Johanna Konta and Victoria Azarenka will square off in the semifinal of the Western & Southern Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11 am on Court 10. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Johanna Konta who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johanna Konta is the pick to win this match.
Johanna Konta -> 1.53
Victoria Azarenka -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Johanna Konta vs. Victoria Azarenka
This will be the 4th time that Johanna Konta and Victoria Azarenka square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Konta (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Azarenka won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Miami back in 2016.
Johanna Konta
Ranked no. 15, the Brit reached the quarter after beating Kirsten Flipkens 6-2 6-0, Vera Zvonareva 6-4 6-2 and Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Johanna had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-4 6-3). During the match Konta scored 75 points vs Sakkari’s 56. Konta was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Konta managed to score 4 aces and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Johanna Konta was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of her 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Sakkari 3 times after converting 25% of her break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Johanna hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Konta has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (917-480). 6-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Konta has a 332-194 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Johanna’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Monterrey.
The Brit has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Johanna had to surrender in the quarter 6-4 6-4 to Elina Svitolina.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 59, Azarenka got to the quarter after beating Donna Vekic 6-2 6-3, Caroline Garcia 6-2 7-68, Alize Cornet 6-4 7-5 and Ons Jabeur 7-69 6-2.
In the quarter, Azarenka had a good straight sets win against Jabeur (7-69 6-2). During the match Azarenka scored 84 points vs Jabeur’s 72. Victoria was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Azarenka made 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 56% of her first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the 2nd serve. Victoria broke Jabeur 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Victoria hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Azarenka has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (728-273). 4-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Azarenka has a 295-95 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Azarenka has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Victoria lost in the 1st round 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Aryna Sabalenka.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Konta | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 81 |
| Pts | 195-130 | 311-258 |
| Total Points | 325 | 569 |
| Winners | 68 | 124 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Konta played 3 matches while Azarenka competed in 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Konta has played 2 set(s) less than Azarenka (6 vs 8). Therefore, Konta played 30 games less than Azarenka. Johanna scored 68 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Azarenka bagged 124 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Konta | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 80/135 | 194/310 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 68/80 | 124/194 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 37/55 | 59/116 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Konta managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Azarenka managed to score 16 aces (4 per match). Konta won 85% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Konta | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 19 |
| Converted | 11/27 | 19/29 |
| % Converted | 41% | 66% |
| Conceded | 2 | 30 |
| Saved | 2 | 20 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 10 |
The Brit broke her opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Brit quite strong on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Victoria broke her opponents 19 times with a 66% conversion rate. Azarenka conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Konta | |||||
| R2 Flipkens |
R3 Zvonareva |
1/4 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 57-28 | 63-46 | 75-56 | 195-130 | |
| Total points | 85 | 109 | 131 | 325 | |
| Winners | 18 | 27 | 23 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% | 31% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 21/34 | 31/51 | 28/50 | 80/135 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 61% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 27/31 | 23/28 | 68/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 87% | 82% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 11/20 | 16/22 | 37/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 55% | 73% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/4 | 3/12 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 75% | 25% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azarenka | ||||||
| R1 Vekic |
R2 Garcia |
R3 Cornet |
1/4 Jabeur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 7-68 | 6-4 7-5 | 7-69 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 81 | |
| pts | 62-39 | 79-67 | 86-80 | 84-72 | 311-258 | |
| Total points | 101 | 146 | 166 | 156 | 569 | |
| Winners | 26 | 30 | 38 | 30 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 44% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 43/72 | 63/89 | 49/87 | 194/310 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 60% | 71% | 56% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 30/43 | 38/63 | 30/49 | 124/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 70% | 60% | 61% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 15/29 | 11/26 | 21/38 | 59/116 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 42% | 55% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/7 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 19/29 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 57% | 63% | 63% | 66% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 30 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 6/8 | 8/11 | 4/7 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 73% | 57% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWWLWWLWW Tennis Scores in New York
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-69 6-2) – See score progression
- Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elise MertensMertens – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-1) – See H2H details
- Johanna KontaKonta – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – See H2H details
