Victoria Azarenka and Angelique Kerber will play each other in the 2nd round of the Betti Open for the 11th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on Steffi Graf Stadion. Here the head to head stats and 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 -> 1.58
Angelique Kerber -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Angelique Kerber
This will be the 11th time that Victoria Azarenka and Angelique Kerber clash against each other. The head to head is 9-1 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Azarenka won 7-5 6-2 in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2021.
Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs Angelique Kerber – Miami 27-March-2021
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 16, Victoria reached the 2nd round after beating Andrea Petkovic 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Petkovic (6-4 7-62). During the match, Azarenka scored 88 points vs Petkovic’s 73. Victoria was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Azarenka fired 8 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 65% of her first serves in, winning 71% (37/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Petkovic 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Azarenka has a tremendous match record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (259-85). 1-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Azarenka has an overall 26-11 record in the last years on grass.
Azarenka’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Doha.
Victoria has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Berlin
Victoria has never competed in this tournament before.
Angelique Kerber
Ranked no. 27, Kerber got to the 2nd round after beating Misaki Doi 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Kerber had a good straight sets win against Doi (6-2 6-1). During the match Kerber scored 63 points vs Doi’s 37. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Kerber blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Angelique Kerber was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (27/36) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kerber broke Doi 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
The German has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Kerber |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 |
| Pts | 88-73 | 63-37 |
| Total Points | 161 | 100 |
| Winners | 37 | 27 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Azarenka and Kerber played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Azarenka and Kerber have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Azarenka played 8 games more than Kerber. Victoria scored 37 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kerber scored 27 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Kerber |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 36/53 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 27/36 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 9/17 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 53% |
Azarenka struck 8 aces . Kerber bagged 3 aces . Azarenka won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kerber won 75% 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 | Kerber |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 33% | 71% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 57% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Victoria broke her opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Victoria surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. The German broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Angelique was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Azarenka | |||
| R1 Petkovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 88-73 | 88-73 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 52/80 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 37/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kerber | |||
| R1 Doi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 63-37 | 63-37 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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