Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ashleigh Barty who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ashleigh Barty is the pick to win this match.
Ashleigh Barty -> 1.615
Victoria Azarenka -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Ashleigh Barty vs. Victoria Azarenka
This will be the 4th time that Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Barty won 6-1 1-6 6-2 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2021.
Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs Victoria Azarenka – Miami 29-March-2021
Ashleigh Barty
Currently world no. 1 Barty got to the 3rd round after defeating Heather Watson 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Watson (6-4 7-63). During the match, Barty scored 85 points vs Watson’s 72. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Barty bagged 9 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ashleigh Barty lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Barty put 59% of her first serves in, winning 84% (37/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Barty broke Watson 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Barty has a remarkable match record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (279-95). 15-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Barty has a compiled 145-48 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Garbine Muguruza in the final 7-6(3) 6-4 and in in Miami where she beat Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the final 6-3 4-0 ret. and in in Stuttgart where she overcame Aryna Sabalenka in the final 3-6 6-0 6-3 and in at the Wimbledon where she overcame Karolina Pliskova in the final 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3.
Ashleigh has an overall 36-7 win-loss record in 2021, 15-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 15, the Belarussian reached the 3rd round after beating Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-3 and Alison Riske 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Riske (6-2 7-5). During the match Azarenka scored 68 points vs Riske’s 52. Victoria was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Azarenka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 69% of her first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Victoria broke Riske 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points she played.
Azarenka’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Doha and Berlin.
Victoria has a compiled 19-6 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Barty | Azarenka |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 2 |
Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
Tot Games | 23 | 37 |
Pts | 85-72 | 126-90 |
Total Points | 157 | 216 |
Winners | 37 | 52 |
%Winners | 44% | 41% |
Barty played 1 match while Azarenka competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Barty has played 2 set(s) less than Azarenka (2 vs 4). Therefore, Barty played 14 games less than Azarenka. Barty scored 37 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Azarenka made 52 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Barty | Azarenka |
---|---|---|
Aces | 9 | 4 |
Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
1st in | 44/75 | 76/110 |
%1st in | 59% | 69% |
1st pts | 37/44 | 52/76 |
%1st pts | 84% | 68% |
2nd pts | 14/31 | 17/34 |
%2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Barty made 9 aces . Azarenka struck 4 aces (2 per match). Barty won 84% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Barty | Azarenka |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 10 |
Converted | 3/8 | 10/17 |
% Converted | 38% | 59% |
Conceded | 3 | 9 |
Saved | 1 | 5 |
% Saved | 33% | 56% |
Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Ashleigh broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Victoria broke her opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Azarenka conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
Barty | |||
R2 Watson |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
pts | 85-72 | 85-72 | |
Total points | 157 | 157 | |
Winners | 37 | 37 | |
%Winners | 44% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 44/75 | 44/75 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
1st pts | 37/44 | 37/44 | |
% 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
% 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Azarenka | ||||
R1 Samsonova |
R2 Riske |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
pts | 58-38 | 68-52 | 126-90 | |
Total points | 96 | 120 | 216 | |
Winners | 22 | 30 | 52 | |
%Winners | 38% | 44% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 34/49 | 42/61 | 76/110 | |
% 1st in | 69% | 69% | 69% | |
1st pts | 22/34 | 30/42 | 52/76 | |
% 1st pts | 65% | 71% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 9/15 | 8/19 | 17/34 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 42% | 50% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Converted | 5/7 | 5/10 | 10/17 | |
Converted % | 71% | 50% | 59% | |
Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 2/4 | 5 | |
Saved % | 60% | 50% | 110% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Heather WatsonWatson (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (5-7 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-62 4-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Cori GauffGauff (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Alison RiskeRiske (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mateo Nicolas MartinezNicolas Martinez – Simon CarrCarr (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Vignesh Peranamallur-ChandrasekharPeranamallur-Chandrasekhar (6-1 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Youssef HossamHossam – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Heather WatsonWatson (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Alison RiskeRiske (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-6(2) 4-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (5-7 6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (7-6(1) 6-1) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Simona HalepHalep (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction