Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Kvitova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.86
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Victoria Azarenka
This will be the 9th time that Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka clash against each other. The head to head is 5-3 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), but Azarenka leads 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kvitova won 6-2 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in St. Petersburg back in 2019.
Petra Kvitova
Ranked no. 11, Kvitova reached the 3rd round after defeating Arantxa Rus 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Kvitova had a good straight sets win against Rus (6-2 6-2). During the match, Kvitova scored 68 points vs Rus’s 45. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kvitova blasted 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Petra Kvitova was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of her 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kvitova broke Rus 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Kvitova has a superlative match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (375-161). 16-9 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kvitova has an aggregate 212-92 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Doha where she overcame Garbine Muguruza in the final 6-2 6-1.
Kvitova has a composed 29-16 win-loss record in 2021, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2013 and 2016. See her history.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 32, Azarenka got to the 3rd round after defeating Magda Linette 7-5 3-0 ret..
In the 2nd round, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Linette (7-5 3-0 ret.). During the match Azarenka scored 54 points vs Linette’s 41. The Belarussian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Azarenka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Azarenka put 47% of her first serves in, winning 71% (15/21) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Victoria broke Linette 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Victoria’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Doha and Berlin.
Azarenka has a composed 24-8 win-loss record in 2021, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kvitova | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 |
| Pts | 68-45 | 54-41 |
| Total Points | 113 | 95 |
| Winners | 21 | 15 |
| %Winners | 31% | 28% |
Both Kvitova and Azarenka played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Kvitova has played 1 set(s) less than Azarenka (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kvitova played 1 game more than Azarenka. Petra scored 21 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Azarenka fired 15 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kvitova | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 23/52 | 21/45 |
| %1st in | 44% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 15/21 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 11/24 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 46% |
Kvitova struck 4 aces . Azarenka recorded 1 ace . Kvitova won 91% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kvitova | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 40% | 83% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Kvitova broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Petra extremely effective on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Azarenka broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kvitova | |||
| R2 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 68-45 | 68-45 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/52 | 23/52 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Azarenka | |||
| R2 Linette |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-41 | 54-41 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 21/45 | 21/45 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-2 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Arantxa RusRus (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Magda LinetteLinette (7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Sloane StephensStephens (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elise MertensMertens (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Misaki DoiDoi (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Madison KeysKeys (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Marta KostyukKostyuk (7-62 6-1) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Petra MarticMartic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Andre GoranssonGoransson – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-2 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mayar SherifSherif – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lauren DavisDavis – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Zarina DiyasDiyas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Astra SharmaSharma – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (5-3) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Simona HalepHalep (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
