Ann Li and Donna Vekic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 PM on Court 13. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.67
Donna Vekic -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 2nd time that Ann Li and Donna Vekic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Li (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Li won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Chicago back in 2021.
Ann Li
23 - 22win/loss
29
28
LWWLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-23 | 12-14 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-25 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 16-14 | 22-9 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28 (career-high), Ann got to the 2nd round after beating Antonia Ruzic 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Ann had a good straight sets win against Ruzic (7-5 6-1). During the match, Li scored 71 points vs Ruzic’s 52. Li was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Li recorded 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ann Li lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Li put 56% of her first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Ruzic 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Li has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (282-197). 11-13 on hard in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Li has an aggregate 158-112 match record in the last years on hard.
Ann has an overall 22-22 win-loss record in 2026, 11-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2025. See her history.
Donna Vekic
26 - 20win/loss
37
17
LWLLLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-20 | 8-12 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 14-23 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 39, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after defeating Talia Gibson 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Donna defeated Gibson (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Vekic scored 109 points vs Gibson’s 101. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic made 4 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 54% of her first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Donna broke Gibson 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in London where she overcame Emma Raducanu in the final 6-0 7-6(6).
The Croatian has a compiled 26-19 win-loss record in 2026, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Li | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 71-52 | 109-101 |
| Total Points | 123 | 210 |
| Winners | 25 | 37 |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% |
Both Li and Vekic played 1 match. At the moment, Donna Vekic dropped 1 set while Ann Li hasn’t conceded a set so far. Li has played 1 set(s) less than Vekic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Li played 8 games less than Vekic. Li scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian scored 37 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Li | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 36/64 | 56/103 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 37/56 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 22/47 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Li struck 3 aces . Vekic made 4 aces . Li won 69% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Li | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 63% | 35% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Ann broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Vekic broke her opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Li | |||
| R1 Ruzic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 71-52 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/64 | 36/64 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vekic | |||
| R1 Gibson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 109-101 | 109-101 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 56/103 | 56/103 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/47 | 22/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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