Donna Vekic and Sofia Kenin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.
Donna Vekic -> 1.57
Sofia Kenin -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Sofia Kenin
There is no head to head record between Donna Vekic and Sofia Kenin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 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, the Croatian will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Noskova in the 1st round on the 10th of February.
Donna has a composed 3-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Vekic has an overall 397-288 record. She has a positive 224-156 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See her history.
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-26 | 19-18 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-26 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-21 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73, the American will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Jabeur in the 3rd round on the 12th of February.
Sofia has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Kenin has an overall 280-196 record. She has a positive 173-117 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Marek SemjanSemjan (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxim RatniukRatniuk – Nebojsa MilenkovicMilenkovic (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Martins PodzusPodzus – Shunsuke WakitaWakita (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ljubomir CelebicCelebic – Gorazd SrbljakSrbljak (1-6 7-65 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David PichlerPichler – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Milan DrinicDrinic (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Nemanja SubanovicSubanovic (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian PrechtelPrechtel – Dusan RajicRajic (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxime TchoutakianTchoutakian – Frane NincevicNincevic (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pierre FaivreFaivre – Oscar Jose GutierrezJose Gutierrez (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kenneth RaismaRaisma – Bozo BarunBarun (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Duje KekezKekez (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Clara TausonTauson (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lulu SunSun – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eva LysLys – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-0) – H2H and prediction