Donna Vekic and Lin Zhu will face off in the semifinal of the Abierto GNP Seguros for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on Center 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 Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.55
Lin Zhu -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Lin Zhu
This will be the 2nd time that Donna Vekic and Lin Zhu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Vekic won 6-4 0-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Baku back in 2015.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-14 | 7-6 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 7-3 | 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. 31, Donna reached the semifinal after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 2-6 5-0 ret., Emma Navarro 6-3 6-2 and Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2 5-7 7-65.
In the quarter, Donna defeated Bonaventure (6-2 5-7 7-65). During the match, Vekic scored 110 points vs Bonaventure’s 102. Vekic was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vekic managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Donna Vekic was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (48/63) of her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Croatian broke Bonaventure 3 times after converting 20% of her break points (3/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Donna has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points she played.
Vekic has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (249-210). 10-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vekic has a composed 128-111 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Vekic has a compiled 12-2 win-loss record in 2023, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monterrey
Lin Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-18 | 12-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-24 | 23-17 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 34-15 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-14 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 41 (career-high), Lin got to the semifinal after beating Anna Bondar 6-4 7-64, Rebecca Marino 7-64 2-6 6-3 and Caroline Dolehide 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Zhu had a good straight sets win against Dolehide (6-3 6-2). During the match Zhu scored 62 points vs Dolehide’s 43. Lin was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhu wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Lin Zhu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 76% of her first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Lin broke Dolehide 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Hua Hin where she defeated Lesya Tsurenko in the final 6-4 6-4.
Zhu has an aggregate 13-4 win-loss record in 2023, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 70 |
| Pts | 224-197 | 241-206 |
| Total Points | 421 | 447 |
| Winners | 83 | 107 |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% |
Both Vekic and Zhu played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Donna Vekic surrendered 2 sets, while Lin Zhu dropped 1 set. Vekic has played 1 set more than Zhu (8 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Vekic played 7 games less than Zhu. Vekic scored 83 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Lin struck 107 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 118/212 | 148/229 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 83/118 | 107/148 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 46/94 | 43/81 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Vekic managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Zhu scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Vekic won 70% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vekic | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/34 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 35% | 53% |
| Conceded | 23 | 20 |
| Saved | 16 | 14 |
| % Saved | 70% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
The Croatian broke her opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. Vekic dropped her serve 7 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Lin conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vekic | |||||
| R1 Tsurenko |
R2 Navarro |
1/4 Bonaventure |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 5-0 ret. | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 5-7 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 17 | 33 | 63 | |
| pts | 48-45 | 66-50 | 110-102 | 224-197 | |
| Total points | 93 | 116 | 212 | 421 | |
| Winners | 16 | 19 | 48 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 29% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 25/50 | 30/62 | 63/100 | 118/212 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 48% | 63% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 16/25 | 19/30 | 48/63 | 83/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 63% | 76% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 16/32 | 19/37 | 46/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 50% | 51% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 6/13 | 3/15 | 12/34 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 46% | 20% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 | 4 | 23 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 9/11 | 2/4 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 82% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Zhu | |||||
| R1 Bondar |
R2 Marino |
1/4 Dolehide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 7-64 2-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 30 | 17 | 70 | |
| pts | 75-63 | 104-100 | 62-43 | 241-206 | |
| Total points | 138 | 204 | 105 | 447 | |
| Winners | 33 | 44 | 30 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 68/109 | 37/49 | 148/229 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 62% | 76% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 44/68 | 30/37 | 107/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 65% | 81% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 23/41 | 6/12 | 43/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/9 | 4/7 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 57% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 15 | 1 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 11/15 | 1/1 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 73% | 100% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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