Donna Vekic and Kimberly Birrell will fight against each other in the quarter of the Chennai Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.55
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Kimberly Birrell

This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Kimberly Birrell play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Vekic won 6-0 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in June 2025.

Donna Vekic

Donna Vekic

14 - 22win/loss

Hard
9-14
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-4
Grass
2-4
Rank
72
High
17
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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
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Ranked no. 78, Donna got to the quarter after defeating Vaishnavi Adkar 6-1 6-2

and Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-2 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Yamalapalli (6-2 6-2). During the match, Vekic scored 60 points vs Yamalapalli’s 37. Donna was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Vekic recorded 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Donna Vekic was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (18/20) of her 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Donna broke Yamalapalli 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 60% of the points she played.

Vekic has winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (267-216). 9-14 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vekic has a compiled 129-114 match record in the last years on hard.

Donna has an aggregate 14-22 win-loss record in 2025, 9-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chennai

Donna has never competed in this tournament before.

Chennai
Vekic's Record

Kimberly Birrell

Kimberly Birrell

34 - 27win/loss

Hard
24-15
I Hard
3-2
Clay
1-5
Grass
6-5
Rank
95
High
60
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-28 28-16 1-5 3-2 6-5 0-0
2024 41-30 22-19 1-1 1-6 12-4 5-0
2023 42-33 32-21 4-7 0-1 1-4 5-0
2022 41-25 38-20 3-2 0-0 0-3 0-0
2021 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 117, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Nikola Bartunkova 1-6 6-1 6-3 and Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty 7-5 7-6(2).

In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (7-5 7-62). During the match Birrell scored 97 points vs Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty’s 86. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Birrell scored 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 6 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 58% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty 7 times after converting 32% of her break points (7/22).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kimberly has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W75 Brisbane where she overcame Maddison Inglis in the final 6-2 4-6 7-6(2).

Kimberly has an aggregate 34-27 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Chennai
Birrell's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Vekic
K.Birrell
2h:56
2h:56
Time on court​
4h:16
4h:16
1h:18
1h:18
Last match​
!
2h:17
2h:17
2
2
Match played
2
2
31
31
Games Played​
48
48
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
130
130
Total points​
170
170
65
65
Avg point​
85
85
51
51
Winners
56
56
25.5
25.5
Avg Winners​
28
28
39%
39%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
3
3
7
7
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
9
9
Double Faults
12
12
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
51/62
51/62
1st won total​
56/87
56/87
!
82%
82%
1st won %
64%
64%
24/52
24/52
2nd won total​
18/48
18/48
46%
46%
2nd won %
!
38%
38%
-- Break Points --
9/23
9/23
BP won
13/30
13/30
4.5/11.5
4.5/11.5
Avg BP won
6.5/15
6.5/15
39%
39%
Won
43%
43%
9
9
Conceded
16
16
4.5
4.5
Avg Conceded
8
8
1
1
Broken
11
11
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
!
5.5
5.5
8
8
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Vekic Birrell
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 31 48
Pts 130-86 170-145
Total Points 216 315
Winners 51 56
%Winners 39% 33%

Both Vekic and Birrell played 2 matches. At the moment, Kimberly Birrell dropped 1 set while Donna Vekic hasn’t lost a set so far. Vekic has played 1 set(s) less than Birrell (4 vs 5). Therefore, Vekic played 17 games less than Birrell. The Croatian scored 51 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kimberly fired 56 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Vekic Birrell
Aces 14 3
Avg per match 7 1.5
1st in 62/114 87/135
%1st in 54% 64%
1st pts 51/62 56/87
%1st pts 82% 64%
2nd pts 24/52 18/48
%2nd pts 46% 38%

Vekic struck 14 aces (7 per match). Birrell fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Vekic won 82% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Vekic Birrell
Won 9 13
Converted 9/23 13/30
% Converted 39% 43%
Conceded 9 16
Saved 8 5
% Saved 89% 31%
Times Broken 1 11

The Croatian broke her opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve once and she saved 89% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Birrell conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 31% of the break points that she conceded.

Vekic
R1
Adkar		 R2
Yamalapalli		 Total
Score 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 16 31
pts 70-49 60-37 130-86
Total points 119 97 216
Winners 33 18 51
%Winners 47% 30% 39%
SERVE
Aces 8 6 14
Double Faults 6 3 9
1st in 42/73 20/41 62/114
% 1st in 58% 49% 54%
1st pts 33/42 18/20 51/62
% 1st pts 79% 90% 82%
2nd pts 10/31 14/21 24/52
% 2nd pts 32% 67% 46%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/12 4/11 9/23
Converted % 42% 36% 39%
Conceded 9 0 9
Saved 8/9 0/0 8
Saved % 89% – 45%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Birrell
R1
Bartunkova		 R2
Rashmikaa		 Total
Score 1-6 6-1 6-3 7-5 7-62
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 23 25 48
pts 73-59 97-86 170-145
Total points 132 183 315
Winners 29 27 56
%Winners 40% 28% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 2 3
Double Faults 5 7 12
1st in 46/64 41/71 87/135
% 1st in 72% 58% 64%
1st pts 29/46 27/41 56/87
% 1st pts 63% 66% 64%
2nd pts 7/18 11/30 18/48
% 2nd pts 39% 37% 38%
Breaks
Won 6 7 13
Converted 6/8 7/22 13/30
Converted % 75% 32% 43%
Conceded 7 9 16
Saved 2/7 3/9 5
Saved % 29% 33% 31%
Times Broken 5 6 11

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