Donna Vekic and Gabriela Lee will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Viking Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on Ann Jones Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 2 sets.
Donna Vekic -> 1.181
Gabriela Lee -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Gabriela Lee
There is no head to head record between Donna Vekic and Gabriela Lee since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-15 | 7-6 | 3-4 | 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 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, Donna got to the qualifications after beating Katie Swan 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Swan (7-5 6-4). During the match, Vekic scored 77 points vs Swan’s 69. Vekic was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vekic managed to score 9 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 50% of her first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Vekic broke Swan 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Vekic has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (241-212). 1-1 on grass in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Vekic has an aggregate 32-25 match record in the last years on grass.
The Croatian has a compiled 10-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Gabriela Lee
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-11 | 1-1 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-24 | 6-9 | 19-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-28 | 1-5 | 19-15 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-20 | 6-8 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-15 | 6-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, Gabriela got to the qualifications after beating Freya Christie 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Talaba defeated Christie (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Talaba scored 94 points vs Christie’s 86. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Talaba made 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Gabriela Lee lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Talaba put 66% of her first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Talaba broke Christie 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).
The Romanian has a compiled 16-12 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Talaba |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 |
| Pts | 77-69 | 94-86 |
| Total Points | 146 | 180 |
| Winners | 28 | 38 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Vekic and Talaba played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gabriela Lee dropped 1 set while Donna Vekic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vekic has played 1 set(s) less than Talaba (2 vs 3). Therefore, Vekic played 5 games less than Talaba. Donna scored 28 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Talaba bagged 38 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Talaba |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3 |
| 1st in | 39/78 | 59/89 |
| %1st in | 50% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 38/59 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 16/30 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Vekic made 9 aces . Talaba scored 3 aces . Vekic won 72% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Talaba won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vekic | Talaba |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Vekic broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Vekic lost her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Gabriela broke her opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Gabriela conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vekic | |||
| Q1 Swan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-69 | 77-69 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/78 | 39/78 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Talaba | |||
| Q1 Christie | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 94-86 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/89 | 59/89 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Matthew EbdenEbden – Max PurcellPurcell (6-1 6-76 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas LackoLacko – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Nicolas JarryJarry (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Donna VekicVekic – Gabriela TalabaTalaba (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandra KrunicKrunic – Jana FettFett (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Fernanda Contreras GomezContreras Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Eden SilvaSilva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maddison InglisInglis – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Magda LinetteLinette (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Qiang WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Petra MarticMartic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lauren DavisDavis – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction