Caroline Garcia vs Donna Vekic — Limoges Quarter-final

Limoges · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
FRA
Caroline Garcia
#772WTA
32 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 14 November 2016
hard
Donna Vekic
CRO
Donna Vekic
#35WTA
1807ELO
1736Hard ELO
$625kYTD
$11MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWLWL
Garcia C.
6-1 4-6 6-3
Vekic D.
Garcia C.
6462
Vekic D.
1631

Caroline Garcia defeated Donna Vekic 6-1 4-6 6-3 in the Limoges quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Donna Vekic came in ranked #35, leading the head-to-head 5–2. Caroline Garcia narrowed the head-to-head to 5–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Caroline Garcia came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 4–6 6–3.

Head to head

2–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-02-27MonterreyFhardDonna Vekic6-4 3-6 7-5
2021-07-24Tokyo OlympicsR64hardDonna Vekic6-2 6-7(2) 6-3
2019-09-16OsakaR32hardDonna Vekic7-5 6-2
2019-06-10NottinghamFgrassCaroline Garcia2-6 7-6(4) 7-6(4)
2018-09-17TokyoQFhardDonna Vekic6-3 6-4
2017-05-15RomeR64clayCaroline Garcia7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(6)
2015-05-25Roland GarrosR128clayDonna Vekic3-6 6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Garcia C.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Vekic D.

Vekic D.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Garcia C.

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

Garcia C.Vekic D.
—
Serve
6
—
Return
36

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

Statistics

This season
Garcia C.Vekic D.
1st serve in·Even
61%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
45%
Service points won·Even
62%
59%
Return points won·Even
39%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.5
3.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.1
5.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Garcia C.Vekic D.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
72
67
Break points saved·Slight edge
91
86
Break points won·Dominant
50
91
Deciding sets·Clear edge
93
77
Tiebreaks·Dominant
82
33

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

Freshness

Recent load
Garcia C.Vekic D.
Freshness·
—
97

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Alexandrova E.
Garcia C.
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Garcia C.
Vikhlyantseva N.
7-633-67-66
Alexandrova E.
Cornet A.
3-66-26-0
Quarter-finals
Garcia C.
Vekic D.
6-14-66-3
Alexandrova E.
Zanevska M.
7-657-5
Cornet A.
Voegele S.
6-47-66
Vikhlyantseva N.
Korpatsch T.
6-46-1
R16
Zanevska M.
Minella M.
6-27-5
Alexandrova E.
Parmentier P.
7-666-4
Voegele S.
Hesse A.
6-26-3
Vekic D.
Moore T.
7-662-67-5
Cornet A.
Jorovic I.
6-16-3
Vikhlyantseva N.
Dodin O.
7-56-3
Korpatsch T.
Cirstea S.
6-756-46-1
Garcia C.
Hradecka L.
6-36-4
R32
Alexandrova E.
Voskoboeva G.
6-17-5
Zanevska M.
Gjorcheska L.
6-16-3
Minella M.
Yastremska D.
6-47-5
Garcia C.
Sramkova R.
6-27-5
Parmentier P.
Burger C.
6-06-2
Hradecka L.
Shinikova I.
6-34-66-0
Voegele S.
Barthel M.
6-36-4
Hesse A.
Ivakhnenko V.
6-36-3
Jorovic I.
Ferro F.
7-56-4
Cornet A.
Amanmuradova A.
6-26-757-63
Moore T.
Mertens E.
7-56-4
Vekic D.
Kostova E.
6-06-2
Dodin O.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
2-66-46-2
Vikhlyantseva N.
Stevenson A.
2-67-56-4
Korpatsch T.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-46-3
Cirstea S.
Sadikovic A.
6-16-2