H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Donna Vekic vs Kai-Lin Zhang H2H: 1-0

Donna Vekic holds a 1–0 lead over Kai-Lin Zhang in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Donna Vekic leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Donna Vekic won the 2016 Tianjin first round 3-6 7-5 6-3.

Croatia Age 30 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
1 0
1 main-draw meetings
China Right-Handed 173 cm / 5'8"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Donna Vekic #120 3-6 7-5 6-3 Kai-Lin Zhang #108 Match data Oct 13, 2016* R32 Tianjin International modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Donna Vekic #105 7-5 4-6 7-5 Kai-Lin Zhang #145 Match data Feb 19, 2016 Q1 Q Qatar Open Premier 5 modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

1 qualifying meeting shown in the table; qualifying is excluded from the H2H score. Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Donna Vekic #39 #17 2,458 1,933 243 239 50.4% 0 0 0 1 4 5
Kai-Lin Zhang #1,265 #103 611 1,560 9 15 37.5% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Donna Vekic Kai-Lin Zhang
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
2012 4–1 80.0% #108 1,565 0 0 2014 3–4 42.9% #191 1,523 0 0
2013 12–12 50.0% #96 1,603 0 0 2015 1–2 33.3% #140 1,518 0 0
2014 12–18 40.0% #82 1,552 0 1 2016 2–4 33.3% #134 1,474 0 0
2015 10–10 50.0% #103 1,606 0 1 2017 3–5 37.5% #216 1,518 0 0
2016 4–16 20.0% #101 1,562 0 1
2017 16–21 43.2% #55 1,670 0 2
2018 31–24 56.4% #34 1,781 0 2
2019 35–24 59.3% #19 1,770 0 2
2020 8–11 42.1% #32 1,695 0 2
2021 16–15 51.6% #68 1,760 0 3
2022 12–13 48.0% #67 1,801 0 3
2023 26–20 56.5% #23 1,778 0 4
2024 31–20 60.8% #19 1,896 0 4
2025 14–21 40.0% #69 1,741 0 4
2026 12–13 48.0% #39 1,745 0 5

Surface Results by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Donna Vekic Kai-Lin Zhang
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
2012 4 1 5 80.0% 2014 3 4 7 42.9%
2013 7 9 16 43.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 2015 1 2 3 33.3%
2014 11 15 26 42.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2016 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
2015 7 7 14 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 2017 3 5 8 37.5%
2016 4 10 14 28.6% 0 4 4 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
2017 9 16 25 36.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 2 8 75.0%
2018 18 15 33 54.5% 6 5 11 54.5% 7 4 11 63.6%
2019 24 18 42 57.1% 7 3 10 70.0% 4 3 7 57.1%
2020 7 8 15 46.7% 1 3 4 25.0%
2021 12 11 23 52.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1%
2022 8 8 16 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 4 7 42.9%
2023 15 12 27 55.6% 4 5 9 44.4% 7 3 10 70.0%
2024 12 11 23 52.2% 8 5 13 61.5% 11 4 15 73.3%
2025 9 13 22 40.9% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 4 6 33.3%
2026 2 8 10 20.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 5 2 7 71.4%
Career 149 162 311 47.9% 39 42 81 48.1% 55 35 90 61.1% Career 9 14 23 39.1% 0 1 1 0.0%

