Donna Vekic surprises Emma Raducanu 6-0 7-6(6) in the final in London on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This is the first time that Vekic conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the 1st round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Donna added $ 112,700 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 294,445 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Emma Raducanu The HSBC Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:48
At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 75 points vs. the Brit’s 58.
Vekic
Donna served very well to win 80% of the points (33/41) behind her first serve. However she won only 35% points (8/23) on her second serve. Donna won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Raducanu
On the other side, Emma didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Raducanu is 1-0 for Donna.
This was the 5th career title for the Croatian. She won the previous title in Monterrey. (see list of titles and finals). Raducanu 1st remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament at the U.S. Open 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
There was not much of a fight in this set since Donna conceded no games to the Brit before winning the set 6-0.
The Croatian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 15.
Vekic was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, Donna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Vekic was the one to win the set after conquering 18 more points than Raducanu (30-12). Vekic lost 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Raducanu conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
The Croatian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (2-5) game, Donna broke back in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 8-6.
A defining moment of this set was when Donna won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 2-5 to 6-5.
Tiebreak
Vekic won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1), 9th (5-4), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Emma won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Donna converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 8th (2-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Emma converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40).
They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Croatian won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the Brit (44-45). Donna surrendered 17 points on serve (19-17). On the other side, the Brit conceded 25 points on serve (28-25).
