Donna Vekić career statistics

Donna Vekić[1] is a Croatian tennis player, accomplished in singles. Her breakthrough came in 2019 when she reached her first quarterfinal at a Grand Slam championship, at the US Open,[2] which brought her into the top 20 of the WTA rankings.[3] In her prize collection, she has three WTA Tour singles titles,[1] as well as five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.[4] In addition, she has played one Premier-level tournament, the 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, as the biggest final of her career.[5] She also has played in national competitions for Croatia including Fed Cup[6] and Olympic Games.[7] At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she made her biggest win so far, defeating world No. 3, Aryna Sabalenka.[8] She used to be Croatian number one a couple of times.[5][9]

Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR
Singles Grand Slam
Summer Olympics
WTA Finals
WTA 1000
WTA Tour 4 8 12 0.33
Total 4 8 12 0.33
Doubles Grand Slam
Summer Olympics
WTA Finals
WTA 1000
WTA Tour
Total
Total 4 8 12 0.33
Vekić at the 2022 Birmingham Classic

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[10][11]

Singles edit

Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 4R 1R QF 1R 0 / 12 13–12 52%
French Open A 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 4R 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 11 8–11 42%
Wimbledon A 1R 2R Q2 1R 2R 4R 1R NH 2R 1R 3R 0 / 9 8–9 47%
US Open Q3 2R 1R Q2 Q3 3R 1R QF 3R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 9 9–9 50%
Win–loss 0–0 2–4 1–4 2–2 0–3 4–4 5–4 8–4 4–3 4–4 1–4 7–4 0-1 0 / 41 38–41 48%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy[a] DNQ RR NH RR 0 / 1 0–2 0%
National representation
Summer Olympics A NH A NH 3R NH 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Billie Jean King Cup[b] Z1 POZ1 Z1 POZ1 A POZ1 A Z1 A[c] PO 0 / 0 13–7 65%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[d] A A A A 2R A 1R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Indian Wells Open A A 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R NH 1R A 2R 0 / 8 3–8 30%
Miami Open A 2R 3R Q1 Q2 1R 3R 3R NH A A 3R 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Madrid Open A Q1 Q2 Q2 Q1 2R 2R 3R NH A A 2R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Italian Open A A A A Q1 1R 2R A 1R A A 4R 0 / 4 3–4 56%
Canadian Open A A Q1 Q1 Q1 2R A 2R NH 2R 1R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Cincinnati Open A Q1 Q1 A 2R 1R Q2 3R 1R Q2 Q2 3R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Guadalajara Open NH 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[e] A A 1R A A 1R 2R 1R NH 0 / 4 1–4 20%
China Open A A Q1 A A 1R 3R 1R NH 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–3 3–8 7–7 6–8 0–3 1–2 1–2 5–7 0 / 45 30–45 40%
Career statistics
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 12 19 10 16 22 24 23 11 16 13 19 9 Career total: 195
Titles 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Career total: 4
Finals 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 Career total: 11
Hard win–loss 5–2 10–10 13–17 8–9 4–10 11–17 18–15 26–18 8–9 12–11 8–8 18–12 9-7 3 / 139 150–145 51%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–3 0–4 1–3 6–5 7–3 0–2 0–1 3–1 6–6 0 / 30 26–30 46%
Grass win–loss 0–0 5–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 6–2 7–4 4–3 0–0 4–3 3–4 7–3 1 / 26 37–25 60%
Overall win–loss 5–2 15–13 14–20 11–12 4–16 18–22 31–24 37–24 8–11 16–15 14–13 31–21 9-7 4 / 195 213–200 52%
Win (%) 71% 54% 41% 48% 20% 45% 56% 61% 42% 52% 52% 60% 56% Career total: 52%
Year–end ranking[f] 118 86 84 105 101 56 34 19 32 67 69 $6,775,891

Doubles edit

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R A A 2R 1R A A A 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
French Open A 1R A A 1R 2R A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A 1R A 1R 1R 1R A A A A 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
US Open 1R 1R A A 1R A A A A 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0 / 17 3–17 15%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[d] A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A QF NH A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Miami Open A A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A 1R A 2R[g] A A A 0 / 2 1–1 50%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[e] A A A A 2R A A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
China Open A A A A 1R A A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 5 1 1 7 5 3 1 3 3 1 Career total: 31
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–5 1–1 0–1 1–7 3–4 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 0 / 31 11–28 28%
Year-end ranking n/a 650 371 1092 374 260 224 202 391 1250

