Donna Vekic vs Petra Kvitova — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · WTA · Quarter-final
Donna Vekic
CRO8
Donna Vekic
#35WTA
1807ELO
1736Hard ELO
$625kYTD
$11MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 January 2019
hard
CZE1
Petra Kvitova
#1219WTA
36 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Vekic D.
6-4 6-1
Kvitova P.
Vekic D.
662
Kvitova P.
410

Donna Vekic defeated Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-1 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final on hard. Donna Vekic claimed a first win over Petra Kvitova in six meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-06-19BerlinFgrassPetra Kvitova6-2 7-6(6)
2023-03-20MiamiR32hardPetra Kvitova6-4 7-6(3)
2022-06-20EastbourneR32grassPetra Kvitova6-1 7-6(1)
2019-03-18MiamiR32hardPetra Kvitova6-4 3-6 6-4
2014-03-17MiamiR32hardPetra Kvitova6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Vekic D.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Kvitova P.

Kvitova P.serving81% hold

wins 64% 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.Kvitova P.
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.Kvitova P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
49%
Service points won·Even
59%
61%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Even
56%
59%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.9
4.8
Double faults / match·Even
5.0
4.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Vekic D.Kvitova P.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
67
88
Break points saved·Slight edge
86
93
Break points won·Even
91
88
Deciding sets·Clear edge
77
90
Tiebreaks·Dominant
33
92

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

Freshness

Recent load
Vekic D.Kvitova P.
Freshness·
97
—

Vekic D.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Bertens K.[2]
Vekic D.[8]
7-626-4
Semi-finals
Vekic D.[8]
Zvonareva V.
6-26-2
Bertens K.[2]
Sabalenka A.[4]
7-656-2
Quarter-finals
Bertens K.[2]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-23-66-0
Vekic D.[8]
Kvitova P.[1]
6-46-1
Sabalenka A.[4]
Alexandrova E.
6-36-4
Zvonareva V.
Kasatkina D.[3]
6-37-63
R16
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Ostapenko J.[6]
6-46-4
Zvonareva V.
Goerges J.[5]
4-66-46-4
Kasatkina D.[3]
Sharapova M.
W/O
Sabalenka A.[4]
Van Uytvanck A.
6-16-4
Alexandrova E.
Martincova T.
7-56-2
Kvitova P.[1]
Azarenka V.
6-27-63
Vekic D.[8]
Kudermetova V.
6-46-3
Bertens K.[2]
Bonaventure Y.
6-46-2
R32
Zvonareva V.
Makarova K.
6-36-4
Sharapova M.
Saville D.
6-06-4
Van Uytvanck A.
Flipkens K.
6-26-4
Martincova T.
Putintseva Y.
4-66-26-2
Azarenka V.
Gasparyan M.
6-46-1
Kudermetova V.
Danilovic O.
6-26-1
Vekic D.[8]
Bacsinszky T.
4-66-16-3
Alexandrova E.
Boulter K.
7-54-66-1
Ostapenko J.[6]
Mladenovic K.
6-10-66-0
Goerges J.[5]
Sakkari M.
6-27-5
Bonaventure Y.
Siniakova K.
6-47-63
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Cornet A.
7-57-64