Donna Vekic and Nuria Parrizas-Diaz will square off in the 3^rd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on Margaret Court Arena. 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 Donna Vekic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.44
Nuria Parrizas-Diaz -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Nuria Parrizas-Diaz

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

Donna Vekic

Ranked no. 64, Vekic got to the 3^rd round after beating Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-2 2-6 7-6⁷ and Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-3 6-0). During the match, Vekic scored 55 points vs Samsonova’s 31. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vekic recorded 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Donna Vekic was quite effective on serve to win 92% (22/24) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Donna broke Samsonova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Donna has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Vekic has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (242-208). 5-0 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vekic has an overall 123-110 record in the last years on hard.

Vekic has an overall 5-0 win-loss record in 2023, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Nuria Parrizas-Diaz

Ranked no. 75, Parrizas-Diaz reached the 3^rd round after beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6¹¹ 6-2 and Anastasia Potapova 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Parrizas-Diaz had a good straight sets win against Potapova (6-3 6-2). During the match Parrizas-Diaz scored 63 points vs Potapova’s 43. Nuria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Parrizas-Diaz bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nuria Parrizas-Diaz lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Parrizas-Diaz put 64% of her first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Potapova 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Parrizas-Diaz has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vekic	Parrizas-Diaz
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	44	38
Pts	159-133	145-115
Total Points	292	260
Winners	59	58
%Winners	37%	40%

Both Vekic and Parrizas-Diaz played 2 matches. At the moment, Donna Vekic lost 1 set while Nuria Parrizas-Diaz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Vekic has played 1 set more than Parrizas-Diaz (5 vs 4). Therefore, Vekic played 6 games more than Parrizas-Diaz. Donna scored 59 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard fired 58 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vekic	Parrizas-Diaz
Aces	8	3
Avg per match	4	1.5
1st in	76/135	91/134
%1st in	56%	68%
1st pts	59/76	58/91
%1st pts	78%	64%
2nd pts	26/59	21/43
%2nd pts	44%	49%

Vekic made 8 aces (4 per match). Parrizas-Diaz blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Vekic won 78% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Parrizas-Diaz won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vekic	Parrizas-Diaz
Won	8	11
Converted	8/26	11/20
% Converted	31%	55%
Conceded	8	12
Saved	4	7
% Saved	50%	58%
Times Broken	4	5

The Croatian broke her opponents 8 times with a 31% conversion rate. Vekic lost her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Parrizas-Diaz broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Nuria conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.

Vekic
	R1 Selekhmeteva	R2 Samsonova	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 7-67	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	29	15	44
pts	104-102	55-31	159-133
Total points	206	86	292
Winners	37	22	59
%Winners	36%	40%	37%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8
Double Faults	7	4	11
1st in	52/94	24/41	76/135
% 1st in	55%	59%	56%
1st pts	37/52	22/24	59/76
% 1st pts	71%	92%	78%
2nd pts	16/42	10/17	26/59
% 2nd pts	38%	59%	44%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/17	4/9	8/26
Converted %	24%	44%	31%
Conceded	8	0	8
Saved	4/8	0/0	4
Saved %	50%	–	25%
Times Broken	4	0	4

Parrizas-Diaz
	R1 Haddad Maia	R2 Potapova	Total
Score	7-611 6-2	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	17	38
pts	82-72	63-43	145-115
Total points	154	106	260
Winners	34	24	58
%Winners	41%	38%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	55/78	36/56	91/134
% 1st in	71%	64%	68%
1st pts	34/55	24/36	58/91
% 1st pts	62%	67%	64%
2nd pts	11/23	10/20	21/43
% 2nd pts	48%	50%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	6	11
Converted	5/9	6/11	11/20
Converted %	56%	55%	55%
Conceded	5	7	12
Saved	2/5	5/7	7
Saved %	40%	71%	56%
Times Broken	3	2	5

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