Victoria Azarenka and Clara Tauson will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court Simonne MATHIEU. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.46
Clara Tauson -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Tauson
There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Clara Tauson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 16, Victoria reached the 2nd round after beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Victoria defeated Kuznetsova (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match, Azarenka scored 88 points vs Kuznetsova’s 84. The Belarussian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Azarenka couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 9 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 7 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 69% of her first serves in, winning 56% (33/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (9/26) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Kuznetsova 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Azarenka has a marvellous win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (256-84). 2-0 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Azarenka has an aggregate 47-20 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Azarenka’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Doha.
The Belarussian has an overall 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2013. See her history.
Clara Tauson
Ranked no. 90 (career-high), the Dane got to the 2nd round after defeating Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Tauson had a good straight sets win against Gorgodze (6-4 6-2). During the match Tauson scored 70 points vs Gorgodze’s 51. Clara was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Tauson made 9 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Clara Tauson was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Dane broke Gorgodze 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Lyon where she beat Viktorija Golubic in the final 6-4 6-1.
Tauson has an overall 25-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 18 |
| Pts | 88-84 | 70-51 |
| Total Points | 172 | 121 |
| Winners | 33 | 26 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Both Azarenka and Tauson played 1 match. At the moment, Victoria Azarenka lost 1 set while Clara Tauson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Azarenka has played 1 set more than Tauson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Azarenka played 9 games more than Tauson. The Belarussian scored 33 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Clara bagged 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 9 |
| 1st in | 59/85 | 34/57 |
| %1st in | 69% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 33/59 | 26/34 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 9/26 | 12/23 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 52% |
Azarenka didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Tauson fired 9 aces . Azarenka won 56% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 76% of the points behind 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 | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 36% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 22% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 |
Azarenka broke her opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Azarenka surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 22% of the break points that she conceded. The Dane broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Clara conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | |||
| R1 Kuznetsova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 88-84 | 88-84 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 59/85 | 59/85 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/26 | 9/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/9 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 22% | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Tauson | |||
| R1 Gorgodze |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 70-51 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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