Iga Swiatek ousts Donna Vekic 6-3 3-6 6-0 in the final in San Diego on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Donna Vekic San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Iga scored 77 points vs. Vekic’s 58.
Swiatek
Iga didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Vekic
On the other side, Donna was remarkable in converting the only break point that she converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Vekic is 3-0 for Iga.
This was the 11th career title for Iga. (see list of titles and finals). Donna remains with 3rd titles after she conquered the tournament in Kuala Lumpur 2014, in Nottingham 2017 and in Courmayeur 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Swiatek snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
They contested 56 points. Iga was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Croatian (34-22). Swiatek dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, Donna conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Croatian snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Donna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Donna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. The Croatian won 9 more points than Iga (30-21). The Croatian dropped 8 points on serve (22-8). In addition, on the other side, the Pole conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Donna was repeatedly broken and the Pole won the set 6-0.
They played 30 points. Swiatek was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than Donna (23-7). Swiatek was unchallenged on serve to concede barely 1 point during her serving games (12-1). In addition, on the other side, Donna conceded 11 points on serve (6-11).