Victoria Azarenka and Iga Swiatek will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Iga Swiatek
There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Iga Swiatek since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 27, Victoria reached the 3rd round after defeating Barbara Haas 6-1 6-2 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Sabalenka (6-1 6-3). During the match Azarenka scored 58 points vs Sabalenka’s 36. The Belarussian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Azarenka scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 72% of her first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Sabalenka 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 63% of the points she played.
Azarenka has a a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 76% of her matches (298-95). 7-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Azarenka has a 185-52 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was managing to win the title in New York where she defeated Naomi Osaka in the final w/o.
The Belarussian has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Victoria surrendered in the Pre-q to .
Iga Swiatek
Ranked no. 53, Iga reached the 3rd round after defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-3 6-3 and Sachia Vickery 6-75 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Vickery, Iga recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4). During the match Swiatek and Vickery scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 27 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Swiatek wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Iga Swiatek conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Pole has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2020, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Swiatek lost in the Pre-q to .
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 50 |
| Pts | 114-66 | 69-58 |
| Total Points | 180 | 127 |
| Winners | 54 | 21 |
| %Winners | 47% | 30% |
Both Azarenka and Swiatek played 2 matches. At the moment, Iga Swiatek surrendered 1 set while Victoria Azarenka hasn’t dropped a set so far. Azarenka has played 1 set(s) less than Swiatek (4 vs 5). Therefore, Azarenka played 19 games less than Swiatek. Azarenka scored 54 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Swiatek bagged 21 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 70/93 | 38/70 |
| %1st in | 75% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 54/70 | 21/38 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 19/32 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 59% |
Azarenka fired 4 aces (2 per match). Swiatek struck 1 ace (0.5 per match). Azarenka won 77% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Swiatek won 55% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Azarenka | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 69% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Azarenka broke her opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Victoria surrendered her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Swiatek broke her opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Swiatek conceded her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | ||||
| R1 Haas | R2 Sabalenka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 31 | |
| pts | 56-30 | 58-36 | 114-66 | |
| Total points | 86 | 94 | 180 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 36/50 | 70/93 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 72% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 28/36 | 54/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 5/14 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 36% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/5 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Swiatek | ||||
| R1 Kudermetova | R2 Vickery | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 32 | 50 | |
| pts | 69-58 | – | 69-58 | |
| Total points | 127 | 0 | 127 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | ||
| %Winners | 30% | NAN% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 38/70 | / | 38/70 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | NAN% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/38 | / | 21/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | NAN% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | / | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | NAN% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 5/9 | / | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | NAN% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 8/10 | 0/ | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | ||
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