Donna Vekic vs Kai Lin Zhang — Doha Qualifying Round 1

Doha · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
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, 22 February 2016
hard
CHN
Kai Lin Zhang
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLW
Vekic D.
7-5 4-6 7-5
Zhang K.
Vekic D.
7472
Zhang K.
5651

Donna Vekic defeated Kai Lin Zhang 7-5 4-6 7-5 in the Doha qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Donna Vekic came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Donna Vekic extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-10-10TianjinR32hardDonna Vekic3-6 7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Vekic D.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Zhang K.

Zhang K.serving47% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Vekic D.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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.Zhang K.
6
Serve
—
36
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Vekic D.Zhang K.
1st serve in·Even
57%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
59%
52%
Return points won·Even
43%
46%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
50%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.9
1.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.0
5.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 60). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Vekic D.Zhang K.
Freshness·
97
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Wang Q.
Duan Y.
3-66-06-4
Sevastova A.
Karatantcheva S.
7-635-77-5
Vesnina E.
Broady N.
7-56-2
Cepelova J.
Sasnovich A.
6-46-3
Vekic D.
Hlavackova A.
6-12-66-4
Flipkens K.
Voegele S.
7-632-66-3
Bondarenko K.
Rodina E.
6-27-5
Konjuh A.
Siniakova K.
3-67-56-4
Q1
Sasnovich A.
Majeric T.
1-66-46-3
Flipkens K.
Wang Y.
6-747-656-4
Voegele S.
Krejcikova B.
6-36-2
Bondarenko K.
Martinez Sanchez M.
7-603-66-3
Rodina E.
Melnikova M.
6-36-4
Konjuh A.
Savchuk O.
6-26-3
Siniakova K.
Dushevina V.
6-34-66-0
Wang Q.
Pous Tio L.
6-36-2
Duan Y.
Xu Y.
6-16-1
Sevastova A.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-2
Karatantcheva S.
Mourad O.
6-06-0
Broady N.
Zanevska M.
6-37-5
Vesnina E.
Jabeur O.
6-46-1
Cepelova J.
Koukalova K.
6-36-0
Hlavackova A.
Linette M.
7-623-66-4
Vekic D.
Zhang K.
7-54-67-5