[7] Vekić started her year off by entering the main draw of the Australian Open and defeated Andrea Hlaváčková in the first round.

[8] Vekić qualified (seeded 16th) for the main draw of the Miami Open by defeating Marta Sirotkina and Valeria Savinykh.

[12] In March, she was awarded a wild card for the Indian Wells Open where she lost in the second round to 12th seed Dominika Cibulková.

After a bad start into the new season, she beat Louisa Chirico at Indian Wells but lost in the second round to Zarina Diyas.

During the French Open, she claimed her first top-40 victory in the season when she beat Caroline Garcia, and also defeated Bojana Jovanovski before bowing out to Ana Ivanovic.

In Tashkent, she reached the final with three-set wins over Kiki Bertens, Carina Witthöft and Anna-Lena Friedsam and a two-set victory over Evgeniya Rodina, but lost to Nao Hibino.

She reached the quarterfinals of the San Antonio Open, with wins over Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Kiki Bertens, before losing to Tsvetana Pironkova.

At Cincinnati in August, Vekić had victories over Varvara Lepchenko and Mariana Duque Marino in qualifying, and defeated world No.

In October, at the Soho Square Tournament, she had victories over Laura Pigossi, Jaqueline Cristian (walkover) and Arantxa Rus, before she beat Maria Sakkari in three sets in the semifinals to reach her second ITF final of the year.

Vekić won her second WTA Tour title at the Nottingham Open in June, defeating Johanna Konta in three sets.

4, Sloane Stephens, in the first round, then beat Rebecca Peterson and Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets before losing to eventual semifinalist Julia Görges.

She then reached another semifinal in Acapulco, losing to eventual champion Wang Yafan, before recording early round exits in both Indian Wells and Miami.

1, Naomi Osaka, in Stuttgart and retiring in her third-round match against fellow Croatian Petra Martić in Madrid due to a foot injury.

After an opening-round loss to French Open champion Ashleigh Barty in Birmingham, Vekić was tabbed as a potential dark horse in the ladies' singles draw at Wimbledon.

Rebounding from this disappointment, Vekić opened the summer hardcourt season with a semifinal showing in San Jose, before making the third round in Cincinnati where she fell to Venus Williams.

Drawn in the Azalea Group with top seed Bertens and Dayana Yastremska, she fell in straight sets in both her matches, ending her season.

[33] Playing at the first edition of the Adelaide International, Vekić reached the quarterfinal where she was defeated by eventual finalist, Dayana Yastremska.

[citation needed] She took a two-month hiatus between the Australian Open and before Roland Garros returning to the WTA tour in April.

[50] After making the main draw at the French Open and a first-round win over Mirjam Björklund, she was defeated by Amanda Anisimova in the second round.

47 for the first time since July 2021[52] after a final showing at the WTA 500 San Diego Open as a qualifier, defeating four straight top-25 players (including two in the top 10) en route before losing to Iga Świątek.

There she defeated Oksana Selekhmeteva, 18th seed Liudmila Samsonova, Nuria Parrizas-Diaz and Linda Fruhvirtová to reach her first Australian Open quarterfinal.

[54] Vekić won her fourth career title defeating top seed Caroline Garcia in three tight sets at the Monterrey Open in Mexico.

Five days later, she lost early to Lesia Tsurenko at Indian Wells in a three-set match where she refused a handshake from her opponent.

[60] The following month, she reached the quarterfinals at the San Diego Open, defeating wildcard entrant Katherine Hui[61] and qualifier Marina Stakusic,[62] but losing to eventual champion Katie Boulter in the last eight.

[66][67] She reached a major semifinal for the first time in her career at Wimbledon by defeating Wang Xiyu, lucky loser Erika Andreeva, 28th seed Dayana Yastremska,[68] Paula Badosa,[69][70] and qualifier Lulu Sun.

[74][75] At the Paris Olympics, she made the quarterfinals with wins over Lucia Bronzetti,[76] Bianca Andreescu[77] and second seed Coco Gauff.

[78] In the last eight, Vekić defeated 12th seed Marta Kostyuk on her fifth match point to become the first Croatian woman to reach the medal stage at the Olympics.

[79] She overcame Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the semifinals,[80] but then lost the Gold Medal match to Chinese player Zheng Qinwen in straight sets.

[81] Vekić defeated qualifier Kimberly Birrell,[82] Greet Minnen[83] and Peyton Stearns[84] to reach the fourth round at the US Open, where she lost to seventh seed Zheng Qinwen in three sets.

[85] In December, Vekić announced she had hired Sascha Bajin as her new coach replacing Nikola Horvat who had quit the previous month for family reasons.