H2H, PREDICTION Victoria Azarenka vs Garbine Muguruza | Rome odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Garbine Muguruza

Victoria Azarenka and Garbine Muguruza will square off in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2 pm on Campo Centrale. 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 Victoria Azarenka who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.88
Garbine Muguruza -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Garbine Muguruza

This will be the 4th time that Victoria Azarenka and Garbine Muguruza clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Muguruza won 6-1 3-1 ret. in the final in Monterrey back in 2019.

Victoria Azarenka

Ranked no. 14, Azarenka got to the final after defeating Venus Williams 7-67 6-2, Sofia Kenin 6-0 6-0 and Daria Kasatkina 6-6 ret..

In the 3rd round, Victoria defeated Kasatkina (6-6 ret.). During the match Azarenka and Kasatkina scored the same amount of points (48). However, the world no. 14 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Victoria was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Azarenka was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 62% of her first serves in, winning 53% (18/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Kasatkina 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Victoria hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points she played.

Azarenka has a an impressive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 76% of her matches (305-96). 3-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Azarenka has a 60-22 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Her best result of the current year was managing to win the title in New York where she overcame Naomi Osaka in the final w/o.

Azarenka has a 14-3 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

The Belarussian had to surrender in the quarter to Karolina Pliskova.

Garbine Muguruza

Ranked no. 17, the Spaniard reached the final after beating Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-3, Cori Gauff 7-63 3-6 6-3 and Johanna Konta 6-4 6-1.

In the 3rd round, Muguruza had a good straight sets win against Konta (6-4 6-1). During the match Muguruza scored 62 points vs Konta’s 42. Muguruza was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Muguruza blasted 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Garbine Muguruza was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 82% (27/33) of her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Konta 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Garbine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Muguruza’s best result of the season was getting to the final at the Australian Open .

Garbine has a 20-5 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

Muguruza lost in the 3rd round to Victoria Azarenka.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Azarenka Muguruza
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 7
Tot Games 33 66
Pts 145-102 233-195
Total Points 247 428
Winners 55 105
%Winners 38% 45%

Azarenka played 2 matches while Muguruza competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Garbine Muguruza dropped 1 set while Victoria Azarenka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Azarenka has played 3 set(s) less than Muguruza (4 vs 7). Therefore, Azarenka played 33 games less than Muguruza. Azarenka scored 55 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Muguruza managed to score 105 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Azarenka Muguruza
Aces 5 14
Avg per match 2.5 4.7
1st in 74/103 146/227
%1st in 72% 64%
1st pts 55/74 105/146
%1st pts 74% 72%
2nd pts 11/29 39/81
%2nd pts 38% 48%

Azarenka made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Muguruza recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Azarenka won 74% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Muguruza won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Azarenka Muguruza
Won 12 12
Converted 12/25 12/27
% Converted 48% 44%
Conceded 7 22
Saved 3 16
% Saved 43% 73%
Times Broken 4 6

The Belarussian broke her opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Victoria surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Muguruza broke her opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Muguruza conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.

Azarenka
R1
Williams
R2
Kenin
R3
Kasatkina
Total
Score 7-67 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-6 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 21 12 12 45
pts 88-73 57-29 48-48 193-150
Total points 161 86 96 343
Winners 32 23 18 73
%Winners 36% 40% 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 0 5
Double Faults 5 0 2 7
1st in 43/68 31/35 34/55 108/158
% 1st in 63% 89% 62% 68%
1st pts 32/43 23/31 18/34 73/108
% 1st pts 74% 74% 53% 68%
2nd pts 9/25 2/4 7/21 18/50
% 2nd pts 36% 50% 33% 36%
Breaks
Won 6 6 4 16
Converted 6/14 6/11 4/6 16/31
Converted % 43% 55% 67% 52%
Conceded 7 0 10 17
Saved 3/7 0/0 6/10 9
Saved % 43% 60% 34%
Times Broken 4 0 4 8
Muguruza
R1
Stephens
R2
Gauff
R3
Konta
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 7-63 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 18 31 17 66
pts 67-53 104-100 62-42 233-195
Total points 120 204 104 428
Winners 35 43 27 105
%Winners 52% 41% 44% 45%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 5 14
Double Faults 3 9 3 15
1st in 48/67 65/106 33/54 146/227
% 1st in 72% 61% 61% 64%
1st pts 35/48 43/65 27/33 105/146
% 1st pts 73% 66% 82% 72%
2nd pts 8/19 18/41 13/21 39/81
% 2nd pts 42% 44% 62% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 5 3 12
Converted 4/7 5/13 3/7 12/27
Converted % 57% 38% 43% 44%
Conceded 8 11 3 22
Saved 7/8 6/11 3/3 16
Saved % 88% 55% 100% 81%
Times Broken 1 5 0 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Azarenka
LLWWLWWLWW
Muguruza
2024 2023 2022
30 - 15
0 - 0
20-10
Hard
0-0
7-4
Clay
0-0
3-1
Grass
0-0

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