Aryna Sabalenka and Donna Vekic will clash against each other in the quarter of the San Diego Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:30 am on Stadium Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.444
Donna Vekic -> 2.86
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 6th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Donna Vekic clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Vekic won 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in 2021.
Aryna Sabalenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-12 | 33-7 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-14 | 35-9 | 14-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-22 | 20-15 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-18 | 24-11 | 13-3 | 1-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-10 | 14-7 | 6-3 | 9-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Sabalenka got to the quarter after defeating Sloane Stephens 1-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Stephens, Aryna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Sabalenka scored 80 points vs Stephens’s 78. Aryna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sabalenka scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 65% of her first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (10/30) on the 2nd serve. Sabalenka broke Stephens 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Sabalenka has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of her matches (260-136). 17-11 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sabalenka has an aggregate151-72 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Aryna’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Stuttgart and Hertogenbosch.
Aryna has a compiled 30-18 win-loss record in 2022, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 11-9 | 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. 77, Donna got to the quarter after beating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-4 6-3, Lauren Davis 7-63 6-4, Maria Sakkari 7-63 6-1 and Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (6-3 6-2). During the match Vekic scored 60 points vs Pliskova’s 48. Vekic was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic fired 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 52% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Pliskova 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vekic started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Donna has an overall 25-18 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 79 |
| Pts | 80-78 | 278-223 |
| Total Points | 158 | 501 |
| Winners | 35 | 107 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Sabalenka played 1 match while Vekic competed in 4 matches. Vekic started her run from the qualifications while Sabalenka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Aryna Sabalenka surrendered 1 set while Donna Vekic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sabalenka has played 5 set(s) less than Vekic (3 vs 8). Therefore, Sabalenka played 55 games less than Vekic. The Belarussian scored 35 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Vekic struck 107 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 56/86 | 157/268 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 107/157 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 10/30 | 53/111 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 48% |
Sabalenka recorded 1 ace . Vekic also scored 26 aces (6.5 per match). Sabalenka won 63% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 68% 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 | Sabalenka | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 19 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 19/31 |
| % Converted | 55% | 61% |
| Conceded | 13 | 21 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 62% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 9 |
Sabalenka broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sabalenka lost her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Donna broke her opponents 19 times with a 61% conversion rate. Donna conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | |||
| R2 Stephens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 80-78 | 80-78 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/86 | 56/86 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/30 | 10/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Vekic | ||||||
| Q1 Mandlik |
Q3 Davis |
R1 Sakkari |
R2 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-63 6-4 | 7-63 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 79 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 75-66 | 75-56 | 60-48 | 278-223 | |
| Total points | 121 | 141 | 131 | 108 | 501 | |
| Winners | 27 | 29 | 30 | 21 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 40% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | |
| 1st in | 35/57 | 46/76 | 46/77 | 30/58 | 157/268 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | 60% | 52% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 29/46 | 30/46 | 21/30 | 107/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 63% | 65% | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 13/30 | 16/31 | 12/28 | 53/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 43% | 52% | 43% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/8 | 5/6 | 6/9 | 19/31 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 63% | 83% | 67% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/6 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 57% | 67% | 257% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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