Donna Vekic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will square off in the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on John Cain Arena. 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 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova -> 1.9
Donna Vekic -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
This will be the 3rd time that Donna Vekic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pavlyuchenkova won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2024.
Highlights Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Donna Vekic – Australian Open 15-January-2024
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-11 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-20 | 12-10 | 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 |
Ranked no. 19, Vekic reached the 4th round after defeating Diane Parry 6-4 6-4, Harriet Dart 4-6 6-0 6-2 and Diana Shnaider 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 7-5.
In the 3rd round, Donna defeated Shnaider (7-64 6-73 7-5). During the match, Vekic scored 123 points vs Shnaider’s 116. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vekic bagged 10 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 74% (52/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (19/47) on the 2nd serve. Donna broke Shnaider 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vekic has lost 2 set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.
Vekic has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (256-197). 3-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vekic has a composed 123-103 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Donna has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-6 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-19 | 20-11 | 3-5 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-17 | 6-8 | 15-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-20 | 12-11 | 10-3 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, Pavlyuchenkova got to the 4th round after beating Yue Yuan 6-4 4-6 6-3, Anastasia Potapova 7-6(2) 2-6 6-2 and Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-2.
In the 3rd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-1 6-2). During the match Pavlyuchenkova scored 67 points vs Siegemund’s 43. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Pavlyuchenkova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Pavlyuchenkova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Siegemund 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anastasia has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Anastasia has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2017, 2019 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 82 | 73 |
| Pts | 288-245 | 257-220 |
| Total Points | 533 | 477 |
| Winners | 104 | 102 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Vekic and Pavlyuchenkova played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Donna Vekic lost 2 sets, while Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Vekic and Pavlyuchenkova have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Vekic played 9 games more than Pavlyuchenkova. Donna scored 104 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Anastasia struck 102 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 149/258 | 153/236 |
| %1st in | 58% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 104/149 | 102/153 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 53/109 | 35/83 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 42% |
Vekic made 21 aces (7 per match). Pavlyuchenkova blasted 8 aces (2.7 per match). Vekic won 70% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vekic | Pavlyuchenkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 17 |
| Converted | 17/32 | 17/38 |
| % Converted | 53% | 45% |
| Conceded | 26 | 21 |
| Saved | 16 | 9 |
| % Saved | 62% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 12 |
Donna broke her opponents 17 times with a 53% conversion rate. Vekic dropped her serve 10 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Anastasia broke her opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vekic | |||||
| R1 Parry |
R2 Dart |
R3 Shnaider |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 6-0 6-2 | 7-64 6-73 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 24 | 38 | 82 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 88-68 | 123-116 | 288-245 | |
| Total points | 138 | 156 | 239 | 533 | |
| Winners | 30 | 22 | 52 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 25% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 2 | 10 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 40/78 | 70/117 | 149/258 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 51% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 22/40 | 52/70 | 104/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 55% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 23/38 | 19/47 | 53/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 61% | 40% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 7/13 | 6/9 | 17/32 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 54% | 67% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 6/9 | 7/12 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 58% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Pavlyuchenkova | |||||
| R1 Yuan |
R2 Potapova |
R3 Siegemund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | 7-62 2-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | 15 | 73 | |
| pts | 95-88 | 95-89 | 67-43 | 257-220 | |
| Total points | 183 | 184 | 110 | 477 | |
| Winners | 37 | 40 | 25 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 58/86 | 59/94 | 36/56 | 153/236 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 40/59 | 25/36 | 102/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 68% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 9/35 | 13/20 | 35/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 26% | 65% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 7/13 | 4/10 | 17/38 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 54% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 4/11 | 3/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 36% | 100% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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