Emma Raducanu\u2019s wait for her first trophy since her 2021 US Open triumph goes on after losing to Donna Vekic in the final at Queen\u2019s.<\/p>\n
After the 23-year-old beat Kamilla Rakhimova and then Iva Jovic in straight sets on Saturday in her previous two rounds, Raducanu faced her toughest challenge of the week in the in-form Croatian.<\/span><\/p>\n Vekic \u2013 who tasted defeat in Queen\u2019s qualifying before coming back as a lucky loser \u2013 lost just four games in her semi-final win over Katie Boulter, dropping just six points on serve in a 6-1 6-3 victory.<\/p>\n And in the pair\u2019s first meeting on Sunday, the 29-year-old was in ruthless form as she raced into a 6-0 lead. The home favourite rallied and twice served for the second set, only to be pegged back, before losing it 7-6 (8-6).<\/p>\n Following the match, where Raducanu saved four match points before falling short, Tennis365<\/strong> has looked at the ranking points and prize money both players earned in London.<\/p>\n What Emma Raducanu\u2019s coach said midmatch which proves he\u2019s perfect for her<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Berlin Open withdrawals: Amanda Anisimova becomes sixth player to pull out of WTA event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n As a result of their runs to the final, Vekic jumped from 76th in the world to 44th, while Raducanu<\/a> rose from 42nd to 31st.<\/p>\n Following this contest, the Brit will stay in 31st, for now, while tournament winner Vekic will sit a place behind her in 32nd.<\/p>\n Vekic collected an extra 500 rankings points, while Raducanu \u2013 who lost 6-0 6-2 in the final of the Transylvania Open to Sorana Cirstea in February \u2013 earned 325 of her own.<\/p>\n If the rankings stay as they are heading into Wimbledon<\/a>, both players will be seeded at SW19, which is likely to guarantee them an easier start to the competition.<\/p>\n Despite Raducanu\u2019s loss, her run to the final should be a great source of encouragement for the Grand Slam winner.\u00a0Meanwhile for Vekic, who has now won five WTA Tour titles, nobody will want to face her at Wimbledon if she continues in this rich vein of form.<\/p>\n Just under a month ago, it was revealed that there would be a 35% increase in prize money for the women\u2019s edition of Queen\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n The total prize pot jumped up by half a million dollars to $1.9m (\u00a31.43m), which is significantly above the \u00a3901,000 minimum required for a 500 event on the WTA Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n Off the back of Vekic\u2019s triumph at Queen\u2019s, the Croat will earn $294,445 (\u00a3220,674), while Raducanu chalked up $181,745 (\u00a3135,545).<\/p>\n Prior to this week, Raducanu had achieved a prize money sum of $6.3m (\u00a34.72m), while the more experienced Vekic was up at $10.42m (\u00a37.77m).<\/p>\n Both will hope to build on this week as the grass season progresses.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Serena Williams and Venus Williams receive major Wimbledon wildcard boost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Queen\u2019s Club: What ranking points and prize money did Donna Vekic and Emma Raducanu?<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Raducanu\u2019s wait for her first trophy since her 2021 US Open triumph goes on after losing to Donna Vekic in the final at Queen\u2019s. After the 23-year-old beat Kamilla Rakhimova and then Iva Jovic in straight sets on Saturday in her previous two rounds, Raducanu faced her toughest challenge of the week in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More WTA Tour News<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Raducanu and Vekic\u2019s ranking points from Queen\u2019s<\/h3>\n
Queen\u2019s Club WTA ranking points breakdown<\/strong><\/h3>\n