Karolina Muchova and Victoria Azarenka will fight against each other in the 4th round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.51
Karolina Muchova -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Victoria Azarenka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Karolina Muchova
Ranked no. 26, the Czech got to the 4th round after beating Venus Williams 6-3 7-5, Anna Kalinskaya 6-3 7-64 and Sorana Cirstea 6-3 2-6 7-67.
In the 3rd round, The Czech defeated Cirstea (6-3 2-6 7-67).-94) than Cirstea. In fact, the world no. 26 won 94 points vs Cirstea’s. That means that Muchova was more focused during the important points. Karolina was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muchova made 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Karolina Muchova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Muchova put 66% of her first serves in, winning 64% (39/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Cirstea 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karolina has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points she played.
Muchova has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of her matches (136-64). 6-5 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muchova has a 56-25 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Karolina has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2020, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 27, the Belarussian reached the 4th round after defeating Barbara Haas 6-1 6-2, Aryna Sabalenka 6-1 6-3 and Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Swiatek (6-4 6-2). During the match Azarenka scored 77 points vs Swiatek’s 63. The Belarussian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Azarenka scored 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 74% of her first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 19% (3/16) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Swiatek 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in New York where she defeated Naomi Osaka in the final w/o.
The Belarussian has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muchova | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 49 |
| Pts | 241-226 | 191-129 |
| Total Points | 467 | 320 |
| Winners | 107 | 82 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Both Muchova and Azarenka played 3 matches. At the moment, Karolina Muchova lost 1 set while Victoria Azarenka hasn’t lost a set so far. Muchova has played 1 set more than Azarenka (7 vs 6). Therefore, Muchova played 24 games more than Azarenka. Karolina scored 107 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Victoria fired 82 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muchova | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 151/224 | 115/154 |
| %1st in | 67% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 107/151 | 82/115 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 36/73 | 15/39 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 38% |
Muchova recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). Azarenka scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Muchova won 71% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muchova | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 16 |
| Converted | 11/32 | 16/30 |
| % Converted | 34% | 53% |
| Conceded | 18 | 12 |
| Saved | 11 | 7 |
| % Saved | 61% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
The Czech broke her opponents 11 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Czech lost her serve 7 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded. Victoria broke her opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muchova | |||||
| R1 Williams |
R2 Kalinskaya |
R3 Cirstea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 7-64 | 6-3 2-6 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 30 | 73 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 68-58 | 94-101 | 241-226 | |
| Total points | 146 | 126 | 195 | 467 | |
| Winners | 31 | 37 | 39 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 54% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 46/61 | 61/93 | 151/224 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 75% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 37/46 | 39/61 | 107/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 80% | 64% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 9/15 | 14/32 | 36/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 2/6 | 4/11 | 11/32 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 36% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 0/1 | 5/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 56% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Azarenka | |||||
| R1 Haas |
R2 Sabalenka |
R3 Swiatek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 18 | 49 | |
| pts | 56-30 | 58-36 | 77-63 | 191-129 | |
| Total points | 86 | 94 | 140 | 320 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 28 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% | 36% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 36/50 | 45/61 | 115/154 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 72% | 74% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 28/36 | 28/45 | 82/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 78% | 62% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 5/14 | 3/16 | 15/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 36% | 19% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/5 | 7/17 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 41% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 3/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 43% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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