page_title: Donna Vekić
section_title: 2014: First WTA title
hierarchical_section_title: Donna Vekić / Professional career / 2014: First WTA title
caption_attribution_description: Donna Vekić at the 2014 Kremlin Cup
context_page_description: Donna Vekić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour: the 2014 Malaysian Open and the 2017 Nottingham Open. She has also won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best performance in a Grand Slam singles event was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2019 US Open. On 4 November 2019, she achieved No. 19 in the WTA rankings.
context_section_description: Vekić began her 2014 season at the Shenzhen Open. She lost in the first round to third seed Klára Zakopalová. At the Australian Open, Vekić was defeated in the first round by qualifier Lucie Hradecká.
  In Thailand at the PTT Pattaya Open, Vekić lost in the first round to top seed Sabine Lisicki. At the Brasil Tennis Cup, Vekić was defeated in the first round by third seed and eventual champion Klára Zakopalová. In March, Vekić was awarded a wildcard for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. She lost in the second round to twelfth seed Dominika Cibulková. At the Sony Open Tennis in Miami, Vekić came through qualifying with wins over Alla Kudryavtseva and Johanna Larsson. In the main draw, she upset twenty-eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round. She was defeated in the third round by eighth seed Petra Kvitová. At the Monterrey Open, Vekić beat fifth seed Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round in two tie-breaking sets, but lost to Karolína Plíšková in the second round in three sets. Seeded seventh at the Malaysian Open, Vekić won her first career WTA title by defeating top seed Dominika Cibulková in the final.
  At the Mutua Madrid Open, Vekić was defeated in the final round of qualifying by Kristina Mladenovic. In Paris at the French Open, Vekić lost in the first round to Julia Glushko.
  Vekić played one grass-court tournament before Wimbledon at the Aegon Classic. She was defeated in the first round by Belinda Bencic. At the Wimbledon Championships, Vekić stunned twenty-first seed Roberta Vinci in the first round. She lost in the second round to 2010 Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva.
  In Turkey at the İstanbul Cup, Vekić was defeated in the first round by third seed Klára Koukalová. At the Baku Cup, Vekić lost in the second round to Kristina Mladenovic.
  Vekić started her US Open Series at the Rogers Cup. She was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Tamira Paszek. In Ohio at the Western & Southern Open, Vekić lost in the first round of qualifying to Monica Niculescu. At the Connecticut Open, Vekić was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Belinda Bencic. In New York at the US Open, Vekić lost in the first round to American Coco Vandeweghe.
  Seeded fifth at the Tashkent Open, Vekić was defeated in the second round by Urszula Radwańska. At the Korea Open, Vekić lost in the first round to Maria Kirilenko. Despite qualifying for the first edition of the Wuhan Open, Vekić was defeated in the first round by sixteenth seed Andrea Petkovic.
caption: Vekić at the 2014 Kremlin Cup
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