Victoria Azarenka is 1 win away to conquer the title in New York. Azarenka has defeated Donna Vekic 6-2 6-3, Caroline Garcia 6-2 7-68, Alize Cornet 6-4 7-5, Ons Jabeur 7-69 6-2 and Johanna Konta 4-6 6-4 6-1 to reach the final where she will face Naomi Osaka.
Victoria is currently ranked no. 59. However, if Victoria Azarenka wins the title, she is projected to go up 32 places to be ranked world no.27 following the present tournament.
Draw Prediction with head to head records
This is Victoria Azarenka’s projected draw and the likely opposition at the Western & Southern Open.
Final – Naomi Osaka’s rankings and performance.
Head to head 2-1 for Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2020, 9-2 on hard. As for the previous 5 years, the Japanese has a 134-69 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Japanese won 7 of her last 10 matches.
Osaka’s most significant achievement of the year was getting to the semi-finals in Brisbane and New York.
Last year in Western & Southern Open Osaka reached the quarter in 2019 in Cincinnati before retiring against Sofia Kenin when she was 6-4 1-6 2-0 ret..
H2H Victoria Azarenka vs. Naomi Osaka
This match would represent the 4th time that Victoria Azarenka and Naomi Osaka clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but Azarenka leads 1-0 on hard .
