R64 Australian Open 2019

Kimberly Birrell #240 def. Donna Vekic #29

6-4 4-6 6-1

Kimberly Birrell defeated Donna Vekic 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the 2019 Australian Open second round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKimberly BirrellDonna Vekic
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
712
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
67
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
73.5%68.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
70.8%63.5%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
34.6%41.7%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
72.7%58.3%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
61.2%56.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
41.7%27.3%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
43.4%38.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.4%46.6%
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.
+4.4-0.2
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.
+0.2-4.4

* 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

FieldKimberly BirrellDonna Vekic
Country AUS CRO
Birth dateApr 29, 1998Jun 28, 1996
Age2022
Height170 cm179 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)24029
Ranking points (entering)2361,580
Elo (entering)1,5231,828
Current career W-L55–65244–242
Current career earnings$3,233,112$11,329,096
Pre-match H2H
Kimberly Birrell #240 0 – 0 Donna Vekic #29

Path

Kimberly Birrell's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Paula Badosa #1416-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 16, 2019R128

Kimberly Birrell's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Angelique Kerber #21-6 0-6LH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2019R32

Donna Vekic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Kristina Mladenovic #456-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 16, 2019R128