Donna Vekic and Sahaja Yamalapalli will square off in the 2^nd round of the Chennai Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.176
Sahaja Yamalapalli -> 4.9

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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Sahaja Yamalapalli

There is no head to head record between Donna Vekic and Sahaja Yamalapalli since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Donna Vekic

Ranked no. 78, Vekic reached the 2^nd round after defeating Vaishnavi Adkar 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Donna had a good straight sets win against Adkar (6-1 6-2). During the match, Vekic scored 70 points vs Adkar’s 49. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vekic bagged 8 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve once and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 58% of her first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (10/31) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Adkar 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Vekic has good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (266-216). 8-14 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vekic has an aggregate 128-114 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Donna has a compiled 13-22 win-loss record in 2025, 8-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chennai

Donna has never competed in this tournament before.

Sahaja Yamalapalli

Ranked no. 344, the Indian got to the 2^nd round after beating Priska Madelyn Nugroho 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Madelyn Nugroho (6-4 6-2). During the match Yamalapalli scored 77 points vs Madelyn Nugroho’s 62. The Indian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Yamalapalli couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sahaja Yamalapalli lost the serve 3 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Yamalapalli put 58% of her first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Sahaja broke Madelyn Nugroho 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

The Indian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the W35 Wichita and the W35 Punta Cana.

Yamalapalli has a compiled 20-26 win-loss record in 2025, 15-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vekic	Yamalapalli
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	18
Pts	70-49	77-62
Total Points	119	139
Winners	33	22
%Winners	47%	29%

Both Vekic and Yamalapalli played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vekic and Yamalapalli have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vekic played 3 games less than Yamalapalli. Vekic scored 33 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Yamalapalli managed to score 22 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vekic	Yamalapalli
Aces	8	0
Avg per match	8	0
1st in	42/73	37/64
%1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	33/42	22/37
%1st pts	79%	59%
2nd pts	10/31	14/27
%2nd pts	32%	52%

Vekic scored 8 aces . Yamalapalli didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Vekic won 79% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Yamalapalli won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vekic	Yamalapalli
Won	5	6
Converted	5/12	6/14
% Converted	42%	43%
Conceded	9	13
Saved	8	10
% Saved	89%	77%
Times Broken	1	3

Vekic broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve once and she saved 89% of the break points that she conceded. Sahaja broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Yamalapalli conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded.

Vekic
	R1 Adkar	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	70-49	70-49
Total points	119	119
Winners	33	33
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	42/73	42/73
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	33/42	33/42
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	10/31	10/31
% 2nd pts	32%	32%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

Yamalapalli
	R1 Madelyn	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	77-62	77-62
Total points	139	139
Winners	22	22
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	37/64	37/64
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	22/37	22/37
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/14
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	10/13	10
Saved %	77%	77%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Chennai

• Shrivalli Rashmikaa BhamidipatyRashmikaa Bhamidipaty – Maaya Rajeshwaran RevathiRajeshwaran Revathi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Mia PohankovaPohankova – Nao HibinoHibino (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Janice TjenTjen – Caroline WernerWerner (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-3 5-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi – Francesca JonesJones (5-7 6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Joanna GarlandGarland – Arianne HartonoHartono (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Tatiana ProzorovaProzorova (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova (1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Sahaja YamalapalliYamalapalli – Priska Madelyn NugrohoMadelyn Nugroho (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Diane ParryParry – Thasaporn NakloNaklo (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Vaishnavi AdkarAdkar (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Astrid Lew Yan FoonLew Yan Foon (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Lanlana TararudeeTararudee – Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva (6-2 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Polina IatcenkoIatcenko – Alina CharaevaCharaeva (6-3 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Storm HunterHunter – Mai HontamaHontama (6-7⁰ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-7 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Tatiana ProzorovaProzorova (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Mia PohankovaPohankova – Nao HibinoHibino (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Diane ParryParry – Thasaporn NakloNaklo (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Sahaja YamalapalliYamalapalli – Priska Madelyn NugrohoMadelyn Nugroho (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Storm SandersSanders (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Joanna GarlandGarland – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (1-0) – H2H and prediction