Belinda Bencic and Donna Vekic will clash against each other in the quarter of the Tallinn Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.34
Donna Vekic -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 5th time that Belinda Bencic and Donna Vekic square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bencic won 7-6(5) 6-3 in the quarter in New York back in 2019.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs Donna Vekic – New York 04-September-2019
Belinda Bencic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31-13 | 24-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-18 | 13-9 | 13-4 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-20 | 22-9 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 50-22 | 23-9 | 11-6 | 9-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Bencic reached the quarter after defeating Elena Malygina 6-0 6-2 and Katie Boulter 6-4 6-72 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Belinda defeated Boulter (6-4 6-72 6-3). During the match, Bencic scored 106 points vs Boulter’s 99. Belinda was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bencic recorded 5 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 59% of her first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Boulter 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bencic has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Bencic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (332-178). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bencic has a compiled 51-26 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Charleston where she overcame Ons Jabeur in the final 6-1 5-7 6-4.
Belinda has a composed 35-16 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tallinn
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-18 | 10-8 | 8-5 | 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. 85, Donna reached the quarter after beating Maileen Nuudi 6-2 6-0 and Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Vekic had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-2 6-4). During the match Vekic scored 71 points vs Zhang’s 50. Vekic was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic bagged 8 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Donna Vekic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Vekic broke Zhang 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vekic hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points she played.
The Croatian has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bencic | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 32 |
| Pts | 170-136 | 126-77 |
| Total Points | 306 | 203 |
| Winners | 71 | 46 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Bencic and Vekic played 2 matches. At the moment, Belinda Bencic surrendered 1 set while Donna Vekic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bencic has played 1 set more than Vekic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Bencic played 14 games more than Vekic. Belinda scored 71 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Donna recorded 46 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 101/166 | 59/103 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 71/101 | 46/59 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 30/65 | 23/44 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 52% |
Bencic recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Vekic recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Bencic won 70% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/22 | 10/13 |
| % Converted | 55% | 77% |
| Conceded | 20 | 11 |
| Saved | 15 | 9 |
| % Saved | 75% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Bencic broke her opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Belinda lost her serve 5 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Vekic broke her opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. Donna conceded her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | ||||
| R1 Malygina |
R2 Boulter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-72 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 32 | 46 | |
| pts | 64-37 | 106-99 | 170-136 | |
| Total points | 101 | 205 | 306 | |
| Winners | 27 | 44 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 64/109 | 101/166 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 44/64 | 71/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/20 | 23/45 | 30/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 51% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/12 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 42% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 6/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 67% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Vekic | ||||
| R1 Nuudi |
R2 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 32 | |
| pts | 55-27 | 71-50 | 126-77 | |
| Total points | 82 | 121 | 203 | |
| Winners | 22 | 24 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 32/59 | 59/103 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 24/32 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 14/27 | 23/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/7 | 10/13 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 71% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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