Donna Vekic vs Lin Zhu — Baku Round of 16

Baku · WTA · Round of 16
Donna Vekic
CRO
Donna Vekic
#35WTA
1807ELO
1736Hard ELO
$625kYTD
$11MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 27 July 2015
hard
Lin Zhu
CHN
Lin Zhu
#130WTA
1674ELO
1647Hard ELO
32 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWL
Vekic D.
6-4 0-6 6-3
Zhu L.
Vekic D.
6062
Zhu L.
4631

Donna Vekic defeated Lin Zhu 6-4 0-6 6-3 in the Baku round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Donna Vekic came in ranked #35, leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Donna Vekic extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Donna Vekic closed it out in three sets, 6–4 0–6 6–3.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-02-27MonterreySFhardDonna Vekic7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Vekic D.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Zhu L.

Zhu L.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Vekic D.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Vekic D.Zhu L.
6
Serve
14
36
Return
60

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Vekic D.Zhu L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
48%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.9
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Vekic D.Zhu L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
67
37
Break points saved·Clear edge
86
64
Break points won·Even
91
91
Deciding sets·Dominant
77
15
Tiebreaks·Dominant
33
65

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Vekic D.Zhu L.
Freshness·Even
97
100

Vekic D.: 14 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Zhu L.: 19 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Gasparyan M.
Tig P.
6-35-76-0
Semi-finals
Tig P.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
6-36-2
Gasparyan M.
Knapp K.[2]
6-35-76-3
Quarter-finals
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
Flipkens K.
6-16-3
Knapp K.[2]
Panova A.
6-27-64
Gasparyan M.
Rodina E.
6-36-2
Tig P.
Vekic D.
6-36-2
R16
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
Bondarenko K.
3-0
Flipkens K.
Diatchenko V.[7]
6-47-65
Vekic D.
Zhu L.
6-40-66-3
Gasparyan M.
Yang Z.
6-46-4
Panova A.
Hlavackova A.
7-646-2
Knapp K.[2]
Kontaveit A.
6-16-0
Tig P.
Savchuk O.
7-56-4
Rodina E.
Korashvili O.
6-16-1
R32
Yang Z.
Beygelzimer Y.
6-30-0
Kontaveit A.
Eguchi M.
7-56-2
Vekic D.
Schiavone F.[8]
6-46-2
Bondarenko K.
Ivakhnenko V.
6-16-2
Savchuk O.
Nara K.[4]
6-36-2
Zhu L.
Pliskova K.
3-67-56-3
Gasparyan M.
Cibulkova D.[3]
6-37-5
Hlavackova A.
Jovanovski B.[5]
7-667-5
Panova A.
Linette M.
6-46-1
Knapp K.[2]
Voegele S.
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[1]
Kulichkova E.
3-66-27-64
Diatchenko V.[7]
Abduraimova N.
6-36-4
Rodina E.
Kovinic D.[9]
6-02-0
Tig P.
Ianchuk O.
6-46-2
Flipkens K.
Buyukakcay C.
6-16-736-4
Korashvili O.
Safarova Z.
6-06-0