WTA Tour finals edit

Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (0–3)
WTA 250 (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2012 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International[h] Hard   Irina-Camelia Begu 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2013 Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom International Grass   Daniela Hantuchová 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 1–2 Apr 2014 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard   Dominika Cibulková 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–3 Sep 2015 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard   Nao Hibino 2–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Jun 2017 Nottingham Open, United Kingdom International Grass   Johanna Konta 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss 2–4 Aug 2018 Washington Open, United States International Hard   Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 2–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 2019 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia Premier[i] Hard (i)   Kiki Bertens 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 2–6 Jun 2019 Nottingham Open, United Kingdom International Grass   Caroline Garcia 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–6 Oct 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Hard (i)   Clara Tauson 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 3–7 Oct 2022 Southern California Open, U.S. WTA 500 Hard   Iga Świątek 3–6, 6–3, 0–6
Win 4–7 Mar 2023 Monterrey Open, Mexico WTA 250 Hard   Caroline Garcia 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 4–8 Jun 2023 German Open, Germany WTA 500 Grass   Petra Kvitová 2–6, 6–7(6–8)

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–5)
$10,000 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2011 ITF Hvar, Croatia 10,000[j] Clay   Ema Burgić 5–7, 6–7(2)
Win 1–1 Jul 2011 ITF Chiswick, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard   Bojana Bobusic 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Aug 2011 ITF Westende, Belgium 10,000 Hard   Lu Jiajing 4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 1–3 Oct 2011 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard   Elina Svitolina 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 2011 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard   Tamaryn Hendler 4–6, 5–7
Win 2–4 Mar 2012 ITF Bangalore, India 25,000 Hard   Andrea Koch Benvenuto 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–5 Apr 2012 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard   Olga Puchkova 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–5 May 2012 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard   Nadiia Kichenok 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–6 Jul 2012 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 25,000 Hard   María Irigoyen 5–7, 0–6
Loss 3–7 Jul 2012 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard   Carina Witthöft 2–6, 7–6(4), 2–6
Win 4–7 Apr 2013 Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey 50,000[k] Hard   Elizaveta Kulichkova 6–4, 7–6(4)
Loss 4–8 Sep 2016 Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia 100,000 Hard (i)   Natalia Vikhlyantseva 1–6, 2–6
Win 5–8 Oct 2016 Soho Square Tournament, Egypt 100,000 Hard   Sara Sorribes Tormo 6–2, 6–7(7), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2011 ITF Westende, Belgium 10,000 Hard   Alexandra Walker   Anouk Delefortrie
  Déborah Kerfs
6–4, 6–3

National representation edit

Billie Jean King Cup edit

Current in 2022.[12]

Group membership
Zone Group (16–9)
Matches by surface
Hard (11–8)
Clay (5–0)
Matches by type
Singles (13–7)
Doubles (3–1)
Matches by location
Europe (16–8)
Away (0–0)

Singles (13–7) edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2012 Z1 R/R Feb 2012 Eilat (ISR)   Poland Hard Urszula Radwańska L 3–6, 3–6
Z1 P/O   Bosnia&Herzegovina Anita Husarić W 6–2, 6–0
2013 Z1 R/R Feb 2013 Eilat (ISR)   Austria Hard Yvonne Meusburger W 6–1, 6–3
  Georgia Margalita Chakhnashvili W 6–0, 6–1
  Belarus Ilona Kremen W 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Z1 P/O   Poland Agnieszka Radwańska L 3–6, 2–6
2014 Z1 R/R Feb 2014 Budapest (HUN)   Netherlands Hard (i) Kiki Bertens L 2–6, 4–6
  Luxembourg Anne Kremer W 6–1, 6–2
  Belgium Yanina Wickmayer L 3–6, 2–6
Z1 P/O   Turkey Melis Sezer W 6–2, 6–1
2015 Z1 R/R Feb 2015 Budapest (HUN)   Israel Hard (i) Julia Glushko W 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
  Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko L 3–6, 1–6
Z1 P/O   Serbia Aleksandra Krunić L 1–6, 1–6
2017 Z1 R/R Feb 2017 Tallinn (EST)   Bosnia&Herzegovina Hard (i) Jelena Simić W 6–2, 6–1
  Hungary Dalma Gálfi W 6–2, 6–0
Z1 P/O   Great Britain Heather Watson L 2–6, 4–6
2019 Z1 R/R Feb 2019 Bath (GBR)   Turkey Hard (i) Pemra Özgen W 7–6, 6–3
  Serbia Aleksandra Krunić W 1–6, 7–5, 6–1
2022 Z1 R/R Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR)   Georgia Clay Mariam Bolkvadze W 6–2, 6–4
  Austria Sinja Kraus W 7–5, 6–3

Doubles (3–1) edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2012 Z1 R/R Feb 2012 Eilat (ISR)   Poland Hard Ani Mijačika Magda Linette
Alicja Rosolska
L 5–7, 5–7
2022 Z1 R/R Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR)   Sweden Clay Petra Martić Fanny Östlund
Kajsa Rinaldo Persson
W 6–2, 6–4
  Bulgaria Ana Konjuh Rositsa Dencheva
Yoana Konstantinova
W 6–2, 6–1
  Slovenia Petra Martić Pia Lovrič
Lara Smejkal
W 6–4, 6–4

