Diana Shnaider conquers Donna Vekic 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the final in Bad Homburg on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Diana added € 47,255 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned € 123,480 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Diana Shnaider vs. Donna Vekic Bad Homburg Open – Bad Homburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:12
The Russian won this match even if she scored less points than the Croatian (85 vs. 91).
Shnaider
Shnaider was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Vekic
On the other side, the Croatian wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Shnaider and Vekic is 1-0 for Diana.
This was the 2nd career title for Shnaider. (see list of titles and finals). The Croatian remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Kuala Lumpur 2014, in Nottingham 2017, in Courmayeur 2021 and in Monterrey 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Diana snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Diana converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Croatian was unable to convert any of her 9 break points. She had 9 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 87 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Diana won only 1 point more than Vekic (44-43). The Russian lost 24 points on serve (36-24). In addition, on the other side, Vekic conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).
Shnaider came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Croatian reinforced her lead after breaking Shnaider in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
The Croatian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Vekic was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Vekic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. The Croatian was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the Russian (29-15). Donna was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Shnaider conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Diana won the set after she broke Donna 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Donna tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Diana refused to give way to conquer the set 6-3.
Donna was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Shnaider converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Donna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 0-40).
They played 45 points. Shnaider won 7 points more than Vekic (26-19). Shnaider dropped 8 points on serve (13-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
