Career finals Discipline Type Won Lost Total 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
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]
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 .
Doubles [ edit ] Current through the 2023 Australian Open.
WTA Tour finals [ edit ] Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups) [ edit ] 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 $10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Aug 2011 ITF Westende , Belgium 10,000 Hard Alexandra Walker Anouk Delefortrie Déborah Kerfs 6–4, 6–3
National representation [ edit ] Billie Jean King Cup [ edit ] Current in 2022. [12]
Group membership Zone Group (16–9)
Matches by surface Hard (11–8) Clay (5–0)
Matches by type Singles (13–7) Doubles (3–1)
Matches by location Europe (16–8) Away (0–0)
Singles (13–7) [ edit ] Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score 2012 Z1 R/R Feb 2012 Eilat (ISR ) Poland Hard Urszula Radwańska L 3–6, 3–6 Z1 P/O Bosnia&Herzegovina Anita Husarić W 6–2, 6–0 2013 Z1 R/R Feb 2013 Eilat (ISR) Austria Hard Yvonne Meusburger W 6–1, 6–3 Georgia Margalita Chakhnashvili W 6–0, 6–1 Belarus Ilona Kremen W 6–1, 7–6(7–2) Z1 P/O Poland Agnieszka Radwańska L 3–6, 2–6 2014 Z1 R/R Feb 2014 Budapest (HUN ) Netherlands Hard (i) Kiki Bertens L 2–6, 4–6 Luxembourg Anne Kremer W 6–1, 6–2 Belgium Yanina Wickmayer L 3–6, 2–6 Z1 P/O Turkey Melis Sezer W 6–2, 6–1 2015 Z1 R/R Feb 2015 Budapest (HUN) Israel Hard (i) Julia Glushko W 6–2, 6–7(6–8) , 7–5 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko L 3–6, 1–6 Z1 P/O Serbia Aleksandra Krunić L 1–6, 1–6 2017 Z1 R/R Feb 2017 Tallinn (EST ) Bosnia&Herzegovina Hard (i) Jelena Simić W 6–2, 6–1 Hungary Dalma Gálfi W 6–2, 6–0 Z1 P/O Great Britain Heather Watson L 2–6, 4–6 2019 Z1 R/R Feb 2019 Bath (GBR ) Turkey Hard (i) Pemra Özgen W 7–6, 6–3 Serbia Aleksandra Krunić W 1–6, 7–5, 6–1 2022 Z1 R/R Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR) Georgia Clay Mariam Bolkvadze W 6–2, 6–4 Austria Sinja Kraus W 7–5, 6–3
Doubles (3–1) [ edit ] United Cup participation [ edit ] Singles (5–0) [ edit ] Mixed doubles (0–2) [ edit ] Hopman Cup participation [ edit ] Singles (2–1) [ edit ] Mixed doubles (2–0) [ edit ] WTA Tour career earnings [ edit ] Current through the 2022 Tallinn Open .[1]
Year Grand Slam singles titles WTA singles titles Total singles titles Earnings ($) 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
^ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 2011: WTA ranking–392. ^ Withdraw during the tournament. Not counted as a loss. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021. ^ The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15,000 even before 2017. ^ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017. References [ edit ] ^ a b c d "Donna Vekić [CRO] | career statistics" . WTA Tennis . Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 5 October 2020 . ^ Alex Macpherson (September 4, 2019). " 'That feeling after match point is the nicest one' – Bencic vanquishes Vekic to make Grand Slam SF debut at US Open" . WTA Tennis . Retrieved 12 October 2022 . ^ Greg Garber (October 20, 2021). "How Donna Vekic turned her passion for candles into a successful business" . WTA Tennis . Retrieved 12 October 2022 . ^ "Donna Vekic [CRO] | ITF Profile" . ITF Tennis . ^ a b "Porsche Race to Shenzhen Update: Bertens, Vekic make big gains" . WTA Tennis . February 4, 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2022 . ^ "Vekic, Konta, Sakkari set to headline Group I in Bath" . Billie Jean King Cup . January 8, 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2022 . ^ WTA Staff (July 19, 2021). "Barty, Osaka headline Tokyo Olympics after entry list finalized" . WTA Tennis . Retrieved 12 October 2022 . ^ WTA Staff (July 26, 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Badosa upsets Swiatek; Sabalenka, Kvitova also fall at Olympics" . WTA Tennis . Retrieved 12 October 2022 . ^ "WTA: Vekić je hrvatski broj jedan, veliki pad Konjuh" [WTA: Vekić is the Croatian number one, big drop Konjuh]. sportklub.n1info.hr (in Croatian). July 16, 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2022 . ^ "Donna Vekić career statistics" . WTA Tennis . Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. ^ "Donna Vekić [CRO] | Australian Open" . ausopen.com . Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. ^ "Donna Vekic [CRO] | Billie Jean King Cup Profile" . Billie Jean King Cup .