Ekaterina Alexandrova and Donna Vekic will square off in the semifinal of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.71
Donna Vekic -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 4th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Donna Vekic square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Vekic won 7-6(7) 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Stuttgart back in 2023.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – Stuttgart 17-April-2023
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Alexandrova got to the semifinal after beating Jule Niemeier 6-3 6-0 and Anastasia Potapova 6-2 7-68.
In the quarter, Alexandrova had a good straight sets win against Potapova (6-2 7-68). During the match, Alexandrova scored 79 points vs Potapova’s 65. Ekaterina was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova scored 8 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 63% of her first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Alexandrova broke Potapova 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Alexandrova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (306-195). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Alexandrova has a composed 88-37 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Alexandrova’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Ekaterina has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-20 | 12-10 | 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. 34, Donna reached the semifinal after defeating Dayana Yastremska 6-1 6-1 and Clara Burel 6-0 7-63.
In the quarter, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Burel (6-0 7-63). During the match Vekic scored 71 points vs Burel’s 49. Vekic was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Vekic put 57% of her first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Donna broke Burel 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vekic hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points she played.
The Croatian has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 33 |
| Pts | 141-103 | 129-83 |
| Total Points | 244 | 212 |
| Winners | 54 | 47 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Alexandrova and Vekic played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alexandrova and Vekic have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Alexandrova played 3 games more than Vekic. Alexandrova scored 54 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Vekic bagged 47 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 68/106 | 64/105 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 54/68 | 47/64 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 19/38 | 23/41 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Alexandrova fired 16 aces (8 per match). Vekic recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Alexandrova won 79% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/23 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 39% | 56% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Russian broke her opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Ekaterina dropped her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Donna broke her opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Donna conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R2 Niemeier |
1/4 Potapova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 36 | |
| pts | 62-38 | 79-65 | 141-103 | |
| Total points | 100 | 144 | 244 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 39/62 | 68/106 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 33/39 | 54/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 85% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 11/23 | 19/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/11 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vekic | ||||
| R2 Yastremska |
1/4 Burel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-0 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 33 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 71-49 | 129-83 | |
| Total points | 92 | 120 | 212 | |
| Winners | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 36/63 | 64/105 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 25/36 | 47/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 14/27 | 23/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/10 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Donna VekicVekic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
