Donna Vekic and Caty McNally will square off in the 2^nd round of the Viking Classic for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court Ann Jones Centre Court1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Caty McNally who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Caty McNally is the pick to win this match.
Caty McNally -> 1.92
Donna Vekic -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Caty McNally

There is no head to head record between Donna Vekic and Caty McNally since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Donna Vekic

Ranked no. 92, Vekic reached the 2^nd round after beating Katie Swan 7-5 6-4, Gabriela Lee 6-3 6-1 and Coco Vandeweghe 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Vandeweghe (6-4 6-4). During the match, Vekic scored 67 points vs Vandeweghe’s 51. Donna was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Vekic bagged 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Donna Vekic was quite effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Vekic broke Vandeweghe 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Vekic has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (243-212). 3-1 on grass in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vekic has an aggregate 34-25 match record in the last years on grass.

Donna has an aggregate 12-8 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Caty McNally

Ranked no. 197, the American reached the 2^nd round after beating Astra Sharma 6-2 6-2, Maddison Inglis 6-3 4-6 6-1 and Elise Mertens 3-6 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Mertens, McNally recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5). During the match McNally scored 102 points vs Mertens’s 97. Caty was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, McNally recorded 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Caty McNally lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, McNally put 70% of her first serves in, winning 58% (41/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Caty broke Mertens 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).

The American has a compiled 13-13 win-loss record in 2022, 7-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st

round in 2021. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vekic	McNally
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	58	73
Pts	206-163	263-218
Total Points	369	481
Winners	76	111
%Winners	37%	42%

Both Vekic and McNally played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Caty McNally dropped 2 sets while Donna Vekic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Vekic has played 2 set(s) less than McNally (6 vs 8). Therefore, Vekic played 15 games less than McNally. The Croatian scored 76 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Caty managed to score 111 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vekic	McNally
Aces	18	5
Avg per match	6	1.7
1st in	101/187	171/234
%1st in	54%	73%
1st pts	76/101	111/171
%1st pts	75%	65%
2nd pts	46/86	30/63
%2nd pts	53%	48%

Vekic bagged 18 aces (6 per match). McNally struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Vekic won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, McNally won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vekic	McNally
Won	12	18
Converted	12/22	18/36
% Converted	55%	50%
Conceded	8	25
Saved	4	15
% Saved	50%	60%
Times Broken	4	10

The Croatian broke her opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Donna conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 18 times with a 50% conversion rate. McNally conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Vekic
	Q1 Swan	Q3 Talaba	R1 Vandeweghe	Total
Score	7-5 6-4	6-3 6-1	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	22	16	20	58
pts	77-69	62-43	67-51	206-163
Total points	146	105	118	369
Winners	28	21	27	76
%Winners	36%	34%	40%	37%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	5	18
Double Faults	8	2	5	15
1st in	39/78	30/49	32/60	101/187
% 1st in	50%	61%	53%	54%
1st pts	28/39	21/30	27/32	76/101
% 1st pts	72%	70%	84%	75%
2nd pts	19/39	12/19	15/28	46/86
% 2nd pts	49%	63%	54%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	5	3	12
Converted	4/8	5/8	3/6	12/22
Converted %	50%	63%	50%	55%
Conceded	4	3	1	8
Saved	2/4	2/3	0/1	4
Saved %	50%	67%	0%	39%
Times Broken	2	1	1	4

McNally
	Q1 Sharma	Q3 Inglis	R1 Mertens	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-3 4-6 6-1	3-6 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	16	26	31	73
pts	61-37	100-84	102-97	263-218
Total points	98	184	199	481
Winners	29	41	41	111
%Winners	48%	41%	40%	42%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	2	5
Double Faults	1	3	4	8
1st in	37/51	63/82	71/101	171/234
% 1st in	73%	77%	70%	73%
1st pts	29/37	41/63	41/71	111/171
% 1st pts	78%	65%	58%	65%
2nd pts	9/14	6/19	15/30	30/63
% 2nd pts	64%	32%	50%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	7	7	18
Converted	4/8	7/17	7/11	18/36
Converted %	50%	41%	64%	50%
Conceded	1	11	13	25
Saved	1/1	7/11	7/13	15
Saved %	100%	64%	54%	73%
Times Broken	0	4	6	10

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• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Marius CopilCopil (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David GoffinGoffin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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• Donald YoungYoung – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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