Donna Vekic and Ekaterina Alexandrova will square off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on SIBUR ARENA. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.66
Donna Vekic -> 2.10
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 2nd time that Donna Vekic and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Vekic won 6-3 7-5
in the 1st round in Budapest back in 2017.Donna Vekic
Ranked no. 23, Donna reached the 1st round after beating Kristie Ahn 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Vekic had a good straight sets win against Ahn (6-4 6-1). During the match Vekic scored 56 points vs Ahn’s 36. Donna was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic blasted 5 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Donna Vekic was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (17/24) of her 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Ahn 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Vekic has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (183-143). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vekic has a 193-169 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
Donna has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Donna lost in the final 7-62 6-4 to Kiki Bertens.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 28, Ekaterina got to the 1st round after defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alexandrova defeated Kasatkina (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Alexandrova scored 93 points vs Kasatkina’s 85. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova blasted 10 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kasatkina 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Alexandrova has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 78% of her matches (158-44). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a 100-76 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Shenzhen where she defeated Elena Rybakina in the final 6-2 6-4.
Alexandrova has a 10-1 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Ekaterina had to surrender in the quarter 6-3 6-4 to Aryna Sabalenka.
Live score
Follow the live score and result of this match as soon as it starts
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 |
| Pts | 56-36 | 93-85 |
| Total Points | 92 | 178 |
| Winners | 17 | 36 |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% |
Both Vekic and Alexandrova played 1 matche. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova dropped 1 set while Donna Vekic hasn’t lost a set so far. Vekic has played 1 sets less than Alexandrova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Vekic played 12 games less than Alexandrova. The Croatian scored 17 winners (30% on total points). On the other side, Alexandrova blasted 36 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 52/91 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 36/52 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 46% |
Vekic blasted 5 aces . Alexandrova blasted 10 aces . Vekic won 71% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 69% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vekic | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 56% | 83% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Vekic broke her opponent 5 times with 56% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Alexandrova broke her opponent 5 times with 83% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vekic | |||
| R1 Ahn | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 13/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Kasatkina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 93-85 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 52/91 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 300 | |
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Fiona FerroFerro (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Oceane DodinDodin – Johanna KontaKonta (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alize CornetCornet – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-2) – See H2H details
- Donna VekicVekic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-0) – See H2H details
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-0) – See H2H details
- Oceane DodinDodin – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details