | 59 | 55 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Vekic and Pironkova played 2 matches. At the moment, Donna Vekic dropped 1 set while Tsvetana Pironkova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vekic has played 1 set more than Pironkova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Vekic played 9 games more than Pironkova. Donna scored 59 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Pironkova recorded 55 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 78/129 | 67/118 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 59/78 | 55/67 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 27/51 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 53% |
Vekic blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Pironkova scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Vekic won 76% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Pironkova won 82% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vekic | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 47% | 39% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 43% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Donna broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Croatian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Pironkova broke her opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Pironkova conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vekic | ||||
| R1 Pliskova |
R2 Maria Tig |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-66 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 | 47 | |
| pts | 101-97 | 62-39 | 163-136 | |
| Total points | 198 | 101 | 299 | |
| Winners | 35 | 24 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/82 | 31/47 | 78/129 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 66% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 24/31 | 59/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 8/16 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/9 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 50% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Pironkova | ||||
| R1 Samsonova |
R2 Muguruza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 66-52 | 136-103 | |
| Total points | 121 | 118 | 239 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 29/55 | 67/118 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 27/29 | 55/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 93% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 15/26 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 58% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/11 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 27% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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