Diana Shnaider and Donna Vekic will square off in the final of the Bad Homburg Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.81
Diana Shnaider -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Donna Vekic

There is no head to head record between Diana Shnaider and Donna Vekic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Diana Shnaider

Ranked no. 47 (career-high), Diana reached the final after defeating Angelique Kerber 7-5 6-3, Dayana Yastremska 6-2 6-2, Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 7-6³ and Emma Navarro 7-5 2-6 6-3.

In the semifinal, Shnaider defeated Navarro (7-5 2-6 6-3). During the match, Shnaider scored 106 points vs Navarro’s 103. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shnaider bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Diana Shnaider lost the serve 4 times and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 65% of her first serves in, winning 59% (48/81) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. Shnaider broke Navarro 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Shnaider has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of her matches (122-57). 6-2 on grass in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Shnaider has a composed7-3 record in the last 6 years on grass.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Hua Hin where she defeated Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1 and the Paris where she defeated Emma Navarro in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4.

Diana has an overall 28-13 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Bad Homburg

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Donna Vekic

Ranked no. 49, the Croatian reached the final after defeating Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 6-4, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 3-6 6-3, Katerina Siniakova w/o and Viktoriya Tomova 6-0 7-6⁶.

In the semifinal, Vekic had a good straight sets win against Tomova (6-0 7-6⁶). During the match Vekic scored 82 points vs Tomova’s 65. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Vekic recorded 10 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Donna Vekic was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Tomova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vekic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Donna’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Linz and Bad Homburg.

Donna has an aggregate 17-13 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shnaider	Vekic
Match played	4	3
Tot Set	9	7
Tot Games	88	66
Pts	324-283	241-199
Total Points	607	440
Winners	131	92
%Winners	40%	38%

Shnaider played 4 matches while Vekic competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Diana Shnaider dropped 1 set, while Donna Vekic lost 1 set. Shnaider has played 2 sets more than Vekic (9 vs 7). Therefore, Shnaider played 22 games more than Vekic. Shnaider scored 131 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Donna recorded 92 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shnaider	Vekic
Aces	16	19
Avg per match	4	6.3
1st in	199/303	115/196
%1st in	66%	59%
1st pts	131/199	92/115
%1st pts	66%	80%
2nd pts	58/104	42/81
%2nd pts	56%	52%

Shnaider fired 16 aces (4 per match). Vekic struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Shnaider won 66% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 80% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shnaider	Vekic
Won	16	11
Converted	16/39	11/24
% Converted	41%	46%
Conceded	25	10
Saved	17	6
% Saved	68%	60%
Times Broken	8	4

The Russian broke her opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Shnaider lost her serve 8 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded. The Croatian broke her opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
	R1 Kerber	R2 Yastremska	1/4 Badosa	1/2 Navarro	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-2 6-2	6-3 7-63	7-5 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	21	16	22	29	88
pts	72-55	61-45	85-80	106-103	324-283
Total points	127	106	165	209	607
Winners	25	25	33	48	131
%Winners	35%	41%	39%	45%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	4	2	16
Double Faults	1	0	4	3	8
1st in	36/57	30/45	52/77	81/124	199/303
% 1st in	63%	67%	68%	65%	66%
1st pts	25/36	25/30	33/52	48/81	131/199
% 1st pts	69%	83%	63%	59%	66%
2nd pts	15/21	7/15	13/25	23/43	58/104
% 2nd pts	71%	47%	52%	53%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	4	16
Converted	4/10	4/14	4/10	4/5	16/39
Converted %	40%	29%	40%	80%	41%
Conceded	2	0	6	17	25
Saved	0/2	0/0	4/6	13/17	17
Saved %	0%	–	67%	76%	36%
Times Broken	2	0	2	4	8

Vekic
	R1 Bronzetti	R2 Alexandrova	1/4 Siniakova	1/2 Tomova	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 3-6 6-3	w/o	6-0 7-66
Tot Set	2	3	–	2	7
Tot Games	19	28	–	19	66
pts	71-53	88-81	–	82-65	241-199
Total points	124	169	–	147	440
Winners	23	39	–	30	92
%Winners	32%	44%	–	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	–	10	19
Double Faults	1	4	–	4	9
1st in	30/51	45/74	–	40/71	115/196
% 1st in	59%	61%	–	56%	59%
1st pts	23/30	39/45	–	30/40	92/115
% 1st pts	77%	87%	–	75%	80%
2nd pts	11/21	15/29	–	16/31	42/81
% 2nd pts	52%	52%	–	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	2	–	4	11
Converted	5/10	2/5	–	4/9	11/24
Converted %	50%	40%	–	44%	46%
Conceded	4	1	–	5	10
Saved	2/4	0/1	–	4/5	6
Saved %	50%	0%	–	80%	33%
Times Broken	2	1	–	1	4

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