Donna Vekic stuns Clara Tauson 7-6(3) 6-2 in the final in Courmayeur on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This is the first time that Donna conquered this tournament. She has never played this tournament so far.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Clara Tauson Courmayeur Ladies Open – Courmayeur
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:46
At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 82 points vs. Tauson’s 68.
Vekic
Vekic served pretty well to win 76% of the points (35/46) behind her first serve. Nevertheless, she won only 35% points (13/37) on her second serve. Vekic fired 11 aces and she committed 6 double faults. The Croatian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Tauson
On the other side, the Dane had some problems converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Tauson is 1-0 for Donna.
This was the 3rd career title for Vekic. She won the previous title in Nottingham. (see list of titles and finals). Clara remains with 2nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Lyon 2021 and in Luxembourg 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Clara Tauson in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Donna succeeded in coming back to break Clara 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
Vekic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Croatian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Tiebreak
Vekic won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 5th (5-0) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Clara won a minibreak in the 7th (1-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Vekic converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Dane converted 100% of her break points (4/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 87 points. Vekic was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Clara (46-41). Donna surrendered 20 points on serve (25-20). Regarding the other side of the net, the Dane conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Vekic in this set was too strong for Clara and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Tauson in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Donna won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
They played 59 points. Donna conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Dane (32-27). Vekic lost 14 points on serve (21-14). on the other side of the court, the Dane conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
