Donna Vekic and Ashlyn Krueger will square off in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on P&G GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.44
Ashlyn Krueger -> 2.8

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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Ashlyn Krueger

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

Donna Vekic

Donna Vekic

27 - 16win/loss

Hard
7-6
I Hard
2-1
Clay
8-5
Grass
10-4
Rank
22
High
19
LWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-16 7-6 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. 22, Donna will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Paris where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Zheng in the final on the 3rd of August.

The Croatian has an aggregate 27-16 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Donna’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Bad Homburg and Paris.

Talking about her overall career, Donna has an overall 389-279 record. She has a positive 216-147 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019 and 2023. See her history.

Cincinnati
Vekic's Record

Ashlyn Krueger

Ashlyn Krueger

23 - 20win/loss

Hard
13-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-6
Grass
4-3
Rank
65
High
65
WWLWWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-20 13-11 6-6 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-26 26-15 8-6 2-2 8-3 0-0
2022 34-22 23-17 10-4 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-14 10-11 5-2 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 65 (career-high), Krueger got to the 1st round after beating Moyuka Uchijima 6-2 6-0 and Naomi Osaka 6-3 2-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Ashlyn defeated Osaka (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match Krueger scored 81 points vs Osaka’s 73. Krueger was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Krueger recorded 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ashlyn Krueger lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 65% of her first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Ashlyn broke Osaka 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Krueger started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Ashlyn has an overall 23-20 win-loss record in 2024, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Krueger has never competed in this tournament before.

Cincinnati
Krueger's Record

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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