Donna Vekic is a popular Croatian tennis player. She won twice in WTA tournaments and five times in ITF tournaments. She is a girl of the famous Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka.
The article details the biography of Croatian tennis player Donna Vekic.
Childhood
Donna was born in the glorious town of Osijek on June 28, 1996. Donna is the eldest child in the family. Father is a professional footballer in the past who plays as a goalkeeper. Mother is a former athlete. At a young age, parents gave their daughter tennis. The girl was engaged in the British tennis academy.
Career
At the age of 15, the girl began her professional career as a tennis player. Already in the summer of 2011, Donna won the first title in her professional career at the ITF tournament in Chisik, having beaten Boyana Bobusic in three sets in the final. In the winter of next year, the young tennis player made her debut in the national team of her country, having played one match at the Confederation Cup. In the autumn of the same year, the 16-year-old tennis player reached the first final at the WTA tournament, which was held in Tashkent. In the final, Donna Vekic lost to the Romanian Irina Run in two sets.
The debut at the Grand Slam tournaments took place in 2013. At the famous Australia Open tournament, which takes place at the beginning of the season, the Croatian tennis player was able to get to the second round. This allowed the athlete to debut in the first hundred of the world ranking. Three months later, the Croatian won her second ITF title in Bangalore. After two months, Donna reached the final at the WTA tournament in Birmingham, but was again defeated.
The first significant success came in 2014, when the Croatian tennis player won the first WTA tournament. In the final of the tournament, Croat was opposed by the Slovak Dominic Tsibulkova, who at that time was in the top ten of the world ranking. In a bitter struggle, the Croatian tennis player celebrated her victory, having outplayed the Slovakian in three sets.
In the spring of 2015, a Croatian tennis player first reached the third round at the famous Grand Slam Roland Garros tournament, which takes place in France. In October of the same year, the young athlete made it to the finals of the tournament in Tashkent, but once again lost, also in two games. The following year, she was able to win only one minor ITF tournament for the entire season.
In 2017, Donna was able to win the second WTA tournament. In the final of the tournament in Nottingham, the young athlete was opposed by an experienced British Johanna Conta. The fight lasted three sets. The first set was left to the British tennis player, however, at the tie-break of the second set, Donna was able to turn the game in her direction and win the meeting. The victory in that tournament allowed the Croatian tennis player to make her debut in the TOP 50 of the world ranking. At the end of the season, the young athlete reached the third round at the US OPEN Grand Slam tournament.
In the current playing season, the Croatian tennis player did not win a single title, but she was able to reach the fourth round for the first time in Grand Slam tournaments. Today Donna is on the 35th line of the world ranking.
Achievements and rewards
During her short career in tennis, Donna Vekic reached the WTA tournament finals six times, but she only won twice. She also won five tournaments of the ITF version, reaching the finals 12 times.
Personal life
Information about the relationship of the young athlete appeared in 2013, when rumors circulated in the press that Donna was dating young tennis player Tanasi Kokkinakis. However, no one attached much importance to this. Rumors did not affect the results of a young athlete in tennis. Photos of Donna Vekic are presented in the article.
In 2015, the young athlete became widely known after her fans found out that Donna was dating Swiss tennis player Stan Wavrinka. However, their acquaintance took place already in 2013, when Donna began to actively correspond in social networks with the Swiss. The first relationship rumors appeared in 2015, when a Croat supported the Swiss at Wimbledon. A few months earlier, Stan divorced his wife. Also from the former wife, the Swiss tennis player has a little daughter.
Today, the relationship between Donna and Stan is strong, which can not be said about the performances on the tennis court. Also, a Croatian is fluent in two foreign languages: English and Italian. In an interview, the young tennis player claims that after tennis she would like to try herself as an actress or lawyer.