Danielle Rose Collins and Donna Vekic will clash against each other in the semifinal of the San Diego Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Stadium Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Danielle Rose Collins who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Danielle Rose Collins is the pick to win this match.
Danielle Rose Collins -> 1.63
Donna Vekic -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Danielle Rose Collins vs. Donna Vekic

This will be the 2^nd time that Danielle Rose Collins and Donna Vekic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Collins (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Collins won 4-6 6-2 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Miami back in 2018.

Danielle Rose Collins

Ranked no. 19, Collins got to the semifinal after beating Caroline Garcia 6-2 7-6⁴, Martina Trevisan 6-2 6-4 and Paula Badosa Gibert 7-6⁵ 6-4.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Badosa (7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match, Collins scored 84 points vs Badosa’s 78. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Collins blasted 4 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Danielle Rose Collins lost the serve 5 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Collins put 55% of her first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Collins broke Badosa 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Collins has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of her matches (188-108). 15-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Collins has a compiled125-70 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Collins’s best result of the current season was reaching the final at the Australian Open .

The American has a composed 18-9 win-loss record in 2022, 15-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in San Diego

Danielle has never competed in this tournament before.

Donna Vekic

Ranked no. 77, the Croatian got to the semifinal after defeating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-4 6-3, Lauren Davis 7-6³ 6-4, Maria Sakkari 7-6³ 6-1, Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-2 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-1.

In the quarter, The Croatian defeated Sabalenka (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-1). During the match Vekic scored 105 points vs Sabalenka’s 81. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Vekic made 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 75% (41/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Donna broke Sabalenka 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Croatian has an overall 26-18 win-loss record in 2022, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Collins	Vekic
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	11
Tot Games	62	109
Pts	222-186	383-304
Total Points	408	687
Winners	78	148
%Winners	35%	39%

Collins played 3 matches while Vekic competed in 5 matches. Vekic started her run from the qualifications while Collins had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Donna Vekic lost 1 set while Danielle Rose Collins hasn’t conceded a set so far. Collins has played 5 set(s) less than Vekic (6 vs 11). Therefore, Collins played 47 games less than Vekic. Collins scored 78 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Vekic made 148 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Collins	Vekic
Aces	13	33
Avg per match	4.3	6.6
1st in	116/217	212/359
%1st in	53%	59%
1st pts	78/116	148/212
%1st pts	67%	70%
2nd pts	45/101	71/147
%2nd pts	45%	48%

Collins made 13 aces (4.3 per match). Vekic struck 33 aces (6.6 per match). Collins won 67% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 70% 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	Collins	Vekic
Won	18	25
Converted	18/27	25/42
% Converted	67%	60%
Conceded	35	27
Saved	23	15
% Saved	66%	56%
Times Broken	12	12

Danielle broke her opponents 18 times with a 67% conversion rate. Danielle dropped her serve 12 times and she saved 66% of the break points that she conceded. Vekic broke her opponents 25 times with a 60% conversion rate. Donna conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.

Collins
	R1 Garcia	R2 Trevisan	1/4 Badosa	Total
Score	6-2 7-64	6-2 6-4	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	18	23	62
pts	71-57	67-51	84-78	222-186
Total points	128	118	162	408
Winners	23	23	32	78
%Winners	32%	34%	38%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	4	13
Double Faults	7	3	10	20
1st in	30/63	37/65	49/89	116/217
% 1st in	48%	57%	55%	53%
1st pts	23/30	23/37	32/49	78/116
% 1st pts	77%	62%	65%	67%
2nd pts	17/33	12/28	16/40	45/101
% 2nd pts	52%	43%	40%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	7	6	18
Converted	5/8	7/10	6/9	18/27
Converted %	63%	70%	67%	67%
Conceded	6	13	16	35
Saved	3/6	9/13	11/16	23
Saved %	50%	69%	69%	63%
Times Broken	3	4	5	12

Vekic
	Q1 Mandlik	Q3 Davis	R1 Sakkari	R2 Pliskova	1/4 Sabalenka	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-63 6-4	7-63 6-1	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-75 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	3	11
Tot Games	19	23	20	17	30	109
pts	68-53	75-66	75-56	60-48	105-81	383-304
Total points	121	141	131	108	186	687
Winners	27	29	30	21	41	148
%Winners	40%	39%	40%	35%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	7	6	7	33
Double Faults	5	6	5	6	6	28
1st in	35/57	46/76	46/77	30/58	55/91	212/359
% 1st in	61%	61%	60%	52%	60%	59%
1st pts	27/35	29/46	30/46	21/30	41/55	148/212
% 1st pts	77%	63%	65%	70%	75%	70%
2nd pts	12/22	13/30	16/31	12/28	18/36	71/147
% 2nd pts	55%	43%	52%	43%	50%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	5	5	6	6	25
Converted	3/8	5/8	5/6	6/9	6/11	25/42
Converted %	38%	63%	83%	67%	55%	60%
Conceded	2	6	7	6	6	27
Saved	2/2	2/6	4/7	4/6	3/6	15
Saved %	100%	33%	57%	67%	50%	102%
Times Broken	0	4	3	2	3	12

Tennis Scores in San Diego

• Yusuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jessica PegulaPegula (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-1) – H2H and prediction