Performance Progression by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 444/483 of Donna Vekic's and 21/21 of Kai-Lin Zhang's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Donna Vekic Kai-Lin Zhang
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
2012 4/5 4.3 2.3 52.3% 70.6% 53.9% 25.0% 53.1% 62.9% 44.2% 2014 7/7 0.3 5.9 51.0% 58.7% 44.7% 47.2% 47.2% 52.1% 48.3%
2013 24/24 2.7 2.8 56.0% 65.9% 50.9% 40.1% 46.9% 58.9% 44.8% 2016 6/6 0.3 5.7 58.0% 52.6% 35.4% 31.6% 50.9% 46.0% 43.2%
2014 30/30 3.7 4.4 53.3% 66.6% 40.9% 47.3% 54.0% 54.4% 42.1% 2017 8/8 0.8 3.8 55.7% 54.4% 46.4% 46.2% 42.9% 51.1% 42.4%
2015 14/20 3.9 5.6 57.9% 63.2% 43.0% 40.1% 45.4% 54.1% 38.4% —/—
2016 20/20 2.9 6.3 49.8% 64.6% 39.8% 54.2% 52.4% 52.2% 40.3% —/—
2017 36/37 4.0 5.3 56.0% 65.3% 45.8% 58.3% 47.7% 56.5% 40.6% —/—
2018 49/55 3.1 4.7 55.1% 67.5% 44.7% 52.0% 48.1% 57.3% 45.4% —/—
2019 59/59 3.6 4.3 57.1% 69.9% 47.5% 48.2% 52.0% 60.4% 45.0% —/—
2020 19/19 2.9 4.4 58.0% 65.5% 43.7% 43.4% 45.6% 56.9% 42.5% —/—
2021 28/31 4.6 5.5 57.2% 70.4% 45.8% 53.6% 44.5% 59.7% 43.1% —/—
2022 25/25 3.8 5.3 56.6% 68.9% 45.0% 52.3% 57.0% 58.5% 41.5% —/—
2023 46/47 4.0 5.4 56.0% 67.6% 44.2% 52.8% 51.8% 57.4% 43.6% —/—
2024 44/51 4.8 4.8 57.2% 71.9% 45.2% 49.1% 46.5% 60.4% 44.1% —/—
2025 22/35 3.0 5.8 53.4% 64.6% 39.6% 51.8% 43.1% 53.0% 41.1% —/—
2026 24/25 3.9 4.5 58.0% 67.7% 45.2% 55.4% 38.1% 58.4% 40.9% —/—
Career 444/483 3.7 4.8 55.9% 67.7% 44.9% 50.2% 48.7% 57.6% 43.0% Career 21/24 0.5 5.0 54.8% 55.3% 42.7% 42.3% 46.6% 50.0% 44.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Donna Vekic Kai-Lin Zhang
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
2012 1565 114.5 +2.21 -1.39 1.193 53.0% +23 72.7% +1.73 1–0 1–0 +0.32 2014 1524 113.6 -1.64 +1.32 1.007 50.0% +9 46.7% -0.07 0–1 -0.12
2013 1604 122.4 +1.86 +0.10 1.090 51.8% -25 +81 50.0% +0.17 3–3 (50%) 4–2 (67%) 102.5 -0.09 2015 1519 104.8 +7 50.0% -0.63 0–2 1–0 -0.05
2014 1552 122.1 -1.63 -1.74 0.922 48.4% +17 +134 44.6% -0.50 5–9 (36%) 6–1 (86%) 100.6 -0.23 2016 1475 96.0 -3.89 -1.11 0.800 44.7% +4 35.7% -1.21 1–1 0–1 +0.26
2015 1606 102.7 -2.51 -2.71 0.835 46.2% -21 -76 44.7% -0.74 6–1 (86%) +0.62 2017 1519 111.7 -2.40 -0.65 0.869 46.8% +6 42.1% -0.89 1–2 (33%) 1–1 +0.45
2016 1563 111.8 -2.41 -1.13 0.843 46.5% +44 -99 24.4% -1.29 2–3 (40%) 1–4 (20%) 97.4 -0.76 2018 1511 95.5
2017 1670 128.8 +0.13 -1.26 0.933 48.8% -42 -177 +56 45.8% -0.31 3–6 (33%) 5–8 (38%) 94.6 -0.63 2019 1505 97.0
2018 1782 137.0 +0.35 +2.36 1.063 51.2% -52 -181 -7 57.0% +0.37 4–11 (27%) 6–6 (50%) 92.6 +0.05
2019 1771 150.5 +3.02 +2.45 1.137 52.4% -24 -62 +25 60.0% +0.92 8–11 (42%) 4–14 (22%) 89.1 +1.18
2020 1696 131.1 +0.33 0.00 0.985 49.4% +28 -43 40.5% -0.26 3–1 (75%) 1–2 (33%) 101.7 +0.62
2021 1761 140.5 +1.94 +0.45 1.069 51.4% +17 +73 52.1% +0.42 5–6 (45%) 4–7 (36%) 97.9 -0.11
2022 1802 135.2 +1.22 +0.17 0.999 50.4% +25 +9 50.0% +0.02 2–4 (33%) 3–3 (50%) 96.9 -0.92
2023 1779 141.0 +1.13 +0.49 1.024 50.6% +3 -119 +117 53.8% +0.22 11–7 (61%) 11–9 (55%) 104.1 -0.44
2024 1896 146.2 +3.22 +1.18 1.113 51.8% -95 -87 +112 57.0% +0.69 12–11 (52%) 6–10 (38%) 100.0 -0.31
2025 1741 135.8 -2.37 -0.97 0.874 47.3% +6 +22 +152 41.3% -0.52 5–5 (50%) 2–7 (22%) 96.9 +1.04
2026 1745 136.4 +1.44 -0.81 0.983 49.6% -63 +83 +195 50.0% -0.07 4–8 (33%) 5–3 (63%) 98.3 +0.22
Career 1933 141.1 +0.87 +0.34 1.014 50.3% -15 -75 +82 50.5% +0.11 74–86 (46%) 59–76 (44%) 94.2 +0.12 Career 1560 106.9 -2.57 -0.12 0.892 47.3% +7 42.9% -0.71 2–6 (25%) 2–2 (50%) 96.3 +2.25

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.