Caroline Garcia vs Donna Vekic — Nottingham Final

Nottingham · WTA · Final
FRA1
Caroline Garcia
#780WTA
32 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 June 2019
grass
Donna Vekic
CRO2
Donna Vekic
#34WTA
1807ELO
1729Grass ELO
$625kYTD
$11MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWLWL
Garcia C.
2-6 7-6 7-6
Vekic D.
Garcia C.
277772
Vekic D.
664641

Caroline Garcia defeated Donna Vekic 2-6 7-6 7-6 in the Nottingham final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Donna Vekic came in ranked #34, leading the head-to-head 5–1, defending last year's semi-final. Caroline Garcia narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–5
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
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.serving88% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Vekic D.

Vekic D.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Garcia C.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. 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
6.6
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·
—
94

Vekic D.: 10 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Garcia C.[1]
Vekic D.[2]
2-67-647-64
Semi-finals
Vekic D.[2]
Maria T.[9]
5-76-06-0
Garcia C.[1]
Brady J.
4-66-36-3
Quarter-finals
Garcia C.[1]
Ruse E.
4-67-636-1
Brady J.
Sakkari M.[6]
7-56-3
Vekic D.[2]
Mladenovic K.[8]
7-56-4
Maria T.[9]
Tomljanovic A.[6]
6-37-67
R16
Mladenovic K.[8]
Sharma A.
6-17-5
Maria T.[9]
Pera B.
5-77-656-3
Tomljanovic A.[6]
Dart H.
6-756-16-2
Vekic D.[2]
Paquet C.
6-16-2
Sakkari M.[6]
Jorovic I.
6-26-4
Brady J.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-43-67-5
Garcia C.[1]
Lumsden M.
6-36-1
Ruse E.
Golubic V.
7-634-66-4
R32
Sharma A.
Rybarikova M.
6-10-0
Mladenovic K.[8]
Frech M.
7-56-2
Maria T.[9]
Niculescu M.
6-13-67-63
Pera B.
Swan K.
7-656-1
Brady J.
Zhang S.[7]
7-56-3
Jorovic I.
Perez E.
6-36-4
Sakkari M.[6]
Watson H.
6-46-3
Ruse E.
Rodina E.[10]
6-36-3
Paquet C.
Raina A.
5-76-46-2
Tomljanovic A.[6]
Lao D.
6-26-3
Dart H.
Lapko V.
7-673-66-3
Garcia C.[1]
Bains N.
6-16-2
Vekic D.[2]
Jakupovic D.
6-26-756-0
Lumsden M.
Moore T.
6-37-63
Sorribes Tormo S.
Rogers S.
6-45-77-64
Golubic V.
Samsonova L.
6-16-726-3