Karolina Pliskova #8 def. Donna Vekic #34

6-3 6-4

Karolina Pliskova defeated Donna Vekic 6-3 6-4 in the 2019 Brisbane International semifinal on hard courts on January 5, 2019.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKarolina PliskovaDonna Vekic
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
34
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
47
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
70.5%59.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
74.4%62.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
44.4%36.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
66.7%60.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
65.6%51.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
40.0%33.3%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
48.4%34.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
56.9%43.1%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+8.8-5.2
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+5.2-8.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2019 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKarolina PliskovaDonna Vekic
Country CZE CRO
Birth dateMar 21, 1992Jun 28, 1996
Age2622
Height186 cm179 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)834
Ranking points (entering)4,4651,455
Elo (entering)1,9381,832
Current career W-L430–248244–242
Current career earnings$27,178,922$11,329,096
Pre-match H2H

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ajla Tomljanovic #466-1 1-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 4, 2019QF
Marie Bouzkova #1397-5 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 2, 2019R16
Yulia Putintseva #444-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataDec 31, 2018R32

Karolina Pliskova's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Lesia Tsurenko #274-6 7-5 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 6, 2019F

Donna Vekic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #306-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 4, 2019QF
Kiki Bertens #97-6(5) 1-6 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 2, 2019R16
Magdalena Rybarikova #486-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataDec 31, 2018R32