Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka will fight against each other in the final of the J&T Banka Ostrava Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.62
Aryna Sabalenka -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Victoria Azarenka
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sabalenka and Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 12, the Belarussian reached the final after defeating Cori Gauff 1-6 7-5 7-62, Sara Sorribes Tormo 0-6 6-4 6-0 and Jennifer Brady 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Brady (6-4 6-4). During the match Sabalenka scored 60 points vs Brady’s 48. Sabalenka was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sabalenka bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Aryna Sabalenka was extremely efficent on serve to win 72% (23/32) of her 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Aryna was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Brady 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aryna has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points she played.
Sabalenka has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 64% of her matches (179-100). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sabalenka has a 22-14 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Doha where she defeated Petra Kvitova in the final 6-3 6-3.
Sabalenka has a 23-10 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Ostrava
Aryna didn’t compete in Ostrava in 2019.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 14, the Belarussian reached the final after defeating Barbora Krejcikova 2-6 6-2 6-1, Elise Mertens 6-4 6-1 and Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-3.
In the semifinal, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-1 6-3). During the match Azarenka scored 76 points vs Sakkari’s 60. The Belarussian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Azarenka blasted 3 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 82% of her first serves in, winning 60% (35/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Sakkari 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Victoria has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in New York where she beat Naomi Osaka in the final w/o.
Azarenka has a 18-5 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Ostrava
The Belarussian didn’t play in Ostrava in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 56 |
| Pts | 230-216 | 236-192 |
| Total Points | 446 | 428 |
| Winners | 88 | 111 |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% |
Both Sabalenka and Azarenka played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aryna Sabalenka conceded 2 sets, while Victoria Azarenka dropper 1 set. Sabalenka has played 1 set more than Azarenka (8 vs 7). Therefore, Sabalenka played 18 games more than Azarenka. Aryna scored 88 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Azarenka made 111 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 135/219 | 176/238 |
| %1st in | 62% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 88/135 | 111/176 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 42/84 | 33/62 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Sabalenka scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Azarenka managed to score 12 aces (4 per match). Sabalenka won 65% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/19 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 68% | 52% |
| Conceded | 21 | 28 |
| Saved | 10 | 24 |
| % Saved | 48% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 4 |
The Belarussian broke her opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. Aryna surrendered her serve 11 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded. Azarenka broke her opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Victoria conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | |||||
| R2 Gauff |
1/4 Sorribes Tormo |
1/2 Brady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-5 7-62 | 0-6 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 22 | 20 | 74 | |
| pts | 93-95 | 77-73 | 60-48 | 230-216 | |
| Total points | 188 | 150 | 108 | 446 | |
| Winners | 40 | 25 | 23 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 63/98 | 40/67 | 32/54 | 135/219 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 60% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 40/63 | 25/40 | 23/32 | 88/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | 72% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 10/27 | 16/22 | 42/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 37% | 73% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 6/12 | 3/3 | 13/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 100% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 2/7 | 5/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 29% | 83% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Azarenka | |||||
| R2 Krejcikova |
1/4 Mertens |
1/2 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 16 | 56 | |
| pts | 91-81 | 69-51 | 76-60 | 236-192 | |
| Total points | 172 | 120 | 136 | 428 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 35 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 52% | 46% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 69/104 | 49/63 | 58/71 | 176/238 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 78% | 82% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 40/69 | 36/49 | 35/58 | 111/176 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 73% | 60% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 4/14 | 7/13 | 33/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 29% | 54% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | 5/13 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 38% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 4 | 8 | 28 | |
| Saved | 14/16 | 3/4 | 7/8 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 75% | 88% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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