Elina Svitolina and Victoria Azarenka will play each other in the quarter of the Qatar Total Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 -> 1.93
Elina Svitolina -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Victoria Azarenka
This will be the 4th time that Elina Svitolina and Victoria Azarenka face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Azarenka won 4-6 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2019.
Elina Svitolina
Ranked no. 5, Svitolina got to the quarter after defeating Misaki Doi 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Elina had a good straight sets win against Doi (6-1 6-2). During the match Svitolina scored 59 points vs Doi’s 35. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svitolina struck 2 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Elina Svitolina lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Svitolina put 63% of her first serves in, winning 65% (17/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Doi 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Svitolina has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (364-182). 9-3 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Svitolina has a 219-100 match record in the last years on hard.
Svitolina has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 14, Victoria reached the quarter after beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-3 and Laura Siegemund 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Azarenka had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-4 6-2). During the match Azarenka scored 76 points vs Siegemund’s 58. The Belarussian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Azarenka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 58% of her first serves in, winning 61% (22/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Siegemund 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Victoria has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2013. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svitolina | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 35 |
| Pts | 59-35 | 154-119 |
| Total Points | 94 | 273 |
| Winners | 17 | 52 |
| %Winners | 29% | 34% |
Svitolina played 1 match while Azarenka competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Svitolina has played 2 set(s) less than Azarenka (2 vs 4). Therefore, Svitolina played 20 games less than Azarenka. The Ukrainian scored 17 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Victoria managed to score 52 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svitolina | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 90/142 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 17/26 | 52/90 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 28/52 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 54% |
Svitolina scored 2 aces . Azarenka fired 2 aces (1 per match). Svitolina won 65% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svitolina | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 12/24 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 14 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Svitolina broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Victoria broke her opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Azarenka conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Svitolina | |||
| R2 Doi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 59-35 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 12/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Azarenka | ||||
| R1 Kuznetsova |
R2 Siegemund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 35 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 76-58 | 154-119 | |
| Total points | 139 | 134 | 273 | |
| Winners | 30 | 22 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/80 | 36/62 | 90/142 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 58% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/54 | 22/36 | 52/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 61% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 13/26 | 28/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/11 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 55% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 2/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 40% | 118% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Doha
- Nicole Melichar/Demi SchuursMelichar/Demi Schuurs – Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Jessica PegulaMattek-Sands/Jessica Pegula (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Wil SpencerSpencer (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo MenaMena – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Petra KvitovaKvitova (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
