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

Date: Jan 17, 2019*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2019
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R64

Match Statistics

Stat	Kimberly Birrell	Donna Vekic
Aces	7	12
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	73.0%	68.0%
First serve points won %	71.0%	63.0%
Second serve points won %	35.0%	42.0%
Break points saved %	73.0%	58.0%
Break points converted %	42.0%	27.0%
Service points won %	61.0%	57.0%
Return points won %	43.0%	39.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%
Match Serve+	+4.4	-0.2
Match Return+	+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

Field	Kimberly Birrell	Donna Vekic
Country	AUS	CRO
Birth date	Apr 29, 1998	Jun 28, 1996
Age	20	22
Height	170 cm	179 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	240	29
Ranking points (entering)	236	1,580
Elo (entering)	1,523	1,828
Current career W-L	48–62	243–239
Current career earnings	$2,933,812	$11,032,951

Pre-match H2H

Kimberly Birrell #240 0 – 0 Donna Vekic #29

Path

Kimberly Birrell's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paula Badosa #141	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2019	R128

Kimberly Birrell's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Angelique Kerber #2	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2019	R32

Donna Vekic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kristina Mladenovic #45	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2019	R128