Marta Kostyuk and Donna Vekic will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 12. 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.68
Donna Vekic -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Donna Vekic

There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Donna Vekic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Marta Kostyuk

Marta Kostyuk

20 - 9win/loss

Hard
15-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-3
Rank
18
High
16
LLLWLLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-12 15-6 5-4 0-0 0-2 0-0
2023 26-22 22-16 2-4 0-0 2-2 0-0
2022 28-20 18-11 3-4 4-3 3-2 0-0
2021 25-17 8-9 10-4 3-1 4-3 0-0
2020 27-12 16-6 7-3 4-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 20 (career-high), Marta reached the 2nd round after defeating Laura Pigossi 7-5 6-74 6-4.

In the 1st round, Kostyuk defeated Pigossi (7-5 6-74 6-4). During the match, Kostyuk scored 135 points vs Pigossi’s 130. Kostyuk was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kostyuk recorded 5 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 51% of her first serves in, winning 54% (35/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (33/62) on the 2nd serve. Marta broke Pigossi 8 times after converting 42% of her break points (8/19).

Kostyuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of her matches (204-117). 5-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kostyuk has an aggregate69-35 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in San Diego and Stuttgart.

The Ukrainian has a composed 20-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Kostyuk's Record

Donna Vekic

Donna Vekic

11 - 10win/loss

Hard
7-6
I Hard
2-1
Clay
2-3
Rank
49
High
19
WLWLWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-13 7-6 3-4 2-1 3-2 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. 40, Vekic got to the 2nd round after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 6-5 ret..

In the 1st round against Tsurenko, Donna had a free pass after Tsurenko retired on a 6-5 . scoreline.

The Croatian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Linz.

The Croatian has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2019. See her history.

French Open
Vekic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Kostyuk
D.Vekic
!
3h:16
3h:16
Time on court​
1h:03
1h:03
!
3h:16
3h:16
Last match​
1h:03
1h:03
1
1
Match played
1
1
35
35
Games Played​
11
11
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
135
135
Total points​
43
43
135
135
Avg point​
43
43
35
35
Winners
15
15
35
35
Avg Winners​
15
15
26%
26%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
5
5
Avg Aces
1
1
11
11
Double Faults
3
3
!
11
11
Avg Double Faults
3
3
35/65
35/65
1st won total​
15/25
15/25
54%
54%
1st won %
60%
60%
33/62
33/62
2nd won total​
5/18
5/18
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
28%
28%
-- Break Points --
8/19
8/19
BP won
4/6
4/6
8/19
8/19
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
42%
42%
Won
!
67%
67%
13
13
Conceded
7
7
13
13
Avg Conceded
7
7
6
6
Broken
4
4
!
6
6
Avg Broken
4
4
7
7
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kostyuk Vekic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 35 11
Pts 135-130 43-37
Total Points 265 80
Winners 35 15
%Winners 26% 35%

Both Kostyuk and Vekic played 1 match. At the moment, Marta Kostyuk dropped 1 set while Donna Vekic hasn’t lost a set so far. Kostyuk has played 1 set more than Vekic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kostyuk played 24 games more than Vekic. Kostyuk scored 35 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Donna struck 15 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kostyuk Vekic
Aces 5 1
Avg per match 5 1
1st in 65/127 25/43
%1st in 51% 58%
1st pts 35/65 15/25
%1st pts 54% 60%
2nd pts 33/62 5/18
%2nd pts 53% 28%

Kostyuk made 5 aces . Vekic bagged 1 ace . Kostyuk won 54% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 60% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 28% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kostyuk Vekic
Won 8 4
Converted 8/19 4/6
% Converted 42% 67%
Conceded 13 7
Saved 7 3
% Saved 54% 43%
Times Broken 6 4

Marta broke her opponent 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Marta conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. Vekic broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.

Kostyuk
R1
Pigossi
Total
Score 7-5 6-74 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 135-130 135-130
Total points 265 265
Winners 35 35
%Winners 26% 26%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 11 11
1st in 65/127 65/127
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 35/65 35/65
% 1st pts 54% 54%
2nd pts 33/62 33/62
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/19 8/19
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 7/13 7
Saved % 54% 54%
Times Broken 6 6
Vekic
R1
Tsurenko
Total
Score 6-5 ret.
Tot Set 1 1
Tot Games 11 11
pts 43-37 43-37
Total points 80 80
Winners 15 15
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 25/43 25/43
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 15/25 15/25
% 1st pts 60% 60%
2nd pts 5/18 5/18
% 2nd pts 28% 28%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 3/7 3
Saved % 43% 43%
Times Broken 4 4

Tennis Scores – French Open

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