Karolina Pliskova and Donna Vekic will play each other in the 2nd round of the San Diego Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on Stadium Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.56
Donna Vekic -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 8th time that Karolina Pliskova and Donna Vekic face off. The head to head is 6-1 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Pliskova won 4-6 6-3 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Montreal back in 2021.
Karolina Pliskova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-16 | 10-10 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 19-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-21 | 12-9 | 6-6 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-19 | 23-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, Pliskova got to the 2nd round after defeating Caroline Dolehide 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Dolehide (6-3 6-4). During the match, Pliskova scored 76 points vs Dolehide’s 65. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pliskova blasted 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Dolehide 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Pliskova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (410-211). 12-7 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pliskova has a composed 244-116 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Karolina’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Strasbourg and Toronto.
Pliskova has an overall 21-17 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Pliskova has never competed in this tournament before.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-20 | 12-10 | 8-5 | 2-1 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-20 | 16-9 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 10-9 | 9-6 | 2-1 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 77, Donna reached the 2nd round after defeating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-4 6-3, Lauren Davis 7-63 6-4 and Maria Sakkari 7-63 6-1.
In the 1st round, Vekic had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (7-63 6-1). During the match Vekic scored 75 points vs Sakkari’s 56. Vekic was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Vekic scored 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Vekic broke Sakkari 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Vekic has a composed 24-18 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 62 |
| Pts | 76-65 | 218-175 |
| Total Points | 141 | 393 |
| Winners | 29 | 86 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Pliskova played 1 match while Vekic competed in 3 matches. Vekic started her run from the qualifications while Pliskova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Pliskova has played 4 set(s) less than Vekic (2 vs 6). Therefore, Pliskova played 43 games less than Vekic. The Czech scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Vekic struck 86 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 127/210 |
| %1st in | 58% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 86/127 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 41/83 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 49% |
Pliskova made 4 aces . Vekic made 20 aces (6.7 per match). Pliskova won 76% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 13/22 |
| % Converted | 33% | 59% |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Karolina broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Czech lost her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Donna broke her opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||
| R1 Dolehide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 76-65 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 38/65 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Vekic | |||||
| Q1 Mandlik |
Q3 Davis |
R1 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-63 6-4 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 20 | 62 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 75-66 | 75-56 | 218-175 | |
| Total points | 121 | 141 | 131 | 393 | |
| Winners | 27 | 29 | 30 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 35/57 | 46/76 | 46/77 | 127/210 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 29/46 | 30/46 | 86/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 63% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 13/30 | 16/31 | 41/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 43% | 52% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/8 | 5/6 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 63% | 83% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/6 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 57% | 190% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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