Ekaterina Alexandrova and Donna Vekic will face off in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.9
Donna Vekic -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 5th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Donna Vekic face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Alexandrova and Vekic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Alexandrova won 5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Linz back in February 2024.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Donna Vekic – Linz 03-February-2024
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. 16 (career-high), Ekaterina will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 7-5 6-1 to Putintseva in the 2nd round on the 8th of March.
Alexandrova has an aggregate 8-7 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ekaterina’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Linz.
Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 309-199 record. She has a positive 95-79 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.
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, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Karolina Pliskova 6-4 2-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Croatian defeated Pliskova (6-4 2-6 6-2). During the match Vekic scored 93 points vs Pliskova’s 83. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Vekic blasted 9 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 64% of her first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Pliskova 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
The Croatian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Linz.
The Croatian has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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