Diana Shnaider and Donna Vekic will clash against each other in the 3^rd round of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am on Margaret Court Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Diana Shnaider who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.61
Donna Vekic -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Donna Vekic

This will be the 2^nd time that Diana Shnaider and Donna Vekic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shnaider (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Shnaider won 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the final in Bad Homburg back in 2024.

Highlights Diana Shnaider vs Donna Vekic – Bad Homburg 29-June-2024

Diana Shnaider

Ranked no. 13, the Russian reached the 3^rd round after beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-6(4) 6-4 and Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Tomljanovic (6-4 7-5). During the match, Shnaider scored 71 points vs Tomljanovic’s 61. Diana was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shnaider scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Diana Shnaider lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 60% of her first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Shnaider broke Tomljanovic 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 53% of the points she played.

Shnaider has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 69% of her matches (153-69). 4-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Shnaider has a composed60-34 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Russian has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Donna Vekic

Ranked no. 19, Donna reached the 3^rd round after beating Diane Parry 6-4 6-4 and Harriet Dart 4-6 6-0 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Dart, Vekic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-2). During the match Vekic scored 88 points vs Dart’s 68. Donna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Vekic made 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 51% of her first serves in, winning 55% (22/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Dart 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vekic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Vekic has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shnaider	Vekic
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	45	44
Pts	154-138	165-129
Total Points	292	294
Winners	57	52
%Winners	37%	32%

Both Shnaider and Vekic played 2 matches. At the moment, Donna Vekic lost 1 set while Diana Shnaider hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shnaider has played 1 set(s) less than Vekic (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Shnaider played 1 game more than Vekic. The Russian scored 57 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian managed to score 52 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shnaider	Vekic
Aces	6	11
Avg per match	3	5.5
1st in	90/145	79/141
%1st in	62%	56%
1st pts	57/90	52/79
%1st pts	63%	66%
2nd pts	33/55	34/62
%2nd pts	60%	55%

Shnaider fired 6 aces (3 per match). Vekic managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Shnaider won 63% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shnaider	Vekic
Won	8	11
Converted	8/19	11/23
% Converted	42%	48%
Conceded	12	14
Saved	7	9
% Saved	58%	64%
Times Broken	5	5

Diana broke her opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Russian lost her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The Croatian broke her opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Donna conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
	R1 Cocciaretto	R2 Tomljanovic	Total
Score	7-64 6-4	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	23	22	45
pts	83-77	71-61	154-138
Total points	160	132	292
Winners	30	27	57
%Winners	36%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	6
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	50/78	40/67	90/145
% 1st in	64%	60%	62%
1st pts	30/50	27/40	57/90
% 1st pts	60%	68%	63%
2nd pts	19/28	14/27	33/55
% 2nd pts	68%	52%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/11	5/8	8/19
Converted %	27%	63%	42%
Conceded	7	5	12
Saved	5/7	2/5	7
Saved %	71%	40%	56%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Vekic
	R1 Parry	R2 Dart	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	4-6 6-0 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	24	44
pts	77-61	88-68	165-129
Total points	138	156	294
Winners	30	22	52
%Winners	39%	25%	32%
SERVE
Aces	9	2	11
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	39/63	40/78	79/141
% 1st in	62%	51%	56%
1st pts	30/39	22/40	52/79
% 1st pts	77%	55%	66%
2nd pts	11/24	23/38	34/62
% 2nd pts	46%	61%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	7	11
Converted	4/10	7/13	11/23
Converted %	40%	54%	48%
Conceded	5	9	14
Saved	3/5	6/9	9
Saved %	60%	67%	64%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Ons JabeurJabeur – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Iva JovicJovic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Yafan WangWang (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Xiyu WangWang (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Jodie Anna Burrage
  Anna Burrage (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Cristina BucsaBucsa (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-6² 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 3-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Suzan LamensLamens (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Qinwen ZhengZheng (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Clara TausonTauson – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Harriet DartDart (4-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Paula BadosaBadosa – Talia GibsonGibson (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Markus ErikssonEriksson – John Hallquist LithenHallquist Lithen (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Filip BergeviBergevi (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Bart StevensStevens – Adil KalyanpurKalyanpur (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Karl FribergFriberg – Marius RuzgasRuzgas (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Florian LakatLakat – Vladimir IvanovIvanov (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Gustav HanssonHansson – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• George BotezanBotezan – Lorenzo BocchiBocchi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ronald SlobodchikovSlobodchikov – Simon FreundFreund (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Iva JovicJovic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Xiyu WangWang (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Yafan WangWang (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-0 6-2) – See score progression

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• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Belinda BencicBencic (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Marta KostyukKostyuk (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-3) – H2H and prediction