Donna Vekic Bio: Boyfriend, Career, Family & Net worth

Donna Vekic is one of the most admired international tennis players from Croatia. Her promising tennis career has morphed into an exciting journey of name and fame. All thanks to her hard work, dedication, and outstanding playing style.

Moreover, the young tennis star has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, the 2014 Malaysian Open, and the 2017 Nottingham Open. Likewise, she had also made it to the Top 20 in theWTA Rankings in 2019.

Making a prolific image in the tennis world from a very young age. The Vekic tennis journey has inspired many people that dream of achieving greatness on the tennis court. 

Today, we will discuss all her tennis journey from her early career to her professional career.

Likewise, we will also discuss her age, height, family, net worth, personal life, and many more. So please keep reading and stick with us till the end.

Let’s begin with some quick facts!

Table of Contents

1 Quick Facts2 Donna Vekic Wiki-Bio | Early Life, Education, & Parents3 Donna Vekic | Age & Height4 Donna Vekic | Professional Career4.0.14.1 2020 Italian Open5 Donna Vekic | Playing Style and Stats6 Donna Vekic | Net worth & Income7 Donna Vekic | Personal life & Boyfriend7.1 Cheating Allegation 8 Social Media Presence9 Some FAQs:9.1 Who is Donna Vekic coach?9.2 Are Wawrinka and Donna Vekic still dating?9.3 What nationality is Donna Vekic?9.4 What does Donna Vekic reside?

Quick Facts

Full Name	Donna Vekić
Birth Date	28 June 1996
Age	25 Years Old
Birth Place	Osijek, Croatia
Nick Name	Donna
Religion	Unknown
Nationality	Croatian
Ethnicity	White
Education	Unknown
Horoscope	Cancer
Father’s Name	Igor Vekic
Mother’s Name	Brankica Vekic
Siblings	Bruno Vekic
Height	5 ft 10 inches (1.79 m)
Weight	64 kg (141 lbs)
Hair Color	Blonde
Eye Color	Brown
Body Measurement	Unknown
Figure	Slender
Married	Unmarried
Boyfriend	No
Children	No
Profession	Tennis player
Net Worth	$3 million
Salary	Unknown
Affiliations	ITF, WTA
Active Since	2012
Social Media	Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Last Update	February, 2022

Donna Vekic Wiki-Bio | Early Life, Education, & Parents

The tennis star Donna Vekic was born in Osijek, Croatia, to parents Igor Vekic and Brankica Vekic. Both her parents were athletes and used to be very active in sports.

Her father, Igor, used to play football and was part of a large football family in their hometown Croatia. Likewise, her mother, Barnkica, was an athlete running in 100m-400m hurdles. 

Besides her parents, she grew up with her younger brother Bruno Vekic, a footballer and an aspiring pilot. 

Coming from a sporting family, Vekic dreamt of becoming a gymnast when she was young and was already an extraordinary active gymnast at the early age of six.

But eventually, she took up tennis and fell in love with the sport. Donna said in one of her interviews,

“I first started playing tennis when I was six years old. Before that, I did gymnastics for two years, and I enjoyed that. But they said that was going to be too tall. I guess they were right. At my first tennis practice, I sprained my ankle, and it was super painful, but I came back the next day because I enjoyed playing it.”

Apart from this, she has not disclosed her education details in the media. However, we can say that she later chose to be a professional tennis player.

Donna Vekic | Age & Height

Young and talented, Donna was born on 28 June 1996, which makes her 25 Years Old as of 2022.

As per the June born, her sun sign falls under Cancer. And from what we know, they are hard-working, brave, and honest at the same time. 

Likewise, she stands at a modest height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) and weighs around 64 kg (141 lbs). Being an athlete, Donna takes good care of her body and does several workouts and exercises to maintain her physique.

Regardless, the Croatian tennis player is healthy as athletes come. Apart from that, Donna looks gorgeous with her lustrous long blonde hair and shining brown eyes.

Donna Vekic | Professional Career

Donna made a big splash at an early age with her big serve and booming groundstrokes. Firstly, she played on the ITF Circuit in Croatia, which was her career’s first event. Later in 2011 there she won one singles title and one doubles title.

Eventually, the year 2012 had so much in store for her. Honestly, it was the start of Donna’s professional career, as she succeeded in reaching the final of the first WTA main draw at Tashkent.

