Victoria Azarenka and Anett Kontaveit will face off in the quarter of the Grampians Trophy for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11 am on Margaret Court Arena. Here 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.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.65
Anett Kontaveit -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Anett Kontaveit
This will be the 4th time that Victoria Azarenka and Anett Kontaveit fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Azarenka won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2015.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 13, Victoria reached the 3rd  round after defeating Yulia Putintseva 6-4 1-6 11-9.
In the 2nd round, Azarenka defeated Putintseva (6-4 1-6 11-9). During the match Azarenka scored 64 points vs Putintseva’s 61. Azarenka was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Azarenka struck 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 59% of her first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (8/28) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Putintseva 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Azarenka has a a marvellous record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (250-82). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Azarenka has a 162-44 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Azarenka has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Victoria didn’t compete in Melbourne in 2020.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 23, Kontaveit reached the 3rd round after beating Christina Mchale 6-1 6-3 and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Kontaveit had a good straight sets win against Mattek-Sands (7-5 7-5). During the match Kontaveit scored 88 points vs Mattek-Sands’s 76. Anett was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Kontaveit struck 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Anett broke Mattek-Sands 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kontaveit hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Anett has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Estonian lost in the quarter to Simona Halep.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 40 |
| Pts | 64-61 | 161-134 |
| Total Points | 125 | 295 |
| Winners | 27 | 61 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Azarenka played 1 match while Kontaveit competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Victoria Azarenka conceded 1 set while Anett Kontaveit hasn’t conceded a set so far. Azarenka has played 1 set(s) less than Kontaveit (3 vs 4). Therefore, Azarenka played 12 games less than Kontaveit. The Belarussian scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Anett made 61 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 40/68 | 90/143 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 61/90 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 8/28 | 28/53 |
| %2nd pts | 29% | 53% |
Azarenka recorded 2 aces . Kontaveit struck 8 aces (4 per match). Azarenka won 68% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 29% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 68% 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 | Azarenka | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 44% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Belarussian broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Azarenka surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded. Anett broke her opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | |||
| R2 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 11-9 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-61 | 64-61 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/68 | 40/68 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/28 | 8/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kontaveit | ||||
| R1 Mchale |
R2 Mattek-Sands |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 24 | 40 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 88-76 | 161-134 | |
| Total points | 131 | 164 | 295 | |
| Winners | 30 | 31 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 46/71 | 44/72 | 90/143 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 31/44 | 61/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 16/28 | 28/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 57% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/9 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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