Yulia Putintseva vs Donna Vekic | Yulia Putintseva Wins 6-2 6-3

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Yulia Putintseva defeated Donna Vekic 6-2 6-3 in the Adelaide round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Donna Vekic came in ranked #40, leading the head-to-head 4–3, but Yulia Putintseva had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 7 on hard. That levelled the head-to-head at 4–4.

Key context

Match story: Yulia Putintseva dropped just 5 games past Donna Vekic.

How the match was decided

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Putintseva Y. took it in straight sets.

Match statistics

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Common opponents

11 shared · last 12 months

Putintseva Y. and Vekic D. faced 11 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Putintseva Y. went 8–6 (57%) against them, Vekic D. 7–7 (50%). Results against comparable opponents are close (5 : 2 better-results split).

8–657%Putintseva Y. · better vs 5Record vs common opponents7–750%Vekic D. · better vs 2

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

18–15Sets18–17

155–144Games176–158

1–1Tiebreaks1–5

3–2Deciding sets3–4

vs Sabalenka A.#2L6-1 4-6 0-6Wuhan · hardW6-7 6-3 6-0Dubai · hard
vs Gauff C.#4W6-4 2-6 6-4Cincinnati · hardL4-6 2-6United Cup · hard
vs Paolini J.#20L3-6 4-6US Open · hardL6-2 4-6 6-7Wimbledon · grass

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vs Alexandrova E.#28W7-5 6-1Indian Wells · hardL3-6 4-6Miami · hard
vs Wang X.#38W6-1 7-6US Open · hardW6-2 6-4Dubai · hard
vs Korpatsch T.#53W6-2 6-3Indian Wells · hardW6-1 6-3s Hertogenbosch · grass
vs Zheng Q.#54W7-5 2-0Madrid · clayL6-7 6-4 2-6US Open · hard
vs Siniakova K.#55L0-6 5-7Strasbourg · clayL5-7 1-6Doha · hard
vs Badosa P.#59L6-4 1-6 5-7Roland Garros · clayW6-2 1-6 6-4Wimbledon · grass
vs Minnen G.#217W6-2 2-6 6-4Miami · hardL1-6 6-0 5-7s Hertogenbosch · grass
vs Burel C.#218W6-3 6-4Birmingham · grassW6-0 7-6Linz · hard

Head-to-head

8 meetings · level 4–4

Hard: Putintseva Y. leads 4–2 · Grass: Vekic D. leads 1–0 · Clay: Vekic D. leads 1–0

Putintseva Y.January 2025AdelaideThis matchHard6-2 6-3
Putintseva Y.October 2024WuhanHard6-4 3-6 6-4
Putintseva Y.August 2021San JoseHard7-5 6-3
Putintseva Y.January 2020BrisbaneHard6-3 3-6 7-5
Vekic D.August 2019US OpenHard6-4 6-1

Draw

Closing odds

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Player context

Before the match

Putintseva Y.Vekic D.1 840ELO1 8451 767Hard ELO1 7134–6Last 102–829Age28163 cmHeight179 cmRightPlaysRightCareer $10.6M2026 $1.0MEarningsCareer $11.0M2026 $816K

Cite this

Yulia Putintseva beat Donna Vekic 6-2 6-3. Umpiry, "Yulia Putintseva vs Donna Vekic — Adelaide Round of 32", https://umpiry.com/match/2025-01-06/putintseva-vs-vekic-adelaide-r32?utm_source=cite (as of 6 January 2025).