VEKIC Donna

Croatia
Tennis
28 Jun 1996
25
Female
1.79/5'10''
OSIJEK
 
Croatia
MONTE CARLO
 
Monaco

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TEN Tennis Women's Singles 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
3rd on Centre Court 		Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court
Women's Singles Second Round
BLR
SABALENKA ASABALENKA Aryna
4
6
63
CRO
VEKIC DVEKIC Donna
6
3
7
Finished
3rd on Court 1 		Ariake Tennis Park Court 1
Women's Singles Third Round
CRO
VEKIC DVEKIC Donna
63
4
KAZ
RYBAKINA ERYBAKINA Elena
7
6
Finished
2nd on Court 8 		Ariake Tennis Park Court 8
Women's Singles First Round
FRA
GARCIA CGARCIA Caroline
2
7
3
CRO
VEKIC DVEKIC Donna
6
62
6
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Grand Slams
 Aus OpenRoland GarrosWimbledonUS Open
YearSinglesDoublesSinglesDoublesSinglesDoublesSinglesDoubles
2021R16-R128-R64---
2020R32-R128---R32-
2019R64R64R16-R128-QF-
2018R64R32R64R32R16R64R128-
2017R64-R128R64R64R64R32R64
2016R128-R128-R128R64--
2015R128R32R32-----
2014R128R64R128R64R64R64R128R64
2013R64-R128-R128-R64R64

2021 Tournament Results - Doubles
Result
Winner-
Runner-up-
SemifinalNottingham


Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128
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Reading books, watching movies and TV series. (tportal.hr, 27 Mar 2021)
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Croatian, English, Italian
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Sam Sumyk [personal], FRA, from 2020
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Right (wtatennis.com, 2021)
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Turned professional in 2012
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In February 2021 she underwent minor right knee surgery. She returned to competition in June 2021 at Wimbledon. (tennis.com, 25 Feb 2021, 29 Jun 2021)
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She took up the sport at age six in Osijek, Croatia. (donnavekic.com, 2021)
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Her family were involved in a number of different sports. She first tried gymnastics but was forced to stop due to an ankle injury. She then asked her parents to allow her to try tennis and she fell in love with the sport. (donnavekic.com, 2021)
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To win a Grand Slam title, to become the number one ranked player in the world, and to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportskeeda.com, 18 Mar 2021)
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Winning the 2014 Malaysian Open, which was her first title on the WTA Tour, and reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2018. (vecernji.hr, 19 Apr 2020)

General Interest

General
WTA PLAYER COUNCIL
She has been a member of the WTA Player Council since 2019. "It is definitely an interesting experience to see how everything works behind the scenes. I can tell you that it's not easy, especially last year [speaking in 2021] during the break caused by COVID-19. Sometimes, we had calls a few times a week about how to get the tour back on track as soon as possible." (sportskeeda.com, 18 Mar 2021; wtatennis.com, 29 Aug 2019)

TOUGH TIMES
She says she struggled to progress her tennis career for a few years after enjoying immediate success when she turned professional at age 16. "I had some amazing results when I was young. I was in the top 100 at the age of 16 and I put a lot of expectations and pressure on myself thinking I would keep climbing the rankings no matter what. It turned out that wasn't the case at all, and I still have to improve a lot. I have to keep working as a player on the court but also to mature as a person on and off the court. It took years and time to do that, and I still feel like there is a lot of room for improvement. It is easy to say now that I would change something, but it's not possible to look at this in that way. You always try to make the best decisions in the given moment." (sportskeeda.com, 18 Mar 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She runs a interior fragrances company named 'DNNA'. (Instagram profile, 29 Jun 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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