United Cup participation edit

Singles (5–0) edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2023 Group stage 31 December 2022 Perth (AUS)   Argentina Hard María Carlé W 6–0, 6–4
2 January 2023   France Alizé Cornet W 6–4, 6–3
Knockout stage 4 January 2023   Greece Despina Papamichail W 6–2, 6–0
2024 Group stage 1 January 2024 Sydney (AUS)   Norway Malene Helgø W 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2 January 2024   Netherlands Arantxa Rus W 6–2, 3–6, 6–1

Mixed doubles (0–2) edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2024 Group stage 1 January 2024 Sydney (AUS)   Norway Hard Ivan Dodig Ulrikke Eikeri
Casper Ruud
L 2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
2 January 2024   Netherlands Demi Schuurs
Wesley Koolhof
L 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [12–14]

Hopman Cup participation edit

Singles (2–1) edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2023 Group stage 20 July 2023 Nice (FRA)   Belgium Clay Elise Mertens L 2–6, 2–6
22 July 2023   Spain Rebeka Masarova W 6–2, 6–1
Final 23 July 2023   Switzerland Céline Naef W 6–3, 6–4

Mixed doubles (2–0) edit

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2023 Group stage 20 July 2023 Nice (FRA)   Belgium Clay Borna Ćorić David Goffin
Elise Mertens
W 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–6]
22 July 2023   Spain Carlos Alcaraz
Rebeka Masarova
W 1–6, 6–4, [14–12]

WTA Tour career earnings edit

Current through the 2022 Tallinn Open.[1]

Year Grand Slam
singles titles
WTA
singles titles
Total
singles titles
Earnings ($) Money list rank
2014 0 1 1 325,466 95
2015 0 0 0 240,387 119
2016 0 0 0 243,988 120
2017 0 1 1 574,399 59
2018 0 0 0 830,793 46
2019 0 0 0 1,534,830 26
2020 0 0 0 450,884 47
2021 0 1 1 571,182 64
2022 0 0 0 379,228 123
Career 0 3 3 5,448,690 119

Grand Slam statistics edit

Seedings edit

The tournaments won by Vekić are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Vekić are in italics.[1]

Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2012 absent absent absent did not qualify
2013 unseeded unseeded unseeded unseeded
2014 unseeded unseeded unseeded unseeded
2015 unseeded unseeded did not qualify did not qualify
2016 unseeded unseeded unseeded did not qualify
2017 unseeded unseeded unseeded unseeded
2018 unseeded unseeded unseeded unseeded
2019 29th 23rd 22nd 23rd
2020 19th 26th cancelled 18th
2021 28th unseeded unseeded unseeded
2022 unseeded qualifier unseeded unseeded
2023 unseeded 22nd 20th 21st
2024 21st

Top-10 wins edit

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score DVR
2014
1.   Dominika Cibulková No. 10 Malaysian Open, Malaysia Hard F 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) No. 95
2017
2.   Johanna Konta No. 8 Nottingham Open, UK Grass F 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5 No. 70
2018
3.   Sloane Stephens No. 4 Wimbledon, UK Grass 1R 6–1, 6–3 No. 55
4.   Sloane Stephens No. 9 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Hard (i) 1R 6–4, 6–4 No. 45
5.   Caroline Garcia No. 4 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Hard (i) QF 6–3, 6–4 No. 45
2019
6.   Kiki Bertens No. 9 Brisbane International, Australia Hard 2R 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–5 No. 34
7.   Petra Kvitová No. 2 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia Hard (i) QF 6–4, 6–1 No. 30
2021
8.   Aryna Sabalenka No. 3 Tokyo Summer Olympics Hard 2R 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) No. 50
2022
9.   Maria Sakkari No. 7 San Diego Open, U.S. Hard 1R 7–6(7–3), 6–1 No. 77
10.   Aryna Sabalenka No. 5 San Diego Open, U.S. Hard QF 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 No. 77
2023
11.   Caroline Garcia No. 5 Monterrey Open, Mexico Hard (i) F 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 No. 31
12.   Elena Rybakina No. 3 German Open, Germany Grass 2R 6–7(1–7), 6–3, 6–4 No. 23
13.   Maria Sakkari No. 8 German Open, Germany Grass SF 6–4, 7–6(10–8) No. 23
2024
14.   Aryna Sabalenka No. 2 Dubai Championships, UAE Hard 2R 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–0 No. 31

Notes edit

  1. ^ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  2. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  3. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  4. ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  5. ^ a b In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  6. ^ 2011: WTA ranking–392.
  7. ^ Withdraw during the tournament. Not counted as a loss.
  8. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  9. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
  10. ^ The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15,000 even before 2017.
  11. ^ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

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