Victoria Azarenka and Garbine Muguruza will play each other in the semifinal of the Qatar Total Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 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 Garbine Muguruza who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Garbine Muguruza is the pick to win this match.
Garbine Muguruza -> 1.42
Victoria Azarenka -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Garbine Muguruza
This will be the 5th time that Victoria Azarenka and Garbine Muguruza play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Azarenka and Muguruza (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Muguruza won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Rome back in 2020.
Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs Victoria Azarenka – Rome 19-September-2020
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 14, Azarenka reached the semifinal after beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-3, Laura Siegemund 6-4 6-2 and Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Azarenka had a good straight sets win against Svitolina (6-2 6-4). During the match Azarenka scored 70 points vs Svitolina’s 55. Victoria was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Azarenka scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 67% of her first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Svitolina 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Azarenka has a marvellous record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (253-83). 4-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Azarenka has a 165-45 match record in the last years on hard.
The Belarussian has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2013. See her history.
Garbine Muguruza
Ranked no. 16, Muguruza got to the semifinal after defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 7-64, Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 6-75 6-3 and Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Muguruza had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-3 6-1). During the match Muguruza scored 60 points vs Sakkari’s 33. Garbine was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Muguruza recorded 4 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Garbine Muguruza was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of her 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Sakkari 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Muguruza has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Muguruza’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Melbourne.
The Spaniard has a 12-3 win-loss record in 2021, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 67 |
| Pts | 224-174 | 251-200 |
| Total Points | 398 | 451 |
| Winners | 78 | 106 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Azarenka and Muguruza played 3 matches. At the moment, Garbine Muguruza lost 1 set while Victoria Azarenka hasn’t lost a set so far. Azarenka has played 1 set(s) less than Muguruza (6 vs 7). Therefore, Azarenka played 14 games less than Muguruza. The Belarussian scored 78 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 106 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 132/205 | 155/219 |
| %1st in | 64% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 78/132 | 106/155 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 37/73 | 33/64 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 52% |
Azarenka blasted 3 aces (1 per match). Muguruza made 11 aces (3.7 per match). Azarenka won 59% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Muguruza won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Azarenka | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 16 |
| Converted | 18/36 | 16/37 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 22 | 22 |
| Saved | 14 | 15 |
| % Saved | 64% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 7 |
Victoria broke her opponents 18 times with a 50% conversion rate. Victoria conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. The Spaniard broke her opponents 16 times with a 43% conversion rate. Muguruza conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | |||||
| R1 Kuznetsova |
R2 Siegemund |
1/4 Svitolina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 76-58 | 70-55 | 224-174 | |
| Total points | 139 | 134 | 125 | 398 | |
| Winners | 30 | 22 | 26 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 29% | 37% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 54/80 | 36/62 | 42/63 | 132/205 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 58% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/54 | 22/36 | 26/42 | 78/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 61% | 62% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 13/26 | 9/21 | 37/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 43% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/11 | 6/12 | 18/36 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 55% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 2/5 | 5/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 40% | 63% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Muguruza | |||||
| R1 Kudermetova |
R2 Sabalenka |
1/4 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | 6-2 6-75 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 | 16 | 67 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 117-102 | 60-33 | 251-200 | |
| Total points | 139 | 219 | 93 | 451 | |
| Winners | 32 | 50 | 24 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/76 | 77/104 | 30/39 | 155/219 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 74% | 77% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 50/77 | 24/30 | 106/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 65% | 80% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 13/27 | 6/9 | 33/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 67% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/17 | 5/12 | 16/37 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 41% | 42% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 | 1 | 22 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 9/13 | 0/1 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 69% | 0% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Doha
- Nicole Melichar/Demi SchuursMelichar/Demi Schuurs – Andreja Klepac/Sania MirzaKlepac/Sania Mirza (7-5 2-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Rhyne WilliamsWilliams (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-0) – H2H and prediction
