Donna Vekic and Sloane Stephens will clash against each other in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.45
Sloane Stephens -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Sloane Stephens
This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Sloane Stephens face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Vekic won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2018.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-9 | 7-6 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 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. 21, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after defeating Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-2 6-3). During the match, Vekic scored 63 points vs Zhang’s 42. Vekic was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vekic fired 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Donna Vekic was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of her 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Zhang 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Vekic has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (262-218). 6-2 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vekic has a compiled 39-28 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Monterrey where she overcame Caroline Garcia in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5.
Vekic has an aggregate 25-10 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Sloane Stephens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-10 | 8-8 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-20 | 11-14 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-17 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-19 | 6-11 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-11 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39, Sloane got to the 2nd round after defeating Rebecca Peterson 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Sloane had a good straight sets win against Peterson (6-2 6-3). During the match Stephens scored 56 points vs Peterson’s 39. Stephens was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Stephens scored 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Sloane Stephens lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Stephens put 67% of her first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. Stephens broke Peterson 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the Malo where she defeated Greetje Minnen in the final 6-3 6-4.
Stephens has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2013. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 |
| Pts | 63-42 | 56-39 |
| Total Points | 105 | 95 |
| Winners | 20 | 20 |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% |
Both Vekic and Stephens played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vekic and Stephens have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). The Croatian scored 20 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Stephens recorded 20 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 26/59 | 30/45 |
| %1st in | 44% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/30 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 53% |
Vekic blasted 3 aces . Stephens scored 2 aces . Vekic won 77% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Stephens won 67% of the points on 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 | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Croatian broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Vekic dropped her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Stephens broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vekic | |||
| R1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 63-42 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/59 | 26/59 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Stephens | ||||
| R1 Peterson |
R1 Peterson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 56-39 | 56-39 | 112-78 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | 190 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | 60/90 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | 12/18 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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