Donna Vekic vs Claire Liu — Miami Qualifying Round 1

Miami · 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, 21 March 2016
hard
Claire Liu
USA
Claire Liu
#111WTA
1669ELO
1635Hard ELO
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLLWWWWWL
Vekic D.
5-7 6-1 6-0
Liu C.
Vekic D.
5662
Liu C.
7101

Donna Vekic defeated Claire Liu 5-7 6-1 6-0 in the Miami qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Donna Vekic came in ranked #35.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Vekic D.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Liu C.

Liu C.serving56% hold

wins 52% 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.Liu C.
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.Liu C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
45%
Service points won·Even
59%
56%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.9
3.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Vekic D.Liu C.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
67
61
Break points saved·Clear edge
86
64
Break points won·Clear edge
91
78
Deciding sets·Even
77
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
33
67

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

Freshness

Recent load
Vekic D.Liu C.
Freshness·Dominant
97
71

Vekic D.: 14 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Liu C.: 1 day rest · 3 matches, 54 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Parmentier P.
Stollar F.
6-756-26-4
Cepelova J.
Arruabarrena L.
6-26-2
Sasnovich A.
Broady N.
6-46-2
Bertens K.
Vekic D.
6-37-5
Vesnina E.
Pironkova T.
6-26-1
Crawford S.
Swan K.
6-24-66-2
Sakkari M.
Krunic A.
7-636-1
Schiavone F.
Cirstea S.
6-26-4
Linette M.
Maria T.
7-646-3
Pliskova K.
Shvedova Y.
6-36-3
Dominguez Lino L.
Vickery S.
6-26-4
Tatishvili A.
Karatantcheva S.
6-26-2
Q1
Pironkova T.
Chirico L.
6-46-2
Vickery S.
Ostapenko J.
7-56-2
Dominguez Lino L.
Voegele S.
6-27-5
Shvedova Y.
Tig P.
6-36-3
Pliskova K.
Siniakova K.
6-26-4
Sakkari M.
Kontaveit A.
6-36-1
Krunic A.
Sevastova A.
6-46-3
Crawford S.
Duque Marino M.
0-66-46-4
Swan K.
Davis L.
1-66-46-2
Bertens K.
Konjuh A.
6-26-3
Vekic D.
Liu C.
5-76-16-0
Broady N.
Buyukakcay C.
6-46-3
Sasnovich A.
De Vroome I.
7-627-68
Arruabarrena L.
Glushko J.
6-26-2
Cepelova J.
Rodina E.
7-56-4
Tatishvili A.
Siegemund L.
7-56-2
Karatantcheva S.
Rogers S.
6-36-4
Stollar F.
Hercog P.
6-33-0
Parmentier P.
Riske Amritraj A.
2-67-57-64
Vesnina E.
Baindl K.
6-36-1
Linette M.
Paszek T.
6-46-2
Maria T.
Duan Y.
6-16-3
Schiavone F.
Han X.
5-76-06-2
Cirstea S.
Nara K.
7-57-5