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Match Details
Fixture: Peyton Stearns vs (24) Donna Vekic
Date: August 30, 2024
Tournament: US Open 2024
Round: Third round (Round of 32)
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, United States
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $75,000,000
Live telecast: USA - ESPN | Canada - TSN | UK - Sky Sports | India - Sony Sports
Peyton Stearns vs Donna Vekic preview
Peyton Stearns will take on 24th seed Donna Vekic in the third round of the French Open. Stearns has won 19 out of 37 matches so far this season, winning the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem after defeating Mayar Sherif in the final.
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The American player's most notable result on hard courts so far is a quarterfinal run at the Canadian Open before losing to eventual champion Jessica Pegula. Barring that, the World No, 47 has struggled to make it past the opening rounds of hard-court events.
Stearns started the US Open with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Lesia Tsurenko before ousting 12th seed Daria Kasatkina after beating the Russian 6-1, 7-6(3).
Donna Vekic might not have won a title in 2024, yet but the Croatian has put together some impressive runs at some of the high-profile events in the season, such as a semi-final run at Wimbledon, and then reaching the final of the Paris Olympics. She also reached the final of the Bad Homburg Open, losing to Diana Shnaider.
However, the World No. 24 has not fared well on hard courts so this season. Her one notable performance on the surface came at the Linz Open, where she lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semi-final. At the US Open, Vekic secured straight-set victories over Kimberly Birrell and Greet Minnen in the first two rounds.
Peyton Stearns vs Donna Vekic head-to-head
This will be the first meeting between the two players on the Tour.
Peyton Stearns vs Donna Vekic odds
All odds sourced from BETMGM.
Peyton Stearns vs Donna Vekic prediction
Hard courts have not been the best surface for Stearns in her career so far. The American player has only a 39 percent win ratio on hard courts, with most of her success coming on clay. She has a 5-2 record at the US Open, with a fourth-round appearance last year being her best performance, where she lost to Marketa Vondrousova.
Vekic has been susceptible on hard courts as well, winning 51 percent of her matches on the surface. However, the Croatian has three hard-court titles, the last of which came at the 2023 Monterrey Open, where she defeated Caroline Garcia in the final. The 24th seed had a 9-9 record at the US Open before 2024. Her best result came in 2019, when she reached the quarter-final, losing to Belinda Bencic.
Given the current form of both players, Vekic is the favorite, but the American is playing well and will have the crowd behind her, will give her best to make the match a close one.
Pick- Vekic to win in three sets
