Donna Vekic vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇭🇷Donna Vekic
#36 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
7 meetings · sets 8–8
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#79 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Donna Vekic and Yulia Putintseva have met 7 times since 2017; Yulia Putintseva leads 4–3. Their first meeting came at Madrid in 2017 on clay. On hard courts Putintseva leads 4–1. Putintseva has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Vekic has taken 8 sets to Putintseva's 8. Their most recent meeting: Yulia Putintseva won at Adelaide International - Adelaide (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Vekic | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Donna Vekic | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 22/29 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 11/22 | 44% | 11/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 18/51 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 17/34 | 53% | 18/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 76% | 13/17 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 6/12 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 73% | 27/37 | 87% | 27/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 59% | 22/37 | 74% | 23/31 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 5 of 7 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Vekic 3, Putintseva 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Vekic
🤖 Servebot
Putintseva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,089 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
7 career meetings, newest first
Jan 6, 2025
Adelaide International - Adelaide
H Hard · 1st Round
Oct 9, 2024
Wuhan Open - Wuhan
H Hard · 2nd Round
Aug 3, 2021
Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 7, 2020
Brisbane International - Brisbane
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 28, 2019
Us Open
H Hard · Round of 32
Jun 27, 2018
Eastbourne
G Grass · Round of 64
May 10, 2017
Madrid
C Clay · Round of 64
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Vekic | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Donna Vekic | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 8/8 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 5 or more | 63% | 5/8 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Vekic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–6 | 5–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.61 | 2.11 |
| ROI % | -56.3% | -1.7% |
| Units P/L | -4.50u | -0.19u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Vekic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 3 | 2 |
| Distance | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | SGP → ROU | CZE |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Putintseva has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Vekic's 38%).
| Opponent | Vekic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Ashlyn Krueger | L 63 67 46 | W 61 63 |
| Talia Gibson | W 62 46 63 | W 46 64 61 |
| Viktorija Golubic | L 75 26 36 | L 57 26 |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 76 63 | W 64 76 |
| Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano | L 62 36 57 | L 57 76 57 |
| Tereza Valentova | W 76 76 | L 36 26 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 64 26 36 | L 64 46 57 |
| Lulu Sun | L 36 36 | W 76 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Iga Swiatek
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Lin Zhu
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Xin Yu Wang
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ann Li
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Talia Gibson
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Diane Parry
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 25
Xinyu Wang
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Viktorija Golubic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Ashlyn Krueger
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Belinda Bencic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Maya Joint
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Victoria Rodriguez
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 51–56 matches
| Metric | Vekic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 55% |
| Sets won | 57% | 56% |
| Games won | 53% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Vekic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Vekic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 4 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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