Victoria Azarenka and Jessica Pegula will clash against each other in the quarter of the Betti Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on Steffi Graf Stadion. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.63
Jessica Pegula -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Jessica Pegula clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pegula won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in February 2021.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs Victoria Azarenka – Australian Open 09-February-2021
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 16, the Belarussian got to the quarter after beating Andrea Petkovic 6-4 7-62 and Angelique Kerber 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Kerber (6-3 7-5). During the match, Azarenka scored 73 points vs Kerber’s 56. Azarenka was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Azarenka bagged 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Victoria Azarenka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of her 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Belarussian broke Kerber 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Azarenka started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Azarenka has a remarkable record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (260-85). 2-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Azarenka has a composed 27-11 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Victoria’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Doha.
Victoria has an aggregate 11-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Berlin
Azarenka has never competed in this tournament before.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 26 (career-high), Jessica got to the quarter after defeating Hailey Baptiste 6-6 ret. and Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Jessica had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (7-5 6-2). During the match Pegula scored 67 points vs Pliskova’s 53. Jessica was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Pegula struck 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 62% of her first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Pliskova 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Doha.
Pegula has an aggregate 25-10 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 32 |
| Pts | 161-129 | 111-96 |
| Total Points | 290 | 207 |
| Winners | 65 | 50 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Both Azarenka and Pegula played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Azarenka and Pegula have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Azarenka played 12 games more than Pegula. Victoria scored 65 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Pegula fired 50 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 91/154 | 72/104 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 65/91 | 50/72 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 30/63 | 16/32 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 50% |
Azarenka struck 10 aces (5 per match). Pegula scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Azarenka won 71% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Azarenka | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 47% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 6 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 58% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Belarussian broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Victoria dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. Pegula broke her opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | ||||
| R1 Petkovic |
R2 Kerber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| pts | 88-73 | 73-56 | 161-129 | |
| Total points | 161 | 129 | 290 | |
| Winners | 37 | 28 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 39/74 | 91/154 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 53% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 28/39 | 65/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 18/35 | 30/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 51% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/5 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 80% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 60% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Pegula | ||||
| R1 Baptiste |
R2 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-6 ret. | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 20 | 32 | |
| pts | 44-43 | 67-53 | 111-96 | |
| Total points | 87 | 120 | 207 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 36% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 38/61 | 72/104 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 62% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 24/38 | 50/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/9 | 12/23 | 16/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 0/3 | 6/9 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 25% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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