Donna Vekic and Katie Boulter will face off in the quarter of the San Diego Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:30 am on Barnes Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.9
Donna Vekic -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Katie Boulter
There is no head to head record between Donna Vekic and Katie Boulter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-18 | 10-8 | 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. 28, Vekic reached the quarter after defeating Katherine Hui 7-5 6-2 and Marina Stakusic 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Vekic defeated Stakusic (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match, Vekic scored 82 points vs Stakusic’s 77. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vekic managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 53% of her first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Stakusic 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Vekic has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (255-207). 6-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vekic has an aggregate 125-105 record in the last years on hard.
Vekic’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Linz.
Donna has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Katie Boulter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-17 | 15-7 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 22-12 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 10-4 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 12-9 | 5-1 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 10-6 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49, Katie got to the quarter after beating Lesya Tsurenko 6-3 6-1 and Beatriz Haddad Maia 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Haddad Maia, Boulter recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Boulter scored 81 points vs Haddad Maia’s 80. Boulter was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Boulter fired 4 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Katie Boulter was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of her 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Brit broke Haddad Maia 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Boulter has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 44 |
| Pts | 152-122 | 141-124 |
| Total Points | 274 | 265 |
| Winners | 56 | 56 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Vekic and Boulter played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Donna Vekic surrendered 1 set, while Katie Boulter surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Vekic and Boulter have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Vekic played 4 games more than Boulter. Vekic scored 56 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Boulter managed to score 56 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 73/140 | 76/137 |
| %1st in | 52% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 56/73 | 56/76 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 30/67 | 28/61 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 46% |
Vekic scored 4 aces (2 per match). Boulter blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Vekic won 77% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Boulter won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vekic | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 61% | 64% |
| Conceded | 16 | 9 |
| Saved | 9 | 5 |
| % Saved | 56% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 4 |
Vekic broke her opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Vekic lost her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Boulter broke her opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vekic | ||||
| R1 Hui |
R2 Stakusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
| pts | 70-45 | 82-77 | 152-122 | |
| Total points | 115 | 159 | 274 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 31/60 | 42/80 | 73/140 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 53% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 32/42 | 56/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 19/38 | 30/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 50% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 4/8 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 50% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 3/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Boulter | ||||
| R1 Tsurenko |
R2 Haddad Maia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 44 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 81-80 | 141-124 | |
| Total points | 104 | 161 | 265 | |
| Winners | 25 | 31 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 43/81 | 76/137 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 53% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 31/43 | 56/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/23 | 22/38 | 28/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 58% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/6 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Federico GaioGaio – Ante PavicPavic (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daria GavrilovaGavrilova – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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