Jennifer Brady and Donna Vekic will play each other in the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1 pm on Rod Laver Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jennifer Brady who should win in 2 sets.
Jennifer Brady -> 1.33
Donna Vekic -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Jennifer Brady vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 2nd time that Jennifer Brady and Donna Vekic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Vekic won 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the qualifications in Rome back in 2018.
Jennifer Brady
Ranked no. 24 (career high), the American reached the qualifications after defeating Aliona Bolsova 6-1 6-3, Madison Brengle 6-1 6-2 and Kaja Juvan 6-1 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Jennifer had a good straight sets win against Juvan (6-1 6-3). During the match Brady scored 70 points vs Juvan’s 51. The American was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Brady scored just 1 ace and she committed only 1 double fault. Jennifer Brady lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Brady put 47% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Juvan 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brady hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points she played.
Brady has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (238-157). 6-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Brady has a 174-96 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Jennifer’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
The American has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The American lost in the 1st round to Simona Halep.
Donna Vekic
Ranked no. 33, Vekic got to the qualifications after defeating Yafan Wang 4-6 6-3 6-4, Nadia Podoroska 6-2 6-2 and Kaia Kanepi 5-7 7-62 6-4.
In the 3rd round against Kanepi, Donna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-62 6-4). During the match Vekic and Kanepi scored the same amount of points (115). However, the world no. 24 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic fired 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. Vekic broke Kanepi 4 times after converting 24% of her break points (4/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
The Croatian has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Last year at the Australian Open
Vekic surrendered in the 3rd round to Iga Swiatek.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brady | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 80 |
| Pts | 183-118 | 279-258 |
| Total Points | 301 | 537 |
| Winners | 63 | 92 |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% |
Both Brady and Vekic played 3 matches. At the moment, Donna Vekic dropped 2 sets while Jennifer Brady hasn’t lost a set so far. Brady has played 2 set(s) less than Vekic (6 vs 8). Therefore, Brady played 33 games less than Vekic. Brady scored 63 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian scored 92 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brady | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 82/156 | 142/248 |
| %1st in | 53% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 63/82 | 92/142 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 45/74 | 52/106 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 49% |
Brady blasted 8 aces (2.7 per match). Vekic scored 11 aces (3.7 per match). Brady won 77% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 65% 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 | Brady | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 17 |
| Converted | 13/23 | 17/42 |
| % Converted | 57% | 40% |
| Conceded | 8 | 22 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 88% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 11 |
Jennifer broke her opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Brady dropped her serve once and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded. Vekic broke her opponents 17 times with a 40% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Brady | |||||
| R1 Bolsova | R2 Brengle | R3 Juvan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 16 | 47 | |
| pts | 57-35 | 56-32 | 70-51 | 183-118 | |
| Total points | 92 | 88 | 121 | 301 | |
| Winners | 17 | 23 | 23 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 41% | 33% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/39 | 29/47 | 33/70 | 82/156 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 62% | 47% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 23/29 | 23/33 | 63/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 79% | 70% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 11/18 | 19/37 | 45/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 61% | 51% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/6 | 5/10 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 67% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 88% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vekic | |||||
| R1 Wang | R2 Podoroska | R3 Kanepi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 5-7 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 16 | 35 | 80 | |
| pts | 106-105 | 58-38 | 115-115 | 279-258 | |
| Total points | 211 | 96 | 230 | 537 | |
| Winners | 26 | 23 | 43 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 40% | 37% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 47/90 | 31/51 | 64/107 | 142/248 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 61% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/47 | 23/31 | 43/64 | 92/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 74% | 67% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 7/20 | 23/43 | 52/106 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 35% | 53% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 6/8 | 4/17 | 17/42 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 75% | 24% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 3/5 | 3/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 43% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
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