Additionally, she was the youngest player to reach a WTA final at the age of sixteen.

Similarly, the 2013 season started with Donna’s participation in the Australian Open, where she defeated Andrea Hlavackova in the first round. But in the second round, she fell to the former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets.

Moreover, In the Monterrey Open, Donna defeated Julia Cohen in the first round but later lost to seventh seed Urszula Radwanska in the second round. Likewise, she won the 50K tournament in the Istanbul finale after defeating Elizaveta Kulichkova. 

WE WON WE WON WOOOOOOO GO #TeamSwaggie semis tomorrow 👏💪👌👊👯🙅🐼 pic.twitter.com/sVbk30WH

— Donna Vekic (@DonnaVekic) February 8, 2013

Further, she ended the 2013 season with a joyful memory ranking No. 86, in her first top-100 season.

Donna started her 2014 year off by entering Shenzhen Open, where she lost in the first round to third seed Klara Zakopalova.

However, at the Malaysian Open, she won her first career WTA title by defeating top seed Dominika Cibulkova in the final.

Sadly, after that, a slew of bad luck followed the Croatian tennis star. Donna was defeated in the final round at Madrid Open, first round at French Open, second round at Baku Cup, first round at US Open, and first-round at Tashkent Open. 

After a subpar 2014 season and a bad start to the 2015 season, Donna’s ranking dropped to No. 177. She then entered the ITF event in Istanbul as the top seed but lost in the quarterfinals to the sixth seed, Margarita Gasparyan. 

Luckily, in the French Open, she claimed her first top-40 victory in the season after beating Caroline Garcia, Bojana Jovanovski, and Ana Ivanovic.

But again, Donna continued her bad luck form from the first half of the season by failing to qualify for Wimbledon or the US Open. Later, she ended the season ranking No. 105.

In 2016, Donna participated at the Australian Open and lost in the first round to qualifier Naomi Osaka. Meanwhile, she reached the San Antonio Open quarterfinals, with wins over Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Kiki Bertens, but lost to Tsvetana Pironkova.

Trying to survive 69c degrees on court like … 🤮🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤯👹🦀🔥☄️🍳🐻😴❄️ @AustralianOpen pic.twitter.com/xZguW9hDRC

— Donna Vekic (@DonnaVekic) January 20, 2018

Moreover, Donna lost in the first round of ten consecutive WTA tournaments from February to August, including the French Open. Similarly, in September, she reached the final of the ITF tournament in Saint Petersburg but later lost to Natalia Vikhlyantseva. 

However, at the ITF Sharm El Sheikh, she had a victory after reaching the year’s ITF final. Likewise, she defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo and won her career’s fifth ITF title in the final. 

Furthermore, Donna won her second WTA title at the Nottingham Open in June 2017 after defeating Johanna Konta in three sets. Just like that at the US Open, Donna reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.

Not to mention that season, Donna broke into the world top 50 for the first time in July, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 45and ended the season ranking No. 56.

Similarly, Donna continued her success in 2018 and reached the semifinals in Tokyo by defeating top-10 players and later completed the season ranking No. 34.

Vekic’s 2019 year started on a good note as she climbed up to the semifinals in Brisbane. Unfortunately, Donna could not keep this momentum at the Australian Open as she got defeated in the second round by Kimberly Birrell. 

Luckily, she rebounded her loss at her next tournament, reaching the biggest final of her career at the St. Petersburg Trophy. Moreover, Vekic only played two matches after losing in the quarterfinals to Naomi Osaka in Stuttgart.

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Later she qualified for the second-tier year-end singles tournament at the WTA Elite Trophy for the first time in her career. Nonetheless, she finished the 2015 year ranking No. 19 in the world, her first top 20 finish.

Donna kicked off her 2020 season at Brisbane International. She then played at the first edition of the Adelaide International and made it to the quarterfinal. 

Further, at the Australian Open, Vekic defeated Maria Sharapova in the first round but lost to Iga Swiatek in the third round. After that, at the St. Petersburg Trophy, she got beaten in the second round by Ekaterina Alexandrova. 

2020 Italian Open

As the 2020 Italian Open ended with Amanda Anisimova defeating Donna Vekic 3-6, 7-6(3), and 7-6(6) in Round 1 of the Italian Open 2020.

However, it wasn’t a smooth journey right then, as the very match sparked controversial grounds which involved Donna. 

During the first half of the game, Donna was taking the lead over Amanda until she caught a blister during the tie-breaker of the second set. However, it wasn’t that at all. Prior to it, Amanda had missed an easy smash on match-point and even lost the serve. 

Thus, when she took the match time out, Donna was losing her patience, and she furiously stated, “Really? Now?” Most people think it was Amanda’s tactic to break the momentum of Donna and break her lead. Additionally, some even went to the extent of stating she had fake blisters. 

Donna Vekic | Playing Style and Stats

Vekic, as everyone knows, is an aggressive baseliner. To date, she has maintained a single career record of 268–199 (57.4%), while her single world ranking stands as No. 28 right now. Apparently, she has the highest ranking in it of No. 19.

Similarly, she has a double career record of 13–27 (32.5%), with the current ranking of No. 195. In it, she has stepped to the highest world ranking of No. 171. Altogether, her highest speed recorded to date is 111 mph (178 km/h).

Furthermore, Vekic portrays powerful serves, among which groundstrokes are her assets. Not to mention, she also showcases quickness and speed in games which often brings her errors too. 

Overall, Vekic gives her opponent an aggressive taste of her speedballs. 

Donna Vekic | Net worth & Income

Donna has had a very successful tennis career so far. Through her hard work and dedication, she has raked in a lot of money by playing tennis. So, what is Donna Vekic’s net worth right now?

At the moment, Donna’s net worth has been assumed to be $3 million by different sources. Moreover, she had also earned $1,674,073 as prize money from several championships. 

Not to mention, her career earnings from 2012 to 2017 are estimated to be $1,375,843, and her market value price is estimated to be $20,606,530. 

Additionally, tennis players do not earn a fixed salary as they are not in a deal or contract with anyone, so they depend on their tournament earnings and sponsorships.

Well, Donna is just 24 years old and still has her entire career for earning, so we can predict that her net worth will rise by huge in the coming days.

Donna Vekic | Personal life & Boyfriend

Fans and admirers of Donna are eager to know the hips and happening in her personal life. Well, Donna Vekic is single for now and is focusing all her energy on forwarding her career.

After being in a long relationship for about four years with fellow tennis player Stan Wawrinka, the tennis star is currently relishing a solitary life.

Moreover, the duo was known to have started dating in 2015 and later split up in 2019. After that, Donna has not dated anyone and is enjoying her single life by spending time with family and traveling.

Well, if something interesting about her love life comes out, readers will be made aware for sure.

Cheating Allegation 

In July 2017, the Roger’s Cup in Montreal witnessed one of the biggest scandals live that no one had ever expected. Back then, Donna Vekic was dating the Swiss pro, Stan Wawrinka, when the news of her cheating came in like a tsunami. 

Apparently, Nick Kyrgios stated that Vekic had slept with Australian player Thanasi Kokkinakis while she was dating Swiss pro, Stan Wawrinka during the middle of the match.

To illustrate, Nick shouted, “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry to tell you that, mate”. 

Infact, his comment was all over the court’s microphones, and everyone was going on about the love triangle. Altogether, Nick was fined £4,700 for his behavior. However, the words spread wide but still, the duo were together as if nothing happened. 

“I haven’t spoken to Kyrgios. But it’s a very disappointing thing to be happening in our sport, and I hope it won’t happen again because it’s not a very good image for our sport.”-Donna Vekic

Social Media Presence

With a successful tennis career, full of media exposure, Donna has gained fame and recognition from a wide range of audiences. Vekic’s social media accounts can indeed affirm her popularity.

Ciao 🇮🇹✌🏻🍝🍕 @WTA pic.twitter.com/m0C6ZH9zIx

— Donna Vekic (@DonnaVekic) September 11, 2020

Available as @DonnaVekic on Twitter, Donna has 68.1K followers currently and has tweeted 2,935 times to date. Also available on Instagram as @donnavekic, she has gained 179K followers.

Likewise, she also has a Facebook account in which 127K people following her.

Some FAQs:

Who is Donna Vekic coach?

 The German tennis coach, Torben Beltz, is Donna Vekic coach.

Are Wawrinka and Donna Vekic still dating?

No, Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka and Donna Vekic were in a love relationship for four years. The couple was known to have started dating in 2015 and later got split up in 2019.

What nationality is Donna Vekic?

Donna Vekic is Croatian by Nationality.

What does Donna Vekic reside?

Donna Vekic currently